Elevates the author as a fearless, morally superior animal welfare crusader
The author constructs a self-aggrandizing narrative by recounting dramatic, unverified past exploits in exotic locations, positioning herself as a lone hero fighting global animal cruelty. This glorifies her personal actions while dismissing alternative approaches like education.
“In Kerala I posed as an insane tourist to be the first white woman inside the notorious ‘training’ camps for baby elephants. The sound of a baseball bat walloping a baby’s trunk still gives me nightmares.”
