ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene,ʻaʻole mākou eʻai i kaʻiʻo o nā meaʻaihue, akā, ma keʻano'ē aʻe, lawe mākou i kā lākou hana ma keʻano he kumu hoʻohālike, e like me ka'ōlelo pololei a Rousseau.. ʻO ka poʻe aloha holoholona ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole lākou e kānalua i kekahi manawa e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo o kā lākou mau holoholona ʻehā wāwae a i ʻole hulu manu. Ua ʻōlelo ka ethologist kaulana ʻo Konrad Lorenz mai kona wā kamaliʻi ua pupule ʻo ia i nā holoholona a mālama mau i nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole ma ka home. I ka manawa like, aia ma ka ʻaoʻao mua o kāna puke Man Meets Dog, haʻi ʻo ia:
“I kēia lā no ka ʻaina kakahiaka ua ʻai au i ka berena i hoʻomoʻa ʻia me ka sausage. No ka puaʻa hoʻokahi aʻu i ʻike ai he puaʻa liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ʻo ka sausage a me ka momona kahi i palai ʻia ai ka berena. I ka hala ʻana o kēia pae o kona ulu ʻana, i mea e pale aku ai i ka hakakā me koʻu lunamanaʻo, ua pale aku au i ke kamaʻilio hou ʻana me kēia holoholona ma nā ʻano āpau. Inā pono wau e pepehi iā lākou iho, e hōʻole mau paha wau i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo o nā mea ola ma luna o nā ʻanuʻu o ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma luna o nā iʻa a i ʻole nā rana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono e ʻae kekahi ʻaʻole kēia he hoʻokamani wale nō - e hoʻāʻo ma kēia ʻano hoʻokuʻu i ke kuleana pono no nā pepehi kanaka i hana ʻia…«
Pehea e hoao ai ka mea kakau e hoapono i kona nele i ke kuleana pono no ka mea ana i hoakaka maopopo ole ai he pepehi kanaka? "ʻO ka noʻonoʻo e wehewehe ana i ka hana a ke kanaka i kēia kūlana, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kekahi ʻano o ka ʻaelike a i ʻole ka ʻaelike me ka holoholona i nīnau ʻia, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka pono o nā ʻenemi i hopu ʻia. e mālama ʻia.