Lesi sigaba sidingida emibuzweni eyinkimbinkimbi yokuziphatha ezungeze ukusebenzisana kwethu nezilwane kanye nezibopho zokuziphatha abantu abanazo. Ihlola izisekelo zefilosofi ezibekela inselele izinqubo ezivamile ezifana nokulima kwasefekthri, ukuhlola izilwane, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezilwane ekuzijabuliseni nasekucwaningeni. Ngokuhlola imiqondo efana namalungelo ezilwane, ubulungisa, kanye nenhlangano yokuziphatha, lesi sigaba sikhuthaza ukuthi kuhlolwe kabusha amasistimu nezinkambiso zamasiko ezivumela ukuxhashazwa ukuthi kuqhubeke.
Ukucatshangelwa kwezimiso zokuziphatha kudlulela ngale kwezinkulumo-mpikiswano zefilosofi—ilolonga ukukhetha okubambekayo esikwenzayo nsuku zonke, kusukela ekudleni esikudlayo kuye emikhiqizweni esiyithengayo kanye nezinqubomgomo esizisekelayo. Lesi sigaba sikhanyisa ukungqubuzana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwenzuzo yezomnotho, amasiko agxilile, kanye nokuqwashisa okukhulayo kokuziphatha okudinga ukuphathwa kobuntu kwezilwane. Ibekela abafundi inselele ukuthi babone ukuthi izinqumo zabo zansuku zonke zinomthelela noma zisize kanjani ekuhlakazeni izinhlelo zokuxhaphaza futhi bacabangele imiphumela ebanzi yendlela yabo yokuphila enhlalakahleni yezilwane.
Ngokukhuthaza ukuzindla okujulile, lesi sigaba sigqugquzela abantu ukuba basebenzise imikhuba yokuziphatha enengqondo futhi basekele ngenkuthalo ushintsho olunenjongo emphakathini. Iqokomisa ukubaluleka kokuqaphela izilwane njengezidalwa ezizwelayo ezinenani elingokwemvelo, okuyisisekelo ekudaleni izwe elinobulungiswa nelinozwela—lapho ukuhlonipha zonke izidalwa eziphilayo kuyisimiso esiyisiqondiso ezinqumweni nasezenzweni zethu.
Ukuxhashazwa kwezilwane kuyindaba edlangile osekungamakhulu eminyaka ihlupha umphakathi wethu. Kusukela ekusebenziseni izilwane ukudla, okokugqoka, ukuzijabulisa, nokuhlola, ukuxhashazwa kwezilwane sekugxilile esikweni lethu. Sekuyinto evamile kangangokuthi abaningi bethu abacabangi ngakho. Sivame ukukuthethelela ngokuthi, "wonke umuntu uyakwenza," noma nje ngenkolelo yokuthi izilwane zingabantu abaphansi okuhloswe ukuhlinzeka izidingo zethu. Nokho, lesi simo sengqondo asigcini nje ngokuba yingozi ezilwaneni kodwa nasekhampasini yethu siqu yokuziphatha. Sekuyisikhathi sokugqashula kulo mjikelezo wokuxhashazwa futhi sicabange kabusha ubuhlobo bethu nezilwane. Kulesi sihloko, sizohlola izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zokuxhashazwa kwezilwane, imiphumela enayo emhlabeni wethu kanye nezakhamuzi zawo, nokuthi singasebenzelana kanjani ukuze sigqashule kulo mjikelezo olimazayo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi siqhubekele phambili…