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 emafekthri kuwumkhuba odlangile embonini yokudla, kodwa ngokuvamile kuba nezindleko ezinkulu ezilwaneni ezihilelekile. Impatho enonya kanye nonya olwenziwa ezilwaneni ezikhuliselwe ukukhiqizwa kokudla akugcini nje ngokuba yinkinga ngokwezimiso zokuziphatha, kodwa futhi kunemithelela engathi sína yemvelo nempilo. Ukuphendula lokhu kukhathazeka, abantu abaningi baphendukela endleleni yokuphila ye-vegan njengendlela ephumelelayo yokulwa nonya lwamapulazi embonini. Ngokususa ukusekela le mikhuba nokukhetha ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni, abantu ngabanye bangaba nomthelela omuhle enhlalakahleni yezilwane, impilo yomuntu siqu, kanye nemvelo. Kulokhu okuthunyelwe, sizohlola izizathu zokuthi kungani ukuhamba kwe-vegan kuyimpendulo enamandla kunya lwepulazi lasefekthri, sigqamisa izinzuzo zalo futhi sinikeze izeluleko ezisebenzayo zokushintshela kumpilo ye-vegan. I-Understanding Factory Farm Cruelty Factory isihluku sasepulazini sisho ukuphathwa ngonya kwezilwane ezikhuliselwe ukukhiqizwa kokudla. Izilwane emapulazini emboni zivame…










