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
George Promised to Be Good but It Is Easy for Little Monkeys to Forget
A Buffalo Does Not Feel the Weight of His Own Horns
You Do Not Teach the Paths of the Forest to an Old Gorilla
Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Unimaginable Loneliness of the Bullfighter
Captain Hook’s Nightmare
The Lion's Share
The Champawat Man-eater Claims her 436th victim 1907
Bear Hug