When news breaks about an animal attack, the language is almost always the same. “It came out of nowhere.” “There was no reason.” “The animal just snapped.” We instinctively search for motive the way we would in a human crime. Was it hungry? Was it provoked? Was it angry? And when none of those explanations seem obvious, we label the event as senseless.
But the idea of killing “without reason” is deeply human.
