Ubuntu uthathe elinye igxathu ukuqothula izilwane eziseduze nathi, njengezinkawu. Futhi ngukuthi izinhlobo ezine ezinkulu zezinkawu manje sezihlelwe emhlabeni wonke zisengozini yokuqothulwa.
I-International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ibhale i-gorilla esempumalanga (iGorilla beringei), isibalo esikhulu kunazo zonke eziphilayo, esengozini yokuqothulwa ohlwini lwayo lokugcina olubomvu lwezinhlobo ezisengozini yokuqothulwa. IGorilla esempumalanga ihlushwe ukuwa kwabantu abangama-70% eminyakeni engama-20 edlule, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho.
Isimo sama gorilla asempumalanga silingana naleso se ezinye izinhlobo ezintathu ezinkulu wezinkawu esezivele zibalwe njengezisengozini enkulu, isinyathelo esisodwa ukusuka ekuqothulweni. I-gorilla yasentshonalanga, i-orangutan yaseBorne, ne-orangutan yaseSumat bakulolo "hlu olubomvu." Futhi akuzona kuphela lezi zinhlobo ezine, kepha ama-bonobos nezimfene zisondele ekwengezweni.
UDkt M. Sanjanyan, Iphini Likamongameli Wezokulondolozwa Kwamazwe Omhlaba:
Sishayela izilwane eziseduze kakhulu kithi ukuba ziseduze nokuqothulwa. Uma sikwazi ukuvikela amahlathi ethu amakhulu futhi ukuthola abomdabu nabendawo ukuze bazuze kukho, sizoqhubeka nokwabelana ngomhlaba ngezinkawu ezinkulu. Uma kungenjalo, akukho okumele ukwenze. Sizoba nezinsalela ezisele ngemuva, kepha uma sikhuluma ngemvelo, izinkawu ezinkulu azobe engasekho.
Ngesikhathi ukuzingela nokucekela phansi imvelo Izinombolo zemfene zehlile e-Afrika, ozakwabo e-Indonesia naseMalaysia bahlupheke ngokulinywa kukawoyela wesundu, osetshenziselwa izinhlobo eziningi zokudla nemikhiqizo yezimonyo. I-Indonesia inezinga eliphakeme kakhulu lokugawulwa kwamahlathi emhlabeni, kushiya inqwaba yama-orangutan efile, eyizintandane noma yathunjwa ngabantu bendawo.
Ingqungquthela ye-IUCN inengqikithi "Iplanethi isempambanweni yomgwaqo", nenqwaba yososayensi ethusa ukuthi ukuxubana okuyingozi kokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukulahleka kwendawo yokuhlala nokuzingela ngokweqile kuholela kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ukuqothulwa okukhulu kwesithupha" kwezimila nezilwane zomhlaba.