Lesi sigaba sihlola indlela izilwane—imizwa, izidalwa ezicabangayo—ezithintwa ngayo izinhlelo esizakhayo kanye nezinkolelo esizisekelayo. Kuzo zonke izimboni namasiko, izilwane aziphathwa njengabantu ngabanye, kodwa njengezingxenye zokukhiqiza, ukuzijabulisa, noma ucwaningo. Izimpilo zazo ezingokomzwelo azinakwa, amazwi azo athuliswa. Ngalesi sigaba, siqala ukukhohlwa lezo zinkolelo futhi siphinde sithole izilwane njengezimpilo ezinemizwa: ezikwazi ukuthandana, ukuhlupheka, ilukuluku, kanye nokuxhumana. Kungukuphinde sithole lezo esizifundile ukuthi asiziboni.
Izigaba ezincane ezikulesi sigaba zinikeza umbono onezigaba eziningi wokuthi ukulimala kuvamile futhi kwenziwa kanjani. I-Animal Sentience isiphonsela inselelo yokuqaphela izimpilo zangaphakathi zezilwane kanye nesayensi eyisekelayo. I-Animal Welfare and Rights ibuza ngezinhlaka zethu zokuziphatha futhi iqokomisa ukunyakaza kokuguqulwa nokukhululwa. I-Factory Farming idalula enye yezinhlelo ezinonya kakhulu zokuxhashazwa kwezilwane eziningi—lapho ukusebenza kahle kudlula khona uzwela. Ku-Issues, silandelela izinhlobo eziningi zonya ezifakwe emikhubeni yabantu—kusukela ezikhejini nasemaketangeni kuya ekuhlolweni kwelebhu nasezindaweni zokuhlaba izisulu—okwembula ukuthi lokhu kungabi nabulungisa kuhamba kanjani ngokujule.
Kodwa inhloso yalesi sigaba akukhona nje ukuveza unya—kodwa ukuvula indlela eya esihawini, umthwalo wemfanelo, kanye noshintsho. Uma siqaphela umuzwa wezilwane kanye nezinhlelo ezizilimazayo, sithola namandla okukhetha ngendlela ehlukile. Kuyisimemo sokushintsha umbono wethu—kusukela ekubuseni kuya ekuhlonipheni, kusukela ekulimaleni kuya ekuzwaneni.
Ukulima kwezimboni kuyimboni efihliwe kahle, efihliwe futhi evimbela abathengi ekuqondeni izinga langempela lonya olwenzeka ngemuva kweminyango evaliwe. Izimo emapulazini ezimboni zivame ukuminyana kakhulu, zingahlanzekile, futhi azinabo ubuntu, okuholela ekuhluphekeni okukhulu kwezilwane ezihilelekile. Uphenyo kanye nezithombe ezifihliwe zembule izimo ezishaqisayo zokuhlukunyezwa kwezilwane kanye nokunganakwa emapulazini ezimboni. Abameli bamalungelo ezilwane basebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze baveze iqiniso elimnyama lokulima kwezimboni futhi bamele imithetho eqinile kanye nezindinganiso zenhlalakahle yezilwane. Abathengi banamandla okwenza umehluko ngokukhetha ukusekela imikhuba yokulima enokuziphatha okuhle nokuqhubekayo esikhundleni sokulima kwezimboni. Izingulube emapulazini ezimboni zivame ukuhlala ezimweni ezizibeka ekuhluphekeni okukhulu ngenxa yokucindezeleka, ukuvalelwa, kanye nokuntuleka kwezidingo eziyisisekelo. Ngokuvamile zigcinwa ezindaweni eziminyene, ezingenazo izindawo zokulala ezifanele, umoya opholile, noma indawo yokubonisa ukuziphatha kwemvelo njengokususa izimpande, ukuhlola, noma ukuxhumana nabantu. Lokhu …










