Amagundane akufanele ahlale endlini enezingane. Kungani? Leli thoyizi eliphilayo lingabalahlekisela ukuphila kwabo. Ngemva kwamasonto amabili ugogo wakhe ethengele igundane u-Aidan oneminyaka eyishumi ubudala, u-Alex, umfana wagula futhi kwatholakala ukuthi unesifo esibangelwa amagciwane ngokuvamile esibizwa ngokuthi “i-rat bite fever” futhi washona ngemva kwalokho.
Abazali bakhe kumanje bamangalele uxhaxha lwezitolo zezilwane ezifuywayo, bethi behlulekile ukuhlinzeka ngezinyathelo zokuphepha ezidingekayo ukuze kuvinjelwe ukudayiswa kwezilwane ezigulayo. Umndeni uthi unethemba lokuthi uzoqwashisa abazali ukuze bagweme ukushona kwenye ingane.
I-PETA icela uPetco ukuthi ayeke ukudayisa amagundane ngokuphelele, ukuze kuzuze abantu nezilwane.
Izilwane ezithengiswa uPetco zingaphansi kwengcindezi nokuhlupheka okukhulu, eziningi zazo ezingafiki emashalofini. Ukuthutha kusuka kubahlinzeki kuya ezitolo kuthatha izinsuku ezimbalwa, izilwane zihamba amakhulu amakhilomitha ezimweni ezingahlanzekile.
Amagundane namagundane kubuthana emabhokisini amancane ayizindawo zokuzalanisa amagciwane nezifo, futhi amagundane avame ukufika ezitolo zezilwane ezifuywayo egula kakhulu, efa, noma esefile. Ucwaningo olwenziwa abalwela amalungelo ezilwane luveze ukuthi izilwane ezifayo ziphonswa kudoti zisaphila, azinakekelwa udokotela wezilwane uma zilimale noma zigula, futhi ezisindile zigcinwa ezitsheni ezigcwele kakhulu. Abasebenzi basesitolo babanjwe yi-video befaka ama-hamster esikhwameni base beshaya isikhwama phezu kwetafula bezama ukubabulala.
Lezi zilwane azikutholi ukunakekelwa kwezilwane ezikudingayo. Kurekhodwe icala elijwayelekile lapho umthengi onakekelayo ethola igundane ngokusobala eligulayo futhi elihluphekayo esitolo sePetco eCalifornia. Lo wesifazane wabikela umphathi wesitolo ngesimo segundane, wamtshela ukuthi uzosinakekela lesi silwane. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ikhasimende labuyela esitolo labona ukuthi igundane lalingakakutholi ukunakekelwa.
Owesifazane wasithenga lesi silwane wasiyisa kudokotela wezilwane, owaqala ukuselapha isifo sokuphefumula esingapheli futhi esiqhubekayo. U-Petco kwadingeka akhokhe izikweletu zezilwane ngemva kokuba inhlangano yezenhlalakahle yezilwane ithinte inkampani, kodwa lokho akuzange kukudambise ukuhlupheka kwegundane. Uzoba nenkinga yokuphefumula okungapheli impilo yakhe yonke futhi angase abe yingozi kwamanye amagundane, hhayi amagundane kuphela.
Ngokwe-American Academy of Pediatrics, amagundane, izilwane ezihuquzelayo, izinyoni nezinye izilwane ezifuywayo zithwala izifo eziningi ezingadluliselwa ezinganeni, njenge-salmonellosis, isifo sofuba nesifo sofuba.
Izimo ezinonya nezingcolile lapho izilwane zigcinwa khona abathengisi bezilwane ezifuywayo zibeka engozini impilo yezilwane nabantu abazithengayo. Ngicela uchazele abangani bakho nezihlobo ezifuna ukuthatha isilwane ukuthi kungani ungasithengi esitolo sezilwane. Futhi uma njengamanje uthenga ukudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo kanye nezinsiza esitolo esihileleke ekuhwebeni kwezilwane ezifuywayo, usekela abantu abazilimazayo, ngakho-ke kungcono ukuthenga konke okudingayo kumthengisi ongabandakanyeki ekuhwebeni kwezilwane ezifuywayo. .