Creating Sentient and Lessons Learned

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According to www.merriam-webster.com the definition of “sentient” is as follows:
1 : “responsive to or conscious of sense impressions – sentient beings”
2 : “aware”
3 : “finely sensitive in perception or feeling”

It is a word that basically sums up the nature of these magnificent animals. Capable of the same emotions usually restricted to humans, elephants are able to feel joy, love, compassion and even grief.

The death of an elephant is a very traumatic event which is felt throughout the herd. Just as we humans do, elephants physically mourn the loss of a beloved family member. Mothers have been observed “burying” the bodies of their still-born calves by covering them with sticks and branches. In some cases, they even carry the body in their trunks for days, unable to come to terms with the loss. When a herd comes across the bones of a dead elephant they will linger, sometimes for days, fondling the bones with their trunks, seemingly paying their respects to their fallen kin.

And yet they are hunted without a care, to be trophies on a wall. Slaughtered for their tusks, something that has the same value as human hair or fingernails, for unfounded traditional medicinal purposes and status. How any “human” could possibly be able to kill such a peaceful and sentient creature is beyond my understanding.

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