But I am at least happy that this disturbing old story, which I had not read before, came up today in connexion with Drew Weiner's interview.  Lek Chailert clearly is an amazing woman.  I would love to see Jennifer Hile's National Geographic documentary about her.

By coincidence -- not synchronicity, I think -- this morning I was watching the two Asian elephants at the National Zoo in DC get their baths, via "elephant cam."  What wonderful creatures they are.  And their keepers have one of the best jobs in the world.