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.
Imboni yezemfashini, evame ukugujwa ngobuhlakani bayo kanye ne-allure, ifihla iqiniso eliphazamisayo ngaphansi kwendawo yalo ecwebezelayo. Ngemuva kwembobo yoboya kanye nezikhwama zesikhumba ezifanekisela ukunethezeka zilele emhlabeni wokubhujiswa okungenakucatshangwa okungenakuqhathaniswa nokubhujiswa kwemvelo. Izigidi zezilwane zikhuthazelela izimo ezinyantisayo - zivalelwe, zixhaphaze futhi zihlatshwe - konke ukufeza izimfuno zezitayela eziphakeme. Ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokuziphatha, uboya kanye nokukhiqizwa kwesikhumba okulimazayo ku-ecosystems ngokugawulwa kwamahlathi, ukungcoliswa kwezinsiza, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezinsiza ngokweqile. Lo mbhalo uvimba iqiniso elibuhlungu ngemuva kwalezi zinto zokwakha ngenkathi ehlola ezinye izindlela ezintsha ezinikeza isitayela ngaphandle kokuhlupheka. Isikhathi sokucabanga kabusha ukukhetha kwethu futhi samukela ikusasa elinozwela ngokwengeziwe ngemfashini