Graydon Carter - We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest hu...

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We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.

Graydon Carter

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Wir bewundern Elefanten zum Teil, weil sie zeigen, was wir als die besten menschlichen Eigenschaften betrachten: Empathie, Selbstbewusstsein und soziale Intelligenz. Die Art und Weise, wie wir sie behandeln, zeigt jedoch das schlimmste menschliche Verhalten.

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