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.
Ukwemukela indlela yokuphila ye-vegan kwesinye isikhathi kungazizwa kuhlukaniswe ezweni elingeyena i-non-vegan, kepha ukuthola ukwesekwa kanye nogqozi emphakathini ochumayo we-vegan kungenza wonke umehluko. Njengoba ukunyakaza okususelwa kwisitshalo kuyaqhubeka ukukhula, amathuba okuxhuma nabantu abanomqondo ofanayo aseba bakhulu kakhulu - kungaba ngemibuthano yendawo, amaqembu eku-inthanethi, noma okwabiwe okuhlangenwe nakho kobude. Le ndatshana igqamisa izindlela ezingokoqobo zokwakha ukuxhumana okunengqondo, ukusuka ekutholeni izindawo zokudlela ezinobungane be-vegan kanye nemicimbi yokuzibandakanya nabeluleki kanye nezinhlelo zokuvikela. Ngokubambisana, singakha inethiwekhi enozwela ekhuthazana ngenkathi kukhuthaza ushintsho oluhle lwezilwane, iplanethi, nenhlala-kahle yethu ehlanganisiwe