Ele­phant charge

The sky threat­ens, but rains do not come. Water points are now rarest. The last ones, fed by pumps, have turned into vis­cous mud ponds around which the ani­mals rush nonethe­less. The ele­phants monop­o­lize ponds, push­ing away the other ani­mals, which try to approach. They also fight between them to access some clear water still flow­ing. In times of short­age, the ani­mal is par­tic­u­larly sub­servient to its con­cern in self con­ser­va­tion. The strug­gle for his own sur­vival pre­dom­i­nates! No ques­tion of mutual assis­tance or empa­thy! Younger ani­mals are thus pushed regard­less, so that they ven­ture out or fall in the mud until they can­not some­times get out. There­fore, it was nec­es­sary, each of these days, to pull out ele­phants calves of the mud in which they were cap­tured. Con­tinue read­ing →