Izilwanyana zasendle zikhokela phambili kubakhenkethi kwaye zingumthombo wengeniso yabakhenkethi eAfrika ngaphandle kwelifa elityebileyo lembali kunye nenkcubeko ilizwekazi elinikwe lona.
Iifaris zasendle zeefoto zezilwanyana zasendle zitsala izigidi zabakhenkethi abavela eYurophu, eMelika naseAsia ukuba batyelele eli lizwekazi ukuze bachithe iiholide zabo kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo zezilwanyana zasendle.
Ngaphandle kwezixhobo ezityebileyo zezilwanyana zasendle, iAfrika isajamelene neengxaki zokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni ezazisenzeka ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ukukhathazeka kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle ngaphandle kwemizamo yokubamba le meko. Oorhulumente baseAfrika ngokusebenzisana nezilwanyana zasendle zehlabathi kunye nemibutho yolondolozo lwendalo ngoku bayasebenzisana ukusindisa izilwanyana zasendle zaseAfrika ekutshabalaleni, uninzi lwazo lusengozini.
Abagcini bezilwanyana zasendle eAfrika ngabalingane abaphambili ekulondolozeni impilo ababezinikele ubomi babo ukukhusela izidalwa zasendle kwiintlungu zabantu, kodwa besebenza emngciphekweni wabantu nakwizilwanyana zasendle ababezimisele ukuzikhusela.
Abagadi bajongene noxinzelelo lweengqondo olukhokelela kwimpembelelo yezempilo yengqondo. Bahlala bephantsi kobundlobongela ngaphakathi nangaphandle komsebenzi wabo.
Uninzi lwabagcini bezithuthi babona iintsapho zabo zincinci kanye ngonyaka, zibangela uxinzelelo olukhulu kubudlelwane babo kunye noxinzelelo lwengqondo.
E-Tanzania, umzekelo, inkokheli yabahlali yabulawa ngumrhanelwa okrokrelwa ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni kwi-Tarangire National Park, ipaki yezokhenketho yezilwanyana zasendle emantla eTanzania.
Inkokheli yelali uMnu Faustine Sanka wanqunyulwa intloko ngumntu okrokrelwa ukuba ngumzingeli ongekho mthethweni owathi, ngelishwa wabuphelisa ubomi benkokheli yoluntu kufutshane nepaki ngoFebruwari walo nyaka.
Amapolisa athi ukubulawa ngokumasikizi kukaSihlalo welali, uMnu Faustine Sanka kwenziwa nje ukukhathaza ulwaphulo-mthetho eTarangire National Park etyebe kakhulu ngeendlovu kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezinkulu zaseAfrika.
Aba barhanelwa babulala inkokheli yelali ngokunqumla intloko besebenzisa isixhobo esibukhali. Emva kokumbulala, umzimba wakhe wawusongelwe ngeplastiki kwaye isithuthuthu sakhe awayesikhwele sashiywa apho, amapolisa athi.
Ebutsheni benyanga ka-Epreli kunyaka ophelileyo, ilungu elirhanelwayo lomkhosi oxhobileyo ladubula abagadli bezilwanyana zasendle abahlanu kunye nomqhubi eVirunga National Park eDemocratic Republic of Congo.
Olona hlaselo lubi kwimbali yegazi likaVirunga, kunye nolona luhlu lude lwezehlo ezimanyumnyezi apho abarhwebi baphulukene nobomi babo bekhusela umhlaba wendalo, iingxelo zosasazo zolondolozo zatsho.
Ngaphandle kokukhula kolwazi lokuba sesichengeni kwezona ntlobo zintanda nezithandekayo emhlabeni ezifana neendlovu kunye nemikhombe, akukho lwazi luninzi kwaye akukho phando kuxinzelelo kunye nefuthe elinokubakho kwezempilo yengqondo kwabo banikwe uxanduva lokuzikhusela, utshilo umlondolozi.
“Kufuneka sibakhathalele abantu abenza umahluko,” utshilo uJohan Jooste, intloko yezomkhosi wokulwa nokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni kwiiPaki zeSizwe zoMzantsi Afrika (SANParks).
Ngokwenyani, uphando oluthe kratya lwenziwe kwi-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) phakathi kweendlovu ezilandela isiganeko sokuzingela ngaphandle komgcini okhusela nabo.
Iingcali zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle ziphinde zatsho ukuba iipesenti ezingama-82 zabalindi eAfrika bajongane nemeko esongela ubomi emsebenzini.
Bachaze iimeko ezicela umngeni emsebenzini, ukukhutshwa eluntwini, ukwahlukaniswa nosapho, izixhobo ezingalunganga kunye noqeqesho olungonelanga kubarhwebi abaninzi, umvuzo ophantsi kunye nembeko encinci njengezinye izoyikiso zobomi ezijamelene nabagcini baseAfrika.
I-Thin Greenline Foundation, umbutho osekwe eMelbourne ozinikele ekuxhaseni abagcini bezithuthi, uqokelele idatha malunga nokusweleka kwabagadi emsebenzini kule minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo.
Phakathi kwama-50 nama-70 eepesenti abantu ababulawa ngumlondolozi wezilwanyana zasendle eAfrika nakwamanye amazwekazi atyebileyo asendle athwalwa ngabazingeli abangekho mthethweni. Ipesenti eseleyo yokufa ngenxa yeemeko ezinobunzima abajamelana nazo mihla le, ezinje ngokusebenza ecaleni kwezilwanyana ezinobungozi nakwiindawo eziyingozi.
"Ndingakuxelela ngokuthe ngqo malunga ne-100 ukuya kwi-120 yokufa kwabantu esiyaziyo ngonyaka," utshilo u-Sean Willmore, umseki we-Thin Green Line Foundation kunye nomongameli we-International Ranger Federation, umbutho ongajonganga nzuzo obeka iliso kwimibutho yabarhwebi abangama-90 kwihlabathi liphela.
UWillmore ukholelwa kwelokuba inani lokwenyani lehlabathi lingaphakama kakhulu, kuba umbutho awunazo idatha ezivela kumazwe aliqela eAsia nakuMbindi Mpuma.
Umngcipheko eTanzania nakwimimandla esempuma yeAfrika bajongene nemeko ezifanayo, ezisongela ubomi ngelixa besemsebenzini wokukhusela izilwanyana zasendle, ikakhulu kwiipaki zesizwe, kwiindawo zokugcina izilwanyana nakumahlathi agciniweyo.
Indawo yokuGcina izilwanyana yaseSelous, eyona ndawo ikhuselweyo yezilwanyana zasendle e-Afrika ayikasindiswa kwiziganeko ezimbi ezijamelene nabalindi. Basebenza phantsi kweemeko ezinzima, benqumla kumakhulu eekhilomitha xa bejikeleza ukukhusela izilwanyana zasendle, ikakhulu iindlovu.
Epheleleyo ngoxinzelelo kunye neengxaki zengqondo, abagadi benza imisebenzi yabo ngokuzinikela ngokupheleleyo ekuqinisekiseni ukusinda kwezilwanyana zasendle eTanzania naseAfrika.
KwiSelous Game Reserve, oonogada bahlala kude neentsapho zabo; ukunikezela kwimingcipheko yobomi kubandakanya ukuhlaselwa zizilwanyana zasendle kunye nabazingeli abangekho mthethweni abasuka kwiilali ezikufutshane, uninzi lwabo babulala izilwanyana zasendle ngenxa yenyama yasendle.
Iindawo zokuhlala ezingabamelwane bale paki (iSelous) azinawo omnye umthombo weprotein ngaphezu kwenyama yasendle. Akukho mfuyo, iinkukhu kunye nokuloba kule nxalenye yeAfrika, imeko ebangela abahlali ukuba bazingele inyama yasendle.
Ranger kule paki ngokunjalo, banengxaki yoxinzelelo lwengqondo lomsebenzi. Uninzi lwabo lushiye iintsapho zabo ezidolophini okanye kwezinye iindawo zaseTanzania ukukhusela izilwanyana zasendle eSelous Game Reserve.
“Sinabantwana bethu abahlala bodwa. Andazi nokuba abantwana bam baqhuba kakuhle na esikolweni okanye. Ngamanye amaxesha asinxibelelani neentsapho zethu ezikude sithathela ingqalelo ukuba akukho zinkonzo zonxibelelwano zifumanekayo kule ndawo ”, umgcini-nkqubo uxelele i-eTN.
Unxibelelwano ngefowuni ephathekayo, ngoku engumthombo ophambili wonxibelelwano phakathi kwabantu eTanzania, ayisafumaneki kwezinye iindawo zeSelous Game Reserve ngenxa yeendawo.
“Wonke umntu ufana notshaba apha. Uluntu lwasekhaya lufuna inyama yezilwanyana zasendle, abazingeli abangekho mthethweni bafuna iindebe zeshishini, urhulumente ufuna ingeniso, abakhenkethi bafuna ukukhuselwa kubaphangi nayo yonke loo nto. Lo mthwalo ngumqolo wethu, ”utshilo umlindi kwi-eTN.
Abezopolitiko kunye nabaphathi bezilwanyana zasendle baqhuba iimoto ezimnandi kwizixeko ezikhulu besonwabela iindlela zokuphila ezikumgangatho ophezulu, bebhankisha kubunzima abajamelene nabo ngoku.
