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.
Ukulima efektri, itshe elifihlekile lokukhiqizwa kokudla kwanamuhla, lisebenza ngemuva kweminyango evaliwe, lifihla isihluku esigcwele isilwane kanye nemikhuba emibi oyichaza. Ukusuka emakhejini agcwele ngokweqile kuya ekugculiseni ama-antibiotic nama-hormone, lo mkhakha ubeka inzuzo ngezindleko zenhlalonhle yezilwane, impilo yomphakathi kanye nokusimama kwemvelo. Ngokudalula lezi zimo ezinobuntu futhi ziphonsela inselelo izimiso zokuziphatha zefektri, singanikeza abathengi ukwenza izinqumo ezinolwazi ezisekela ezinye izindlela ezinamahhala. Ngokubambisana, sinamandla okuxhasa izinto ezisobala, ukufunwa kwezinguquko, futhi sikhuthaze uhlelo lokudla onozwela ngokwengeziwe lwezilwane kanye nabantu ngokufanayo