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 kwasefekthri kuyimboni efihlwe kahle, embozwe imfihlo futhi evimbela abathengi ukuthi baqonde izinga langempela lonya olwenzeka ngaphandle kweminyango evaliwe. Izimo zamapulazi ezimboni zivame ukuminyana, azihlanzekile, futhi zingenabuntu, okuholela ekuhluphekeni okukhulu kwezilwane ezihilelekile. Uphenyo kanye nezithombe eziqoshiwe ziveze izehlakalo ezishaqisayo zokuhlukunyezwa kwezilwane nokunganakwa emapulazini efektri. Abameli bamalungelo ezilwane basebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze baveze iqiniso elimnyama lokulima kwasefekthri futhi bamelele imithetho eqinile kanye nezindinganiso zenhlalakahle yezilwane. Abathengi banamandla okwenza umehluko ngokukhetha ukweseka izindlela zokulima ezinokuziphatha nezisimeme esikhundleni sokulima kwasefemini. Izingulube emapulazini ezimboni zivame ukuhlala ngaphansi kwezimo ezizibeka ekuhluphekeni okukhulu ngenxa yengcindezi, ukuvalelwa, kanye nokuntuleka kwezidingo eziyisisekelo. Ngokuvamile zigcinwa ezindaweni eziminyene, ezingenalutho ezingenazo izingubo zokulala ezifanele, umoya omncane, noma igumbi lokubonisa impatho yemvelo efana nokuqeda izimpande, ukuhlola, noma ukuzijabulisa. Lezi…










