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.
Njalo ngonyaka, izilwane ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyikhulu zikhuthazelela ukuhlupheka okungacabangeki ezindaweni zomhlaba wonke, zivuselela impikiswano ekhulayo mayelana nezimilo kanye nesidingo sokuhlolwa kwezilwane. Ukusuka ekuchayweni kobuhlakani bamakhemikhali ezinkundleni ezihlaselayo, lezi zinto ezinomqondo zibhekwa ngaphansi kwezimo ngaphansi kokwehluka kwesayensi. Kodwa-ke, ngentuthuko ngezindlela ezinama-tule-free ezinjengokuhlolwa kwe-vitro kanye nokusetshenziswa kwekhompyutha okunikezela ngemiphumela eqondile neyekhompyutha, okuqhubekayo kokuhlolwa kwezilwane okuphelelwe yisikhathi kuphakamisa imibuzo ephuthumayo ngokuziphatha, ukufaneleka kwesayensi kanye nomthelela wezemvelo. Le ndatshana idlulela emafela anokhahlo wokuhlolwa kwezilwane ngenkathi igqamisa izinyathelo ezisebenzisekayo esingazithatha ukuze ucwaninge izinyathelo zokuziphatha ezivikela zombili izilwane nempilo yabantu