And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (1900-1945)
For what sense of tame is this true? I would agree with this understanding: if I change a living thing so that it can no longer live as it once did, then I have a responsibility to enable it to in its new state. I would say that George and Joy Adamson fulfilled this responsibility in regard to the lioness Elsa when they enabled her to survive in the wild after being raised in captivity. They tamed Elsa, perhaps without realizing what was happening, but then took great efforts to enable her to live on her own, and not just survive but in fact flourish.
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