Mememtos of things still present by Elsi Vassdal EllisA range of emotions ran through me while reading a National Geographic article about European songbird migration. The cut line of the article asked: How can we stop the slaughter of songbirds migrating across the Mediterranean? Beyond the plight of songbirds is the bigger question: How can we stop the slaughter of animals facing the real possibility of extinction because of human beliefs and or desires? Strange as it may seem, Prousts title