Ubhejane omnyama omdala ongasetyenziswanga emhlabeni usweleke kwindawo yolondolozo yaseNgorongoro, ipaki yezilwanyana zasendle eTanzania yolondolozo lwemikhombe.
Iminyaka engama-57 yobhejane obhinqileyo obizwa ngokuba nguFausta uchongiwe ukuba ngowona mkhombe mdala ophilayo emhlabeni ukuya kuthi ga ngolwesiHlanu kule mpelaveki xa abasemagunyeni bezolondolozo babhengeza ukufa kwabo kwendalo kwindlwana yakhe eseNgorongoro Crater ngentsimbi ye-20: 29 iiyure zaseMpuma Afrika (11:29 GMT ).
UMkomishinala woLondolozo lweNdawo yaseNgorongoro uGqirha Freddy Manongi uthe umkhombe omnyama wasetyhini wasempuma (iDiceros birconis michaelli), usweleke ngezizathu zendalo ngolwe-Sihlanu, nge-27 kaDisemba.thiiyure zangokuhlwa.
Amarekhodi abonisa ukuba uFausta waphila ixesha elide kunaye nawuphi na umkhombe emhlabeni kwaye wazula kumngxuma waseNgorongoro ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-54 ngaphambi kokuba ugcinwe kwindawo engcwele kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo yobomi bayo.
UFausta umkhombe omnyama waqala ukubekwa kumngxuma waseNgorongoro ngo-1965 sisazinzulu esivela kwiYunivesithi yaseDar es Salaam xa umkhombe wayeneminyaka emithathu ubudala.
UGqirha Manongi uthe umkhombe waqala ukonakala ngo-2016, emva kohlaselo lweempisi nezinye izilwanyana. Kamva wahlupheka ngenxa yokungaboni kakuhle okuye kwaphazamisa ukuhlala kwakhe endle.
Umkhombe odumileyo waseAfrika okhenkethi omnyama uFausta wasinda kungekho mathole.
Iirekhodi zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle zehlabathi zibonisa ukuba uSana, umkhombe wasemazantsi wasetyhini omhlophe, oneminyaka engama-55, ngaphambili wayegqalwa njengeyona mikhombe mdala emhlabeni ekuthinjweni. Usweleke e2017 eLa Planete Sauvage Zoological park eFrance.
Omnye umkhombe omdala u-Elly, wayeneminyaka engama-46 ubudala xa wasweleka ngomhla we-11 kuMeyi 2017 ekhayeni lakhe eSo Francisco Zoo eMelika. Ubomi obulindelwe bemikhombe buphakathi kweminyaka engama-37 nengama-43 endle kodwa bunokuphila ukuya kwiminyaka engama-50 ekuthinjweni, iirekhodi zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle zibonisa.
Indawo yolondolozo yaseNgorongoro (i-NCAA) kuphela kwendawo kunye nendawo ekhuselekileyo yabambalwa, imikhombe emnyama eseleyo eTanzania. Malunga nemikhombe engama-50 emnyama ikhuselwe apho phantsi kweeyure ezingama-24 zokugadwa kwekhamera ngaphakathi eNgorongoro crater kwaye ekuphela kwesiza eMpuma Afrika esixinene kwizilwanyana ezanyisayo ezinkulu zaseAfrika ezingaphezu kwama-25,000.
Le crater iqulethe ngaphezu kwama-25,000 XNUMX ezinye izilwanyana ezinkulu eziquka iinyamakazi, amaqwarhashe, iingqameko kunye neenyathi.
Abemi bemikhombe esemngciphekweni wokuLondolozwa kweNgorongoro bayanda kule minyaka idlulileyo, utshilo uGqirha Manongi.
Indawo yolondolozo yaseNgorongoro yenye ipaki ekhuselekileyo yezilwanyana zasendle kunye nokusetyenziswa komhlaba okuninzi, kwabelwana ngemithombo yolondolozo lomhlaba kunye nabalusi beenkomo zamaMaasai (abalusi).
Ukuphawula iminyaka engama-60 yeNgingqi yoLondolozo yaseNgorongoro kunye neGunya leePaki leSizwe laseTanzania (iTANAPA), iTanzania ngoku ijonge ukwandisa inani lemikhombe emnyama kwiipaki eziphambili zokunyusa ii-safaris zokhenketho.
Umlondolozi wezilwanyana owaziwayo waseJamani kunye noochwephesha wezilwanyana ongasekhoyo uNjingalwazi Bernhard Grzimek wamenywa eTanzania ngurhulumente wase-Bhritane ukuba aseke izicwangciso kunye nemida yolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kunye nendalo kwiminyaka engama-60 eyadlulayo. Ulondolozo lwemikhombe emnyama eTanzania lwaluphakathi kwemisebenzi ephambili eyenziwa nguNjing. Grzimek ongasekhoyo.
Ulondolozo lwemikhombe beluhleli luyinto ekujoliswe kuyo ngabalondolozi bajonge ekuqinisekiseni ukusinda kwabo emva kokuzingelwa ngokungekho mthethweni ngokuzingela phantse ukubulala inani labo kumashumi eminyaka adlulileyo.
Imikhombe emnyama iphakathi kwezilwanyana ezisengozini kunye nezisengozini eMpuma Afrika kunye noluntu lwazo lwehla ngesantya esiphezulu.
Inkqubo yolawulo lwemikhombe yaseTanzania eyaphuhliswa malunga neminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo ijolise ekwandiseni inani labo kwiipaka ezikhuselweyo ngoku eziphantsi kolawulo lweeTanzania National Parks (iTANAPA), iNdawo yoLondolozo yaseNgorongoro (NCA) kunye neGunya leZilwanyana zaseTanzania (TAWA).
Kumashumi eminyaka adlulileyo, imikhombe emnyama ibihamba ngokukhululekileyo phakathi kweTsavo West National Park eKenya kunye neMkomazi National Park emantla eTanzania, kunye neSerengeti National Park eTanzania kunye neMaasai Mara Game Reserve eKenya.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Amarekhodi abonisa ukuba uFausta waphila ixesha elide kunaye nawuphi na umkhombe emhlabeni kwaye wazula kumngxuma waseNgorongoro ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-54 ngaphambi kokuba ugcinwe kwindawo engcwele kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo yobomi bayo.
- UFausta umkhombe omnyama waqala ukubekwa kumngxuma waseNgorongoro ngo-1965 sisazinzulu esivela kwiYunivesithi yaseDar es Salaam xa umkhombe wayeneminyaka emithathu ubudala.
- Aged 57 the female rhino named Fausta has been identified to be the oldest living rhino in the world up to Friday this weekend when conservation authorities announced its natural death in her cage within Ngorongoro Crater at 20.
