Abakhenkethi baseTanzania ukuza kuthi ga ngoku bagalele ngaphezulu kwe-211,000 yeedola kwi-Serengeti de-snaring programme ngenjongo yokulwa uhlobo olutsha lokuzingela.
Ngo-2017, iqaqobana labaqhubi bezokhenketho, iFrankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), iTanzania National Parks (TANAPA), kunye neSerengeti National Park (SENAPA) badibanela amandla okulwa nolu hlobo luthuleyo nolubulalayo lokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni eSerengeti.
INkqubo ye-De-snaring, eyokuqala yohlobo lwayo, inenjongo yokususa imigibe exhaphakileyo esekwe ngabathengisi benyama basekuhlaleni ukuze babambise izilwanyana zasendle ezininzi ngaphakathi kweSerengeti National Park nangaphaya.
Namhlanje, kwiinyanga ezili-16 phantsi komgaqo, iNtsebenziswano kaRhulumente namaShishini aBucala ibonakalise ukuba ngumzekelo ofanelekileyo wokusindisa abantu bezilwanyana zasendle eSerengeti, ipaki yesizwe yaseTanzania.
UManejala weProjekthi yeFZS, uMnu. Erik Winberg, uthi inkqubo eneedola ezingama-211,000 ezivela kubakhenkethi ikwazile ngempumelelo ukuqokelela imigibe engama-17,536, izilwanyana ezingama-157 zakhululwa ziphila, iinkampu zokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni eziyi-125 zabhaqwa, kunye nabazingeli abangekho mthethweni abangama-32 babanjiwe.
Wayehlaziya abachaphazelekayo kwezokhenketho ngexesha lesikhumbuzo somhla kaMwalimu Nyerere owawuququzelelwa yiTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) phantsi komxholo othi, “Isikhumbuzo segalelo lika-Mfundi elingenakuthelekiswa nanto kulondolozo,” kunye nomxholwana othi, “Imodeli yeNtsebenziswano luluntu-Bucala-Bucala amalinge olondolozo: Imeko yeNkqubo yokuNqanda imigibe eSerengeti National Park.”
"Ii-PPPs zihlala zibonwa njengefomu efanelekileyo yokuxhasa ngemali iiprojekthi ezinkulu zeziseko zophuhliso nazo zifanelekile kwiiprojekthi zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, [njengoko] inkqubo ye-Serengeti de-snaring inobungqina," utshilo uMnu. Winberg.
UCeba we-TATO kunye nomququzeleli wamavolontiya weSerengeti de-snaring, uNksz Vesna Glamocanin Tibaijuka, uthi abathathi-nxaxheba kwezokhenketho babeke ngaphezulu kwe-211,000 yeedola apho imilomo yabo ikhoyo kwiinyanga ezili-16 ezidlulileyo.
Ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni eSerengeti kuye kwaba kukhulu kunye norhwebo, nto leyo eyabeka ipaki yesizwe yaseTanzania phantsi koxinzelelo oluhlaziyiweyo emva kokuzola kweminyaka emibini.
Izilwanyana zasendle eSerengeti, indawo eyiLifa leHlabathi, zazisele ziqalisile ukuchacha emva kokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni kweempondo zendlovu okweminyaka elishumi, okwaphantse kwaguqa iindlovu nemikhombe.
Ngokungathi oko akwanelanga, ukuzingela inyama etyholweni ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ilityalwe kwaye ithuleyo kodwa ibulalayo ngaphakathi kwiPaki yaseSerengeti ngoku ibeka eyona mfuduko inkulu ehlabathini minyaka le yezilwanyana zasendle ukutyhubela amathafa aseMpuma Afrika phantsi kwesoyikiso esitsha.
Eyona mfuduko inkulu yesi sijikelezi-langa yezilwanyana zasendle ezizizigidi ezi-2 kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezanyisayo kwipaki yesizwe yaseTanzania yaseSerengeti kunye neMaasai Mara Reserve yaseKenya eyaziwayo - ngumtsalane wabakhenkethi ophambili, ovelisa izigidi ngezigidi zeedola ngonyaka.
Umlindi oyiNtloko wePaki yeSizwe yaseSerengeti, uMnumzana William Mwakilema, ungqinile ukuba ukuzingelwa ngokungekho mthethweni nokungahoywayo kuya kuba sisoyikiso sokwenene, njengoko abantu basekuhlaleni baye bathabatha imigibe yocingo ukubamba izilwanyana ezinkulu ngokungakhethiyo, ngenxa yokwanda kwabantu.
Omnye wabalawuli beTANAPA, uMartin Loibok, uncome intsebenziswano, esithi intsebenziswano elolu hlobo iyafuneka ukuze iphulo lolondolozo lwendalo lizinze.
“Ndingathanda ukuncoma i-TANAPA ngokuphila ilifa likaMfundis Nyerere kwiphulo [ layo] lokulondoloza. Amalungu e-TATO ahlala ebulela umsebenzi owenziwe kakuhle kwiipaki zethu zelizwe kwaye kubaluleke ngakumbi ukongezwa kwamva nje kweepaki ezintsha, "i-CEO ye-TATO, uMnu. Sirili Akko, wachaza.
