I-Animal Welfare and Rights isimema ukuthi sihlole imingcele yokuziphatha yobuhlobo bethu nezilwane. Ngenkathi inhlalakahle yezilwane igcizelela ukunciphisa ukuhlupheka nokuthuthukisa izimo zokuphila, amalungelo ezilwane aqhubekela phambili—efuna ukuqashelwa kwezilwane njengabantu abanenani elingokwemvelo, hhayi nje njengempahla noma izinsiza. Lesi sigaba sihlola indawo eguqukayo lapho ububele, isayensi, kanye nobulungiswa kuhlangana khona, nalapho ukuqwashisa okukhula kubeka inselele khona izindinganiso zesikhathi eside ezithethelela ukuxhashazwa.
Kusukela ekukhuphukeni kwezindinganiso zobuntu kwezolimo zezimboni kuya ezimpini zomthetho eziqavile zobuntu bezilwane, lesi sigaba sidweba umzabalazo womhlaba wonke wokuvikela izilwane ngaphakathi kwezinhlelo zabantu. Siphenya ukuthi izinyathelo zenhlalakahle zivame kanjani ukwehluleka ukubhekana nenkinga eyinhloko: inkolelo yokuthi izilwane zingezona ezethu ukuzisebenzisa. Izindlela ezisekelwe emalungelweni ziyinselele ngokuphelele le ndlela yokucabanga, zifuna ushintsho kusuka ekuguqulweni kuya ekuguqulweni—izwe lapho izilwane zingaphathwa kahle, kodwa ngokuyisisekelo zihlonishwa njengezidalwa ezinezintshisekelo zazo.
Ngokuhlaziywa okubucayi, umlando, kanye nokumela, lesi sigaba sihlomisa abafundi ukuqonda umehluko phakathi kwenhlalakahle namalungelo, kanye nokungabaza imikhuba esabusa ezolimo, ucwaningo, ukuzijabulisa, kanye nokuphila kwansuku zonke. Intuthuko yangempela ayigcini nje ngokuphatha izilwane kangcono, kodwa futhi iqaphela ukuthi akufanele ziphathwe njengamathuluzi nhlobo. Lapha, sibona ikusasa elisekelwe esihloniphweni, uzwela, kanye nokuhlala ndawonye.
Ukuxhashazwa kwezilwane kuyinkinga esakazekile eye yahlupha umphakathi wethu amakhulu eminyaka. Kusukela ekusebenziseni izilwane njengokudla, izingubo, ukuzijabulisa, kanye nokuhlola, ukuxhashazwa kwezilwane sekugxile kakhulu emasikweni ethu. Sekuyinto evamile kangangokuthi abaningi bethu abakucabangi nakancane. Sivame ukuthethelela ngokuthi, "wonke umuntu uyakwenza," noma ngokumane sikholelwa ukuthi izilwane ziyizidalwa eziphansi ezenzelwe ukufeza izidingo zethu. Kodwa-ke, lo mqondo awugcini nje ngokulimaza izilwane kodwa futhi ulimaza nekhampasi yethu yokuziphatha. Sekuyisikhathi sokugqashula kulo mjikelezo wokuxhashazwa futhi sicabange kabusha ngobuhlobo bethu nezilwane. Kulesi sihloko, sizohlola izinhlobo ezahlukene zokuxhashazwa kwezilwane, imiphumela enayo emhlabeni wethu nakubantu bawo, nokuthi singasebenzisana kanjani ukuze sigqashule kulo mjikelezo owonakalisayo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuba siqhubekele phambili …










