Ubudlelwano phakathi kwabantu nezilwane bungenye yezinto ezindala kakhulu neziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu emlandweni wesintu—okwakhiwa uzwela, usizo, inhlonipho, futhi, ngezinye izikhathi, ukubusa. Lesi sigaba sihlola isibopho esixhumene ngokujulile phakathi kwabantu nezilwane, kusukela ebudlelwaneni nokuhlala ndawonye kuya ekuxhashazweni nasekuthengisweni. Lisicela ukuba sibhekane nokungqubuzana kokuziphatha endleleni esiphatha ngayo izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene: ukwazisa abanye njengamalungu omkhaya kuyilapho sifaka abanye ekuhluphekeni okukhulu ngenxa yokudla, imfashini, noma ukuzijabulisa.
Kusuka emikhakheni efana nesayikholoji, isayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu, kanye nempilo yomphakathi, lesi sigaba sembula imiphumela emibi yokuphathwa kabi kwezilwane kuwo wonke umphakathi wabantu. Ama-athikili aqokomisa ukuhlobana okuthusayo phakathi kobudlova bezilwane nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane, umthelela oqeda amandla wodlame ezinhlelweni zezimboni, nokuwohloka kozwela lapho ububele busetshenziswa ngokukhetha. Iphinde ihlole ukuthi i-veganism nokuphila okuqotho kungakha kanjani kabusha ukuxhumana okunozwelo futhi kukhuthaze ubudlelwano obunempilo-hhayi nje nezilwane, kodwa phakathi kwethu sodwa nakithi. Ngalokhu kuqonda, isigaba sibonisa indlela indlela esiphatha ngayo izilwane esibukisayo—futhi inomthelela—indlela esiphatha ngayo abanye abantu.
Ngokuhlola kabusha ubuhlobo bethu nezilwane, sivula umnyango wokuhlalisana okunobubele nenhlonipho okwengeziwe—okuhlonipha ukuphila okungokomzwelo, ukuhlakanipha nesithunzi sabantu abangebona abantu. Lesi sigaba sikhuthaza ushintsho oluqhutshwa uzwela ngokugqamisa amandla okuguqula okuqaphela izilwane hhayi njengempahla noma amathuluzi, kodwa njengezidalwa ezizwelayo esihlanganyela nazo emhlabeni. Inqubekelaphambili yeqiniso ayilele ekubuseni, kodwa ekuhloniphaneni nasekuphatheni okuqotho.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, umhlaba ubone ukwanda kwezifo ze-zoonotic, nokuqubuka kwezifo ezinjenge-Ebola, i-SARS, futhi muva nje, i-COVID-19, okubangela ukukhathazeka okukhulu kwezempilo emhlabeni. Lezi zifo, ezisuka ezilwaneni, zinamandla okusabalala ngokushesha futhi zinomthelela omubi kubantu. Yize kusacwaningwa ngemvelaphi yalezi zifo futhi kusaphikiswana ngayo, kunobufakazi obukhulayo obuxhumanisa ukuvela kwazo nezindlela zokufuya imfuyo. Ukufuywa kwemfuyo, okuhlanganisa ukufuya izilwane ukuze kudliwe, sekuyingxenye ebalulekile yokukhiqizwa kokudla emhlabeni wonke, okunikeza izigidi zabantu imali engenayo futhi kudla izigidigidi zabantu. Kodwa-ke, ukuqina nokwanda kwale mboni kuphakamise imibuzo mayelana neqhaza layo ekuqubukeni nasekubhebhethekeni kwezifo ze-zoonotic. Kulesi sihloko, sizohlola ukuxhumana phakathi kokufuywa kwemfuyo kanye nezifo ze-zoonotic, sihlola izinto ezingaba nomthelela ekuveleni kwazo futhi sixoxe…