Okuqukethwe
Lokho “abathandi bezinja” osekukudala bekwazi sekuphinde kube isihloko socwaningo lwesayensi. Manje kufakazelwa ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ukuxhumana nezinja kuthuthukisa isimo sengqondo kanye nesimo esijwayelekile sabanikazi bazo.
Iphrojekthi entsha evela eNyuvesi yaseSydney inikeze isisindo esengeziwe inkulumo eyaziwayo ethi “inja umngane omkhulu wendoda”. Imiphumela yakhe yabonisa ukuthi abantu baba nemizwa encishisiwe yesizungu ezinyangeni ezintathu zokuqala bethole inja.
Iphrojekthi ye-PAWS
I-PAWS iwucwaningo olulawulwa isikhathi eside lobudlelwano phakathi kokuba nezinja njengezilwane ezifuywayo kanye nokuhlala kahle ngokwengqondo emphakathini. Idatha yakhe isanda kushicilelwa kwinsiza ye-BMC Public Health. Esikhathini esiyizinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili, izakhamizi zaseSydney ezingama-71 zabamba iqhaza ocwaningweni.
Lo msebenzi waqhathanisa inani lenhlalakahle yengqondo yamaqembu amathathu abahlanganyeli: labo abasanda kwamukela inja, labo ababehlose ukuyenza kodwa baqhubeka nenkathi yokufunda yezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili, nalabo ababengahlosile ukuthola inja. .
Iziphetho eziyinhloko
Izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo eNyuvesi iCharles Perkins Centre bathole ukuthi abanikazi bezinja abasha babike ukuncipha kwesizungu phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu zokwamukela isilwane esifuywayo, umphumela omuhle owahlala okungenani kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kocwaningo.
Ukwengeza, abahlanganyeli eqenjini lokuqala nabo bathola ukuncipha kwemizwa emibi, njengokudabukisa okuncane noma ukwesaba. Kodwa ososayensi abakatholi ubufakazi bokuthi ukubonakala kwenja kuthinta ngqo izinga lokucindezeleka kanye nezimpawu zokukhathazeka nokucindezeleka.
Ngokuka-Lauren Powell, umbhali oholayo wale phrojekthi, i-39% yemindeni yase-Australia inezinja. Lolu cwaningo oluncane lusikhanyisela ngezinzuzo ezingase zibe khona ezingalethwa abangane bomuntu kubavakashi babo.
“Eminye imisebenzi edlule ikufakazele ukuthi ukusebenzisana nezinja zabantu kuletha izinzuzo ezithile, njengasezindlini ezinakekela asebekhulile lapho izinja zisiza ekwelapheni isiguli. Kodwa-ke, zimbalwa izifundo ezishicilelwe kuze kube manje emhlabeni mayelana nokusebenzisana kwansuku zonke komuntu nenja ekhaya, kusho uPowell. “Yize singeke sikhombe ngqo ukuthi ukuba nenja nokusebenzisana nayo kuba nomthelela omuhle kangakanani kubahlanganyeli bethu, sinakho ukuqagela.
Ikakhulukazi, "abanikazi bezinja" abasha abavela eqenjini lokuqala babike ukuthi ngokuhamba kwansuku zonke bahlangana futhi baqala ukuxhumana nomakhelwane babo endaweni.
Ukusebenzisana kwesikhathi esifushane nenja yomuntu kubuye kwaziwe ngokuthuthukisa isimo semizwa, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi ngokusebenzelana okuvame kakhulu nokujwayelekile, imiphumela emihle iyengezele futhi iholele ekuthuthukisweni kwesikhathi eside.
Kunoma yikuphi, imodeli yocwaningo ngokwayo yanciphisa amathuba okuba nobuhlobo obuphambene - okungukuthi, kwatholakala ukuthi akuyona ukuthuthukiswa kwemizwa okuholela esinqumweni sokuthola isilwane esifuywayo, kodwa, ngokuphambene nalokho, ukubonakala. yomngane onemilenze emine esiza umuntu ukuthi athole imizwa eyakhayo.
Kungani kubalulekile lokhu okutholakele?
Umlobi omkhulu wephrojekthi, uProfesa we-Faculty of Medicine and Health u-Emmanuel Stamatakis ugxile entweni yezenhlalakahle. Ukholelwa ukuthi ezweni lanamuhla elimatasatasa, abaningi baye balahlekelwa umuzwa wabo wokuba umphakathi futhi ukuzihlukanisa nomphakathi kuyanda ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
“Uma ukuba nenja kukusiza ukuba uphume futhi wenze okwengeziwe, uhlangane nabanye abantu, futhi uxhumane nomakhelwane bakho, kuwukuphumelela,” uyanezela, “okubaluleke kakhulu lapho usukhulile, lapho ukuba wedwa nesizungu ngokuvamile kwanda. Kodwa lokhu kungenye yezinto ezibeka engcupheni yokuvela kwezifo zenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi, into eyingozi enkulu yomdlavuza nokucindezeleka.
Yiziphi izinyathelo ezilandelayo?
Izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo ziyavuma ukuthi ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka ukuze kuqondwe ubunkimbinkimbi bobuhlobo phakathi kokuba nenja nempilo engokwengqondo yomuntu.
“Le ndawo yintsha futhi iyathuthuka. Ukuthola indlela yokuhlola ubudlelwano nokubucabangela kuyingxenye yenkinga, ikakhulukazi uma ucabangela ukuthi ubudlelwano bomuntu ngamunye nenja bungahluka, ”baphawula.
Iqembu futhi njengamanje liphenya umthelela wokuba nezinja emaphethini abanikazi bazo wokuzivivinya. I-Dog Ownership and Human Health Research Group e-Charles Perkins Centre ihlanganisa ndawonye ochwepheshe bezempilo yomphakathi, ukuvivinya umzimba nokuvivinya umzimba, ukuvimbela izifo, ukuguquka kokuziphatha, kwengqondo yezempilo, ukuxhumana phakathi kwabantu nezilwane, kanye nempilo yezinja. Enye yezinhloso ukunquma ukuthi izinzuzo zokuhambisana nezinja zingasetshenziswa kanjani emkhakheni wezempilo yomphakathi.