In t?? ??i?t c??n??s ?? ??s??i?, w???? s?????in? ??t?n ??m?ins ?nn?tic??, t???? ?xists ? ????t-w??nc?in? st??? ?? ? tin? ????? w??s? ?n??is??? c?i?s ?c?? t?????? t?? ???kn?ss. W??t ?????n?? t? t?is inn?c?nt c???t??? t? c??s? s?c? ?n??l?ntin? ??in is ? t?l? t??t s??v?s ?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? v?ln????ilit? ?? ?nim?ls ?n? t?? im???t?nc? ?? ?m??t?? ?n? int??v?nti?n.

T?? ?????’s ?iti??l sc???ms ?i??c?? t?? ?i?, ? ???ntin? m?l??? ?? ???n? t??t s?nt s?iv??s ??wn t?? s?in? ?? ?n??n? w?? ????? t??m. Its sm?ll ???? w?s w??ck?? wit? ??in, ?n? its ???s, ?ill?? wit? ???? ?n? c?n??si?n, ?????? ??? s?m??n? t? ??s? its s?????in?. It w?s ? c?? t??t c??l? n?t ?? i?n????—? c?? ??? ??l?.

T?? ci?c?mst?nc?s l???in? t? t?? ?????’s t??m?nt m?? v???, ??t t?? ??s?lt is ?lw??s t?? s?m?: ? c???t??? t?????? in ? w??l? ?? ??l?ntl?ss ??in, wit? n? v?ic? t? ??tic?l?t? its s?????in?. W??t??? it w?s t?? victim ?? ?n ?cci??nt, ???s?, ?? ? ???ilit?tin? illn?ss, t?? ?????’s ?n??is? kn?w n? ???n?s.

It w?s ? ??c? ???inst tim? ?s c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???ls, ???n ????in? t?? ?????’s c?i?s, ??s??? t? its si??. T??? c???l?? t?? tin? c???t??? in t??i? ??ms, t??i? ????ts ???v? wit? t?? kn?wl???? t??t t?is inn?c?nt li?? ??? kn?wn n?t?in? ??t ??in ?n? t??m?nt. T??i? ?i?st ??i??it? w?s t? ???vi?? imm??i?t? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n t? ?ll?vi?t? t?? ?????’s s?????in?.

T?? j???n?? t? ??c?v??? w??l? ?? l?n? ?n? ??????s, ?ill?? wit? ?nc??t?int? ?n? c??ll?n??s. Y?t, t?? ????? ?is?l???? ? ??m??k??l? ??sili?nc?—? ??t??min?ti?n t? ?v??c?m? t?? ???n? t??t ??? ???in?? its ?xist?nc?. Wit? t?? l?vin? c??? ?n? m??ic?l ?x???tis? ?? its n?w???n? c????iv??s, it ?m???k?? ?n ? ??t? t?w??? ???lin?.

T?is st??? s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? t??t, in ? w??l? ?ill?? wit? ??t? ????t? ?n? c???lt?, t?? sm?ll?st ?n? m?st v?ln????l? ?m?n? ?s c?n s????? in sil?nc?. T?? ?????’s ????t????kin? c?i?s ?n???sc??? t?? im???t?nc? ?? ??? c?ll?ctiv? ??s??nsi?ilit? t? ???t?ct ?n? c??? ??? t??s? w?? c?nn?t s???k ??? t??ms?lv?s.

It is ?ls? ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? c???. T?? ?????, ?nc? l?st in t?? ???t?s ?? s?????in?, ???n? ? li??lin? in t?? ???m ?? kin?-????t?? in?ivi???ls w?? ????s?? t? t??n ? ?lin? ??? t? its ??in. It is ? ??min??? t??t, ?v?n in t?? ??c? ?? ??s??i?, t???? is ?lw??s t?? ??t?nti?l ??? ???? ?n? ???lin?.

In t?? ?n?, t?? t?l? ?? t?? tin? ????? s??v?s ?s ? c?ll t? ?cti?n, ???in? ?s ?ll t? ?? vi?il?nt ?n? ??s??nsiv? t? t?? s?????in? ?? ?nim?ls in n???. It is ? ??min??? t??t, wit? l?v? ?n? c???, ?v?n t?? m?st ????t-w??nc?in? c?i?s ??? ??l? c?n ?? ?nsw????, ?n? t?? ??t? t? ??c?v??? ?n? ? ??i??t?? ??t??? c?n ?? ???n?.