I love hearing from people who work compassionately and creatively with coexisting with wildlife. The conventional wisdom seems to be to starve them out. Why is it so important to put things in dumpsters and ensure they are taken to landfills, to actually build bear-proof trash bins? Why not take that stuff out into the woods a ways and leave it for the bears? Always with the adversarial relationships with nonhumans, this culture.
And I love your perspective on the elephants in particular. This is important work you are doing, demonstrating a cultural alternative. It is the best kind of work.
I didn't know what else to say, except thank you. Was too tempting to start cursing. The photos were difficult to look at.
One of my favourite bands when I was younger was World Party. They had an album Goodbye Jumbo. I know Karl Wallinger, the man behind the band has a huge love for elephants.
It's sad to hear. I can imagine your curious and shy multi-tonne neighbor being grateful for the new wild plants that you set in the perimeter. He is in gone now, but still around in other manifestations, as part of the forest, the rain, or other life forms. Some times being so aware of the suffering of animals and the destruction of the forests is such a heavy burden on our hearts..
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I love hearing from people who work compassionately and creatively with coexisting with wildlife. The conventional wisdom seems to be to starve them out. Why is it so important to put things in dumpsters and ensure they are taken to landfills, to actually build bear-proof trash bins? Why not take that stuff out into the woods a ways and leave it for the bears? Always with the adversarial relationships with nonhumans, this culture.
And I love your perspective on the elephants in particular. This is important work you are doing, demonstrating a cultural alternative. It is the best kind of work.
Thank you David!
Thank you! You probably knew half of it anyway from our personal correspondence!
I didn't know what else to say, except thank you. Was too tempting to start cursing. The photos were difficult to look at.
One of my favourite bands when I was younger was World Party. They had an album Goodbye Jumbo. I know Karl Wallinger, the man behind the band has a huge love for elephants.
It's sad to hear. I can imagine your curious and shy multi-tonne neighbor being grateful for the new wild plants that you set in the perimeter. He is in gone now, but still around in other manifestations, as part of the forest, the rain, or other life forms. Some times being so aware of the suffering of animals and the destruction of the forests is such a heavy burden on our hearts..