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.
Ukusetshenziswa kwenyama kuvame ukubonwa njengokuzikhethela komuntu siqu, kepha imiphumela yawo ifinyelela kude kakhulu ngepuleti lesidlo sakusihlwa. Ukusuka ekukhiqizweni kwayo emapulazini asefekthri emdlalweni wawo emiphakathini ebincishwe amathuba, imboni yenyama ixhumene kahle nochungechunge lwezinkinga zobulungiswa bezenhlalo ezifanelana kakhulu. Ngokuhlola ubukhulu bokukhiqizwa kwenyama, sembula iwebhu eyinkimbinkimbi yokungalingani, ukuxhashazwa kanye nokuwohloka kwemvelo okukhuliswa yisidingo somhlaba wonke semikhiqizo yezilwane. Kulesi sihloko, siyangena ngoba inyama akuyona nje ukukhetha kokudla kepha ukukhathazeka okukhulu kobulungiswa emphakathini. Kulo nyaka kuphela, amathani alinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-760 (amathani ayizigidi ezingama-800) ama-conn ne-soy azosetshenziswa njengokudla kwezilwane. Iningi lalezi zilimo, nokho ngeke likhundle abantu nganoma iyiphi indlela enengqondo. Esikhundleni salokho, bazoya emfuyweni, lapho baguquke khona babe yimfucuza, kunokuba banakekele. ...