This is an argument made abundantly clear in the Academy Award-nominated Netflix short documentary The Elephant Whisperers ... “There are so many sad stories about animals and the wild ...

The elephant and Peter in ‘The Magician’s Elephant.’ Netflix How else did you think ... to create a world under clouds that would not be sad and depressed and monochromatic.

the elephant forgets her name after being brought into the world of Baltese and decides “that she would like to die.” It’s tragic and beautiful in a way the film never is. Netflix Animation ...

The adaptations of children’s author Kate DiCamillo’s books keep on rolling out, and this time it’s an animated version of The Magician’s Elephant (now on Netflix). It was preceded by 2022 ...