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.
Abantu baye baba nobuhlobo obuyinkimbinkimbi nobuvame ukungqubuzana nezilwane kuwo wonke umlando. Kusukela ekufuyeni izilwane ezifuywayo ukuze zibe ngabangane kuye ekukhuliseni imfuyo ukuze idliwe, ukusebenzelana kwethu nezilwane kuye kwalolongwa izinto ezihlukahlukene njengezinkolelo zamasiko, izidingo zomnotho, kanye nezinto esizithandayo. Nakuba ezinye izilwane ziphathwa ngothando nangothando, ezinye zibhekwa njengomthombo wokudla. Lobu budlelwano obuyindida buye bavusa izinkulumo-mpikiswano futhi baphakamisa imibuzo yokuziphatha mayelana nokuphatha kwethu izilwane. Kulesi sihloko, sizojula kulobu budlelwano obuphikisanayo futhi sihlole ukuthi isimo sethu sengqondo nezenzo zethu ngezilwane ziye zavela kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Sizophinde sihlole umthelela wokuphatha kwethu izilwane endaweni ezungezile, impilo yethu, kanye nenhlalakahle yabantu nezilwane. Ngokuhlola lokhu kuguquguquka okuyinkimbinkimbi, singakwazi ukuqonda kangcono indima yethu njengabanakekeli bezilwane kanye nemithelela ye ...