Noloholo, Day 4: Pastoralism, Colonialism, and Elephant Meat

[cswallow]

Crop protection can be a dangerous thing. Two nights ago a gentleman in the village shot a huge bull elephant in his fields; it died right outside of his house. He got taken to jail, and so for the past two days it has been up to APW to decide how to deal with the carcass. The wildlife department came and confiscated the tusks as they always do,

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fascinating, Jen

[anonymous]

And so complicated, isn't it? Nothing is ever simple. We live in a very complex world, and tend to make assumptions about everyone else on this big old planet that we all share, don't we?