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.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, kuye kwaba nesithakazelo esikhulayo ekuhlotsheni phakathi kokudla kanye nempilo yengqondo. Ngokukhula kwezinkinga zempilo yengqondo njengokucindezeleka nokukhathazeka, abacwaningi bebelokhu behlola umthelela ongaba khona wokudla okuthile enhlalakahleni iyonke. Ukudla okukodwa okuthole ukuthandwa kulokhu yi-veganism, okubandakanya ukudla imikhiqizo esekelwe ezitshalweni kuphela nokugwema yonke imikhiqizo yezilwane. Nakuba indlela yokuphila ye-vegan iye yahlotshaniswa ngokuyinhloko nokukhathazeka kokuziphatha kanye nemvelo, kunobufakazi obuvelayo obuphakamisa ukuthi ingase ibe nomthelela omuhle empilweni yengqondo. Lokhu kuphakamisa umbuzo: ingabe ukwamukela ukudla kwe-vegan kungakwenza ujabule? Kulesi sihloko, sizocubungula ukuxhumana okungaba khona phakathi kokudla nempilo yengqondo, sigxile kakhulu endimeni ye-veganism. Ngokuhlola ucwaningo lwamanje kanye nemibono yochwepheshe, sihlose ukunikeza ukuqonda okuphelele kokuthi i-veganism ingaba nayo ngempela yini ...