Lesi sigaba sihlola ukuthi izilwane - ukuzizwa, zicabanga kanjani - zithinteka ezinhlelweni esizalayo nezinkolelo esizisekelayo. Ngaphesheya kwezimboni namasiko, izilwane aziphathwa njengabantu, kodwa njengamayunithi wokukhiqiza, ukuzijabulisa, noma ucwaningo. Izimpilo zabo ezingokomzwelo azinakwa, amazwi abo athuliswa. Ngalesi sigaba, siqala ukuluveza lokho kucatshangelwa futhi siphinde sithole izilwane njengezimpilo ezifutho: Ukuhlupheka, ukuhlupheka, ilukuluku nokuxhumana. Ukukhiqizwa kabusha kulabo esikufundile ukungakuboni.
Izigatshana eziphakathi kwalesi sigaba zihlinzeka ngombono obekelwe ama-multi abuhlungu ngendlela enzima ngayo futhi isebenza ngokwezikhungo. Izilwane ukuzwela zisiphonsela inselelo yokuthi sibone izimpilo zangaphakathi zezilwane kanye nesayensi ezikusekelayo. Inhlalakahle yezilwane kanye nemibuzo yamalungelo izinhlaka zethu zokuziphatha kanye nokugqamisa ukunyakaza kokuguqulwa kanye nokukhululwa. I-Factory Farming iveza enye yezinhlelo ezinesihluku kakhulu zokuxhashazwa kwezilwane eziningi - lapho ukusebenza kahle ngokweqile. Ezindabeni, silandelela izinhlobo eziningi zesihluku emisebenzini yabantu - emakhejini nasekuhlolweni kwamaketanga kanye namaketanga okuhlatshwa amakhethini namakhethini okuhlatshwa ngamakhemikhali - okuvezwa ukuthi lokhu kungazenzela okujulile kangakanani.
Kodwa-ke inhloso yalesi sigaba akuyona nje ukudalula unya - kodwa ukuvula indlela ebuzweni, isibopho, kanye noshintsho. Lapho sivuma ukuzwela kwezilwane nezinhlelo ezibalimazayo, sithola namandla okukhetha okuhlukile. Kuyisimemo sokushintsha umbono wethu - kusuka ekubuseni ukuze uhlonishwe, kusuka ekulimaleni kuya ekuvumelaneni.
Imithi elwa namagciwane iye yanconywa njengenye yentuthuko enkulu yezokwelapha yenkathi yanamuhla, inikeza ithuluzi elinamandla lokulwa nezifo ezibangelwa amagciwane. Nokho, njenganoma yiliphi ithuluzi elinamandla, kuhlale kunethuba lokusebenzisa kabi nemiphumela engahlosiwe. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile nokusetshenziswa kabi kwama-antibiotic embonini yezolimo kuye kwadala inkinga yomhlaba wonke: ukumelana nama-antibiotic. Ukukhula kokulima kwasefekthri, okugxile ekukhiqizweni kwemfuyo ngobuningi ezindaweni ezivalekile, ezimweni ezingahlanzekile, sekuholele ekusetshenzisweni okubanzi kwama-antibiotic ekudleni kwezilwane njengendlela yokuvimbela nokwelapha izifo. Nakuba lokhu kungase kubonakale kuyisinyathelo esidingekayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe impilo nokuphila kahle kwemfuyo, kuye kwaba nemiphumela engalindelekile nelimazayo kokubili kwezilwane nempilo yabantu. Kulesi sihloko, sizohlola umkhuba oshaqisayo wokungazweli ngama-antibiotic kanye nokuxhumana kwawo nomsebenzi wokulima kwasefekthri. Sizocwila ku…