We think of humans as moral creatures, subject to justified limits.  Both humans and animals kill, yet it is only human killing that partakes of sadistic pleasures that go beyond the boundaries of instinct and the boundaries of survival.  This series was conceived of as a companion and contrast to the Footnotes of History, which documents aspects of human cruelty.  

 

 

“The time has come,” The Walrus Said

2014

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George Promised to Be Good but It Is Easy for Little Monkeys to Forget

2014

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A Buffalo Does Not Feel the Weight of His Own Horns

2014

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You Do Not Teach the Paths of the Forest to an Old Gorilla

2014

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Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby    

2014

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

2014

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The Unimaginable Loneliness of the Bullfighter

2014

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Captain Hook’s Nightmare

 2014

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The Lion's Share

2014

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The Champawat Man-eater Claims her 436th victim 1907   

2013

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Bear Hug

2014

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