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.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwesihluku sezilwane kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane kuyisihloko esinaka kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Ngenkathi zombili lezi zinhlobo zokuhlukunyezwa ziphazamisa futhi zinyanyekayo, ukuxhumana phakathi kwazo kuvame ukunganakwa noma ukungaqondakali. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuxhumana phakathi kwesihluku sezilwane kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane, ngoba kungasebenza njengesibonakaliso esiyisixwayiso nethuba lokungenelela kwasekuqaleni. Ucwaningo selukhombisile ukuthi abantu abenze izenzo zobudlova ezibhekiswe ezilwaneni kungenzeka futhi basebenzise udlame kubantu, ikakhulukazi abasengozini enkulu njengezingane. Lokhu kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nezimbangela eziyisisekelo kanye nezinto ezingozini zazo zombili izindlela zokuhlukumeza, kanye nomphumela ongenzeka emphakathini ophelele. Le ndatshana izongena ebudlelwaneni obuyinkimbinkimbi phakathi kokuhlukunyezwa kwezilwane kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwezilwane, ukuhlola ukwanda, izibonakaliso eziyisixwayiso, kanye nemiphumela engaba khona ukuze kuvikelwe nokungenelela. Ngokuhlola lokhu kuxhumana nokuchitheka ...