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.
Onogwaja bavame ukuvezwa njengezimpawu zobumsulwa kanye nobuhle, amakhadi okubingelela ahlobisa kanye nezincwadi zezinganekwane. Nokho, ngemva kwalesi sigcawu esihle kuneqiniso elibuhlungu ngezigidi zonogwaja abafuywayo emhlabeni wonke. Lezi zilwane zibhekene nokuhlupheka okukhulu egameni lenzuzo, usizi lwazo ngokuvamile alunakwa phakathi kwenkulumo ebanzi ngenhlalakahle yezilwane. Le ndaba ihlose ukuveza ukuhlupheka okukhohliwe konogwaja abafuywayo, ukuhlola izimo ababekezelela kuzo kanye nemithelela yokuziphatha yokuxhashazwa kwabo. I-Natural Life Of Rabbits Onogwaja, njengezilwane ezidla inyama, baye bashintsha indlela yokuziphatha ethile kanye nokuzivumelanisa nezimo ukuze baphile ezindaweni zabo zemvelo. Ngokuyinhloko ziyizilwane ezidla uhlaza, ezidla izitshalo ezihlukahlukene, futhi zisebenza kakhulu ngesikhathi sokusa nokuhlwa ukuze zigweme izilwane ezidla ezinye. Lapho bengaphezu komhlabathi, onogwaja babonisa ukuziphatha okuqaphile, okufana nokuhlala phezulu ngemilenze yangemuva ukuze bahlole ingozi futhi bathembele ezinzwa zabo zokuhogela kanye ne-peripheral ...










