Lesi sigaba siphenya izinga lomuntu lokuxhashazwa kwezilwane—indlela thina njengabantu ngabanye nemiphakathi esithethelela ngayo, esisekela, noma esimelana ngayo nezinhlelo zonya. Kusukela kumasiko amasiko nokuncika kwezomnotho kuye empilweni yomphakathi nezinkolelo zomoya, ubudlelwano bethu nezilwane bubonisa izindinganiso esiziphethe kanye nezakhiwo zamandla esihlala kuzo. Ingxenye ethi “Abantu” ihlola lokhu kuxhumana, iveze ukuthi inhlalakahle yethu ixhumene ngokujule kangakanani nezimpilo esizibusayo.
Sihlola ukuthi ukudla okusindayo kwenyama, ukulima kwezimboni, nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa komhlaba wonke kulimaza kanjani ukondliwa kwabantu, impilo yengqondo, kanye nomnotho wendawo. Izinkinga zempilo yomphakathi, ukungavikeleki kokudla, nokuwohloka kwemvelo akuzona izehlakalo ezingazodwa—kuyizimpawu zesimiso esingenakubekezelelwa esibeka phambili inzuzo phezu kwabantu neplanethi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lesi sigaba sigqamisa ithemba noguquko: imindeni yezilwane ezidla inyama, abasubathi, imiphakathi, nezishoshovu ezicabanga kabusha ubudlelwano babantu nesilwane futhi zakha izindlela zokuphila eziqinile nezinozwela.
Ngokubhekana nezimiso zokuziphatha, amasiko, kanye nemithelela engokoqobo yokusetshenziswa kwezilwane, nathi sibhekana nathi. Hlobo luni lomphakathi esifuna ukuba yingxenye yalo? Izinqumo zethu zibonisa noma zikhaphela kanjani izindinganiso zethu? Indlela eya ebulungisa—ezilwaneni nakubantu—iyafana. Ngokuqwashisa, uzwela, kanye nesenzo, singaqala ukulungisa ukunqanyulwa obhebhethekisa ukuhlupheka okungaka, futhi siye ekusaseni elinobulungisa neliqhubekayo.
Emphakathini wanamuhla, kube nokwanda okukhulu kwenani labantu abaphendukela ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngenxa yezizathu zempilo, zemvelo, noma zokuziphatha, abantu abaningi bakhetha ukungayifaki imikhiqizo yezilwane ekudleni kwabo. Kodwa-ke, kulabo abavela emindenini enamasiko esikhathi eside enyama kanye nezitsha ezisindayo zobisi, lolu shintsho lungadala ukungezwani nokungqubuzana ngezikhathi zokudla. Ngenxa yalokho, abantu abaningi bakuthola kuyinselele ukulondoloza indlela yabo yokuphila yemifino kuyilapho bezizwa behlanganisiwe futhi banelisekile edilini lomndeni. Unalokhu engqondweni, kubalulekile ukuthola izindlela zokwenza ukudla kwe-vegan okumnandi nokuhlanganisayo okungajatshulelwa yiwo wonke amalungu omndeni. Kulesi sihloko, sizohlola ukubaluleka kwamadili omndeni nokuthi singawenza kanjani abandakanyeke ngokuhlanganisa izinketho ze-vegan. Kusukela ekudleni kwendabuko kwamaholide kuya emibuthanweni yansuku zonke, sizohlinzeka ngamathiphu nezindlela zokupheka eziqinisekile ...