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Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:09 pm Posts: 1672 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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When reading about the world wars where the soldiers were starving and eating the wildlife and adopting the pets left behind when their humans fled or were killed, I want to do a war story through the eyes of the wildlife or the abandoned pets or even the people who lived in what becomes a war zone. The environmental toll of war is most seen through the eyes of those who cared for the land, who are "collateral damage", and have to live in the aftermath when the soldiers leave. I watched a film where people were waiting for the soldiers to come back and in the mean time waiting in trenches. All of a sudden, rabbits were everywhere and they seemed tame. Shortly after the gunshots and invading army showed up. The rabbits were chased out of the fields by the advancing army and had ran out of fear so seemed tame to those in the trenches. This example of wildlife in a war zone was what got me most interested in this concept. Elephants and tigers in the Cashmere area (between India and Pakistan/Afghanistan) are hard pressed due to the almost 200 years of warfare in the area but the animals adapted to respond differently (and strategically) to gunshots. The Deer in the same area are almost wiped out due to a lack of response options (they are shot if they flee toward or away or if they stay put). I am just posting this to spark story ideas in others here. I have several different story arcs with detailed stories involving the animals and people in war zones (including aliens on other planets) but nothing online yet.
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