Isithombe sefekthri ipulazi ngokuvamile sihlanganisa imicabango yezingulube, izinkomo, nezinkukhu eziminyene ezindaweni ezimpintshana, ezikhuliselwe ukukhiqizwa kokudla. Kodwa-ke, iqiniso elivame ukunganakwa ukuthi eminye yale misebenzi yezinga lemboni iphinde ikhulise izinja, ikakhulukazi ama-beagle, ukuze zisetshenziswe ekuhloleni zilwane. Lezi zinja, ezivalelwe emakhejini amancane, azihloselwe amatafula okudla kwakusihlwa kodwa amalebhu ocwaningo lapho zibekezelela ukuhlolwa okuhlaselayo futhi okubuhlungu ngaphambi kokushaywa. Lo mkhuba ophazamisayo usemthethweni e-US futhi ubangele impikiswano enkulu nezimpi zomthetho.
Odabeni lwakamuva, abameli abathathu bezilwane —u-Eva Hamer, u-Wayne Hsiung, no-Paul Darwin Picklesimer—babhekene namacala okusindisa ama-beagle amathathu e-Ridglan Farms, okungenye yezindawo ezinkulu zokuzalanisa izinja ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo e-US Ekuqulweni kwecala labo, ekuqaleni. ehlelelwe uMarch 18, idonse ukunakwa okukhulu ezimeni lezi zilwane ezibekezelela. I-Ridglan Farms, etholakala eduze kwase-Madison, e-Wisconsin, ivalela ama-beagle ngaphansi kwezimo izishoshovu ezizichaza njengezingcolile nezilimaza ingqondo, okufana nokuphathwa kwezinkukhu embonini yamaqanda.
U-Eva Hamer, owayengumelaphi womculo, ukhumbula isipiliyoni esidabukisayo sokuzwa izinkulungwane zezinja zikhala ngazwi linye ebusuku, okuhluke kakhulu okuhluke kakhulu kumapulazi emboni athule. Eqhutshwa isifiso sokudalula lezi zimo nokuvusa uzwela kuzo zonke izilwane eziphathwa ngaleyo ndlela, u-Hamer kanye nezishoshovu ezikanye naye babeka engcupheni inkululeko yabo yokuletha ukunaka kule nkinga. Izenzo zabo zigqamise izingqinamba zokuziphatha ezizungezile ukuhlolwa kwezilwane kanye nemiphumela yezomthetho ebhekene yilabo abaphonsela inselelo le mikhuba.
Ngo-2021 kuphela, cishe izinja ezingu-45,000 zasetshenziswa kumalebhu ocwaningo ase-US, kanti ama-beagle kuwuhlobo olukhethwayo ngenxa yemvelo yawo ethambile. Lezi zinja zihlolwa izinhlobo ezehlukene zokuhlola, kusukela ekuhlolweni kobuthi bemithi emisha namakhemikhali kuya kwezimonyo kanye nokuhlolwa kwemithi, okuvamise ukuphumela ekuhluphekeni okukhulu kanye ne-euthanasia ekugcineni. Usizi lwalezi zilwane luqubule ingxoxo ebanzi mayelana nokuziphatha kanye nesidingo sezenzo ezinjalo, kunxusa umphakathi ukuthi ucabange kabusha ukuphathwa kwezilwane ngaphakathi kwalezi zinhlaka zezimboni.
Ukubuyekezwa: Ekulalelweni kwanamuhla ekuseni, iJaji uMario White unikeze isiphakamiso seSifundazwe saseWisconsin sokuhoxisa amacala abekwe abamangalelwa abathathu. Ukuqulwa kwecala bekuhlelelwe uMashi 18, futhi bobathathu babhekene namacala obugebengu kanye nokugwetshwa ejele.
Uma ucabanga ngepulazi lemboni, izilwane ezifika engqondweni cishe izingulube, izinkomo nezinkukhu. Kepha e-US nakwezinye izindawo, iningi lale misebenzi emikhulu ibuye ikhulise izinja - izipakisha emakhejini amancane ukuze zidayiswe ukuze zithole inzuzo futhi ekugcineni zibulawe. Lezi zilwane azifuyelwa ukudla. Izinja, ikakhulukazi ama-beagle, zifuywa ukuze zisetshenziswe ekuhloleni izilwane, lapha e-US nakwamanye amazwe. Manje, abameli abathathu bezilwane abangena kwesinye salezi zikhungo emuva ngo-2017 bahlenga izinja ezintathu, sebezovela enkantolo ngamacala okugqekeza kanye nokweba, futhi babhekane nokuboshwa okungenzeka iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye umuntu ngamunye.
U-Eva Hamer uthi kunzima kuye ukwenza izinhlelo zekusasa njengamanje. NgoMashi 18, yena kanye nezishoshovu ze-Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), uWayne Hsiung noPaul Darwin Picklesimer, bazoquliswa icala lokusindisa izinja ezintathu, eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule, eRidglan Farms, eseduze neMadison, Wisconsin. Ngokusho kwe-DxE, abaphenyi "bangena kulesi sikhungo futhi babhala izimo ezingcolile kanye nokuhlukumezeka kwengqondo kwezinja ezijikeleza ngokungapheli ngaphakathi kwamakheji amancane." Babe sebehamba nezinja ezintathu, manje okuthiwa uJulie, Anna noLucy.
I-Ridglan Farms ingesinye sezikhungo ezintathu ezinkulu kunazo zonke e-US yokuzalanisa ama-beagles zamalebhu ocwaningo. U-DxE utshele i-Intercept ngo-2018 ukuthi amanye alawo malebhu atholakala emanyuvesi omphakathi e-US, okuhlanganisa i-University of Wisconsin, i-University of Minnesota kanye namanye amakolishi ahlobene ne-University of California. Cishe izinja ezingama-45,000 zasetshenziswa ocwaningweni e-US ngo-2021, ngokusho kwedatha ye-USDA ehlaziywe yi-Cruelty Free International. Ama-Beagles uhlobo oluvame kakhulu olusetshenziswa ekuhloleni ngenxa yemvelo yabo ethambile. Zisetshenziswa ekuhloleni ubuthi, ukuhlola ukuphepha kanye nobuthi bezidakamizwa emisha, amakhemikhali, noma imikhiqizo yabathengi, kanye nokuhlolwa kwezimonyo nemithi, kanye nocwaningo lwe-biomedical. Ukuhlolwa kungase kuhlasele, kube buhlungu futhi kucindezele, futhi ngokuvamile kuphetha ngokuthi inja ibulawa.
E-Ridglan, u-Hamer uyakhumbula, ama-beagle atholakala evalelwe ngokungafani nezinkukhu embonini yamaqanda. “Isilinganiso sobukhulu nomzimba siyafana nepulazi lezinkukhu,” echaza, echaza ubukhulu bamakheji. “Uma [amakheji] ewubude obuphindwe kabili bomzimba wenja, khona-ke inja akudingekile ukuba ilishiye lelo kheji.” Okunye okufana namapulazi efektri, uyanezela, “iphunga, ungalihogela liqhele ngekhilomitha.” Nokho, kwakunento eyodwa ehluke kakhulu, ngisho “eyinqaba,” uHamer uyanezela: “Amapulazi efekthri athambekele ekuthuleni ebusuku. Epulazini lezinja, wonke umuntu uyahhewula, izinkulungwane zezinja, ziyahhewula.” Uchaza lo msindo njengohehayo.
U-Hamer, owayengumelaphi womculo, uthi uphoqeleke ukuthi abambe iqhaza kulolu phenyo kanye nokuhlenga abantu ngokukhululekile ngoba "kwakuyiphrojekthi entsha" engasiza abantu "ukuba baxhumane." Uyachaza, “Lapho uhlangana nothile futhi wazana naye, uzwelana naye. Futhi sonke sike saba nakho lokho ngezinja,” usho kanje. “Izinja zingakhulumela wonke umuntu ngaleyo ndlela. Bangabonisa ukuhlupheka [kwazo zonke izilwane ezifuywayo nezivalelwe].”
U-Hamer wayazi ukuthi ukuzidela kanye nenkululeko yakhe kungasiza ukwandisa ukunaka komphakathi emapulazini emboni. Yize ukukhuthaza uzwela ngezilwane ezisemakhejini kungaba yinselele, "uma kunabantu okungenzeka ukuthi bangene emakhejini - manje sekuyizindaba." Ngisho nokwazi ukuthi angase aye ejele, ukufihla ukuthi ungubani kwakungeyona inketho. Leyo ingenye yezimiso zokuhlenga okuvulekile: ukubonisa izimpawu zobuso bakho emphakathini ukuthi akukho okufihliwe. “Sikholelwa ukuthi esikwenzayo kusemthethweni futhi senza okuthile okuzuzisa kakhulu; ukuvimbela umonakalo omkhulu kakhulu,” uyanezela.
"Singabantu abajwayelekile," umhlengi ovulekile uJenny McQueen etshela u-Sentient ngonyaka odlule, futhi ukuhlenga okuvulekile kusiza ukujwayela "ukuthi kulungile ukungena nokuthatha izilwane kulezi zindawo ezimbi."
Nakuba “kunokushaqeka okukhulu kokuba khona kwezakhiwo ezinjengalezi,” kusho uHamer, kuphinde kube nohlobo oluthile lokufaneleka kokukhona kwazo, ‘egameni lesayensi,’ ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Kodwa njengoba egomela, “lokhu akukhona ukulwa nesayensi. Ukusho ukuthi kudingeka sihlukane nokucwaninga okusekelwe ezilwaneni yilokho okushiwo ubufakazi besayensi.” Kungumbono ongamanga ovamile, “lo mbono wokuthi ‘Uma bengingasindisa abantu abayinkulungwane futhi ngibulale inja eyodwa, vele bengizobulala inja eyodwa,’ – lokhu kuwukungaqondi ngokuphelele isayensi.” Eqinisweni, ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye emithi emisha ekhonjiswe ukuthi iphephile futhi isebenza ngempumelelo ekuhlolweni kwezilwane, iyaqhubeka nokuhluleka ezivivinyweni zabantu. Ngezindlela eziningi, ukuthembela kumamodeli ezilwane ekuhlolweni nasekucwaningeni empeleni kubambezela isayensi emuva, futhi kubambezela ukutholakala kokwelapha komuntu kwangempela.
Okwamanje, uHamer uyavuma ukuthi unovalo. "Noma yiliphi ithuba lokuboshwa liyethusa." Kepha futhi ukubheke ngabomvu ukudalula izinja zaseMelika emphakathini kabanzi, nokwabelana ngomlayezo mayelana nokuhlenga okuvulekile. Uthi: “Kungijabulisa kakhulu ukuba nale ngxoxo enkantolo, nokwenza ijaji libonise ukuthi izilwane kufanele zisindiswe, ukuthi akusona ubugebengu ukuzisindisa.”
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