The Delinquents of Pilanesberg | The KOTA Foundation
I wanted to share this story because it brings up the importance of Leadership, Mentorship and sometimes having a power structure is a good thing.
All Communities need a few bull elephants, but it helps if they know right and wrong and are willing to talk about it.
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass was a prominent abolitionist, author and orator born as a slave until he escaped at age 20. This story is a c…
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This is one of the most interesting pieces I have read. It has so many learning points. First, it highlights the intelligence of elephants, second, as you said it shows the importance of elder wisdom. By elder, it is probable a middle aged adult male, not an old senescent one. When you see the subculture of gangs in inner cities, you see exactly this, the lack of elder wisdom.
Also, I think it applies to our own community. I'm not stuck on the gender roles, either way, but we need to clamp down on a few young elephants that are killing rhinos for no reason.