053 Free Where It's Hard
Hey Wild Ass, you live in the white salt desert of Kutch, where summer burns and little grows, and still you run free in herds.
Can we stay free where life is hard?
Can you stay free where life is hard?
The Little Rann of Kutch: flat, white, cracked salt to the horizon. Summer heat shimmers in the air.
Across it, a herd of wild asses runs, kicking up dust.
What really happens
The Indian wild ass lives in the salt desert of Kutch, where summers are burning hot and plants are few.
Once reduced to a few hundred animals, it has recovered under protection, and herds still roam free across the Rann.
How we know: The Wild Ass Sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch protects this subspecies; its recovery is well documented.
The turn
We often think freedom needs easy conditions.
The wild ass shows that freedom can live in the hardest places, if it is protected and held together.
Three takeaways
- Hard places can still be free places.
- Stay with your herd when life is harsh.
- Protection and freedom can go together.
The salt is hard. The herd still runs.
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.