U-Hope Bohanek ube yisishoshovu samalungelo ezilwane iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 futhi usanda kushicilela I-Last Betrayal: Will You Be Happy Eating Meat? UHope udalule amakhono akhe enhlangano njengomholi we-Campaign for Animals futhi uqondise ingqungquthela yaminyaka yonke ye-Berkeley Conscious Food kanye ne-Vegfest. Njengamanje usebenzela incwadi yakhe yesibili ethi, Deceptions of Humanism.
1. Uwuqale kanjani futhi nini umsebenzi wakho wokuba ummeli wezilwane? Ubani okugqugquzele?
Kusukela ngisemncane, ngangizithanda futhi ngizwelana nezilwane. Kwakukhona izithombe zezilwane ekamelweni lami, futhi ngangiphupha ngisebenza nazo lapho ngikhulile. Bengingazi ukuthi umsebenzi wami uzoba yini ngempela – mhlawumbe ocwaningweni lwesayensi, kodwa imvelo yami yobusha ehlubukayo yangiheha ebuholini.
Ugqozi lwami lokuqala lwafika ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90s ngenhlangano yeGreenpeace. Ngahlatshwa umxhwele yimihlangano yabo yesibindi engangiyibone kumabonakude, ngase ngivolontiya ophikweni lwase-East Coast. Ngokwazi usizi lokugawulwa kwemithi i-redwood eNyakatho California, ngavele ngaqoqa ngaya khona. Ngokushesha ngase ngivele ngihlezi kujantshi, ngivimbela ukuthuthwa kwezingodo. Sabe sesakha amapulatifomu amancane okhuni ukuze sihlale amamitha angu-100 phezulu ezihlahleni ezazisengozini yokugawulwa. Ngahlala izinyanga ezintathu lapho endlini yokulala enwetshiwe phakathi kwezihlahla ezine. Kwakuyingozi kakhulu, omunye wabangane bami waphahlazeka wafa, wawa ... Kodwa ngase ngingaphezudlwana kweminyaka engu-20, futhi eduze kwabantu abanesibindi kangaka ngazizwa ngikhululekile.
Ngesikhathi ngise-Earth First, ngafunda futhi ngafunda ngokuhlupheka kwezilwane emapulazini. Ngangivele ngingadli inyama ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa izinkomo, izinkukhu, izingulube, amaturkeys… zangimemeza. Kimi zazibonakala ziyizidalwa ezingenacala nezingakwazi ukuzivikela, ezihlushwa ukuhlupheka nokuhlupheka ngaphezu kwezinye izilwane emhlabeni. Ngathuthela eningizimu e-Sonoma (ihora kuphela enyakatho ye-San Francisco) futhi ngaqala ukuvimba amaqhinga engifunde ngawo ku-Earth First. Siqoqa idlanzana lama- vegans angesabi, savimba isilaha, saphazamisa umsebenzi walo usuku lonke. Kwakukhona ukuboshwa kanye nomthethosivivinywa wesamba esikhulu, kodwa kwabonakala kusebenza kakhulu kunezinye izinhlobo ze-propaganda, ezingenabungozi kangako. Ngakho ngaqonda ukuthi ukudla inyama nokulwela amalungelo ezilwane kuyinjongo yokuphila kwami.
2. Sitshele ngamaphrojekthi akho amanje nawesikhathi esizayo - izethulo, izincwadi, imikhankaso nokunye.
Manje ngisebenza ku-Poultry Concern (KDP) njengomphathi wephrojekthi. Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ngokuba nomphathi ofana no-Karen Davis, umsunguli nomongameli we-KDP, kanye neqhawe langempela lenhlangano yethu. Ngifunde lukhulu kuye. Imiklamo yethu yenzeka unyaka wonke, Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lokuvikela Izinkukhu, kanye nezethulo nezingqungquthela ezweni lonke, kube umcimbi obaluleke kakhulu.
Ngiphinde ngibe umqondisi omkhulu wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo ye-vegan Compassionate Living. Sixhasa i-Sonoma VegFest futhi sibonise amafilimu nokunye okuqukethwe kwamavidiyo emakhempasini. Enye yezindlela eziyinhloko zenhlangano ukuvezwa kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi “ukulebula komuntu”. Abantu abaningi bathenga imikhiqizo yezilwane ebhalwe ukuthi “free range”, “humane”, “organic”. Leli iphesenti elincane lemakethe yale mikhiqizo, kodwa ikhula ngokushesha, futhi inhloso yethu ukukhombisa abantu ukuthi lokhu kuwumkhonyovu. Encwadini yami, nganikeza ubufakazi bokuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ipulazi liyini, izilwane ezikulo ziyahlupheka. Unya ekufuyweni angeke lususwe!
3. Siyazi ukuthi ubambe iqhaza enhlanganweni ye-VegFest e-California. Futhi ulawula Ingqungquthela yaminyaka yonke ye-Conscious Eating e-Berkeley. Yiziphi izimfanelo okudingeka ube nazo ukuze uhlele imicimbi emikhulu kangaka?
Ngonyaka ozayo kuzoba nengqungquthela yesithupha ye-Conscious Eating kanye neyesithathu yaminyaka yonke ye-Sonoma VegFest. Ngisize futhi ukuhlela uSuku Lomhlaba LweVegan eBerkeley. Ngiye ngathuthukisa ikhono lokuhlela imicimbi enjalo phakathi neminyaka edlule. Udinga ukunikeza abantu ulwazi oluningi futhi unikeze nokudla kwemifino, konke ngosuku olulodwa. Kufana newashi elinamasondo amaningi. Umhleli ocophelelayo kuphela ongakwazi ukubona isithombe sonke futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, nangemininingwane emincane kakhulu. Iminqamulajuqu ibalulekile - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sinezinyanga eziyisithupha, izinyanga ezine noma amasonto amabili, sisabhekene nomnqamulajuqu. Manje imikhosi ye-vegan iyenzeka emadolobheni ahlukene, futhi sizokujabulela ukusiza noma ubani othatha inhlangano yabo.
4. Ulibona linjani ikusasa, ingabe ukudla imifino, umzabalazo wenkululeko yezilwane kanye nezinye izici zobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kuzothuthuka?
Ngibheka ikusasa ngethemba. Abantu bayazithanda izilwane, bahlatshwa umxhwele ubuso bazo obuhle, futhi iningi alifuni ukuzibangela ukuhlupheka. Lapho bebona isilwane esilimele eceleni komgwaqo, iningi lizonciphisa ijubane, noma lisengozini, ukuze lisize. Ekujuleni komphefumulo wawo wonke umuntu, ekujuleni kwawo okuhle kakhulu, ububele buphila. Ngokomlando, izilwane ezifuywayo ziye zaba ngaphansi kwesigaba esiphansi, futhi isintu siye saqiniseka ukuthi siyazidla. Kodwa kumele sivuse uzwelo nothando oluhlala kuwo wonke umuntu, khona-ke abantu bazoqonda ukuthi ukufuya isilwane ukuze sidle kuwukubulala.
Kuzoba yinqubo ehamba kancane njengoba izinkolelo namasiko ajulile enza kube nzima ukujika, kodwa inqubekelaphambili yamashumi amathathu eminyaka adlule iyakhuthaza. Kuyakhuthaza ukucabanga ukuthi senze inqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo ekuvikeleni amalungelo abesifazane, izingane kanye nedlanzana. Ngikholwa ukuthi ukwazi komhlaba wonke sekuvele kukulungele ukwamukela umbono wokungabi nodlame nobubele nabafowethu abancane - izinyathelo zokuqala sezithathiwe.
5. Ungakwazi yini ekugcineni ukunikeza amazwi okuvalelisa kanye nezeluleko kuzo zonke izishoshovu zamalungelo ezilwane?
Ubushoshovu bufana nobisi lwesoya, ungathandi uhlobo oluthile, zama olunye, wonke umuntu unokunambitheka okuhlukile. Uma ungemuhle kakhulu komunye umsebenzi, uwushintshe uwenze omunye. Ungasebenzisa ulwazi lwakho namakhono ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene ezihlobene nokuvikelwa kwezilwane, kusukela ekubhaleni izincwadi kuya ekugcinweni kwamabhuku. Umsebenzi wakho kule ndawo kufanele uzinze futhi ujabulise. Izilwane zilindele ukuthi ubuyisele kunoma yimuphi umkhakha womsebenzi, futhi ngokukhumbula lokhu, uzoba isishoshovu esingcono nesisebenza ngempumelelo. Izilwane zithembele kuwe futhi zilinde okuningi njengoba singazinikeza, akusekho.