Musty during rut, the tusker named Dhanapalaka is uncontrollable. Held in captivity, the tusker does not touch a morsel, but only longingly calls to mind the elephant forest.
He saw them as the killers of his cows, and it's understandable that when a lion comes along and takes the family cow or the family camel, there's going to be anger, and people will go out and kill lions.
When we're on the receiving end of a difficult insight into our failings, what makes us bristle and deny everything isn't generally the accusation itself (we know our flaws all too well) , it's the surrounding atmosphere.