IiGorila zeNtaba kunye neeChimpanzee yinxalenye ebalulekileyo kunye nenengeniso kushishino lwezokhenketho eRwanda, eUganda, eTanzania naseCongo. Abalondolozi baseAfrika bakhathazekile ukubona iiGorila zeNtaba kunye neeChimpanzee zaseAfrika ziveliswa kwiCovid-19 ebantwini abatyelele iindawo zokuhlala ezizii-primate eMpuma nakuMbindi Afrika.
The Ingxowa-mali yeHlabathi yeNdalo (WWF) Kutshanje ulumkisile malunga nokusasazeka kweCovid-19 kwiigorila zeNtaba ezihlala eRwanda, eUganda, eCongo, nakuwo wonke ummandla wehlathi laseAfrika.
Njengoko intsholongwane isosulela abantu abaninzi kwihlabathi liphela, abalondolozi bendalo balumkisa ngomngcipheko wegorila yase-Afrika esengozini.
Ngaphandle kweigorila zeNtaba, iindawo zaseChimpanzee eNtshona Tanzania, eUganda, nakulo lonke elakuMbindi Afrika zibalwa zisengozini efanayo ekubambeni usulelo lweCovid-19.
I-WWF ilumkise ukuba inyani yabelana nge-DNA nabantu ngama-98 eepesenti, isithi izilwanyana zisemngciphekweni wokufumana usulelo lwe-coronavirus.
ICongo yaseVirunga National Park kunye neRwanda ekufuphi nazo zombini zivaliwe kubakhenkethi ukukhusela iigorila. I-Uganda ayiluvalelanga ukhenketho lwayo lwe gorila, kodwa ukwehla kweendwendwe kuye kwathintela ukuhamba kwabantu kwiipaki.
Amanani egorila asezintabeni andile ukuya ngaphezulu nje kwewaka kule minyaka idlulileyo emva kwephulo lolondolozo eliyimpumelelo kule minyaka ingama-1,000 idlulileyo, ngamanani abo esanda.
Isazi se-primatologist esaziwayo e-Afrika uJane Goodall wayevakalise amaxhala akhe malunga nokusasazeka kwesifo se-Covid-19 esisuka ebantwini siye kwiinyani.
Utshilo eLondon kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuba Iinkawu ezinkulu ziyaziwa ngokuba semngciphekweni wezifo zokuphefumla. Kwiindawo zakhe zeenkedama zeenkedama, abasebenzi banxibe izixhobo zokukhusela njenge-COVID-19.
iigorila zentaba eAfrika
“Kuyinkxalabo enkulu kuba asinakukhusela zonke iitshimpanzi kwiAfrika iphela kwaye nje ukuba intsholongwane ingene kuzo, endithandazelayo ukuba ingenzeki, andazi ukuba kungenziwa ntoni,” utshilo uJane.
IRwanda ikwavala okwethutyana imisebenzi yokhenketho kunye nophando kwiipaki ezintathu zikazwelonke ezinamakhaya ezinkawu ezinjengeegorila kunye neetshimpanzi.
Iigorila zentaba zithambekele kwizigulo zokuphefumla ezihlasela abantu. Ingqele eqhelekileyo inokubulala igorila, iWWF ithi, esinye sezizathu zokuba abakhenkethi abalandela iigorila ngokubanzi abavunyelwe ukusondela kakhulu.
Zimalunga ne-1,000 19 iigorila ezisentabeni ezihlala kwiindawo ezikhuselekileyo eCongo, eUganda naseRwanda. Ukuvumela uluntu ukuba lutyelele le mimandla kubalulekile kwaye kunenzuzo. Nangona kunjalo, i-COVID-XNUMX, isifo esibangelwe yi-coronavirus, ikhokelele amagosa epaki yaseVirunga ukuba ayalele ukuvalwa okwethutyana.
I-Uganda ayibhengezi ukuvalwa kokhenketho lwepaki ye gorilla. Nangona kunjalo, inani leendwendwe ezivela eYurophu nakwezinye iindawo liye lehla kakhulu, kusenza iipaki zihambe ngaphandle kwezihlwele ezikhulu zabakhenkethi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Conservationists in Africa are worried to see Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Africa get exposed to Covid-19 from humans visiting primate habitats in Eastern and Central Africa.
- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has recently warned over the possible spread of Covid-19 to Mountain gorillas living in Rwanda, Uganda, Congo, and the entire equatorial forest region in Africa.
- “It is a big worry because we can't protect all the chimps across Africa and once the virus gets into them, which I pray it won't, then I don't know what can be done,” Jane said.
