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.
Impilo ebuthakathaka yamathumbu ingaba nomthelela omkhulu enhlalakahleni yethu iyonke. Ukusuka ezinkingeni zokugaya ukudla okungakhululekile kuye ezifweni ezingamahlalakhona, impilo yamathumbu ethu ibalulekile ekugcineni amasosha omzimba aqinile kanye nomzimba onempilo. Nakuba kunezici eziningi ezingathinta impilo yethu yamathumbu, enye yezinto ezinethonya kakhulu ukudla kwethu. Njengoba abantu abaningi beqaphela amandla omsoco ekugcineni amathumbu anempilo, ukuthandwa kokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni, ikakhulukazi i-veganism, kuye kwanda. Kodwa ingabe likhona iqiniso ezimangalweni mayelana nomthelela omuhle wokudla kwe-vegan ekugayeni ukudla? Kulesi sihloko, sizocubungula ucwaningo futhi sihlole ukuthi ukudla kwe-vegan kungabusa kanjani impilo yakho yamathumbu futhi kuthuthukise ukugaya kwakho konke. Kusukela ezinzuzweni zokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni kuya emikhiqizweni engaba khona yokudla kwe-vegan, sizohlinzeka ngombono obanzi we ...