Ulondolozo lwasendle iingcali zaseAfrika zixhalabile ngenxa yefuthe le COVID-19 bhubhane nakwizilwanyana zasendle kwilizwekazi elinefuthe elibi nakwezokhenketho.
Izilwanyana zasendle zingumthombo ophambili wengeniso yabakhenkethi eAfrika ngokusebenzisa iifoto zohambo.
Izilwanyana ezanyisayo ezinkulu, ubukhulu becala ziingonyama, zezona zikhokelayo, zithatha izihlwele ezikhulu zabakhenkethi bamanye amazwe ukuba baye e-Afrika ngengeniso elungileyo kumazwe afanelekileyo e-safari kwilizwekazi.
Iingonyama zezona zilwanyana zinomtsalane zasendle ezitsala iindwendwe zamanye amazwe eMpuma nakuMazantsi eAfrika apho ezi kati zinkulu zifunyanwa zihlala endle, nto leyo eyenza ukuba zibe lelona khadi likhulu labakhenkethi abatyelela iipaki zezilwanyana zasendle zaseAfrika.
Ngaphandle kweengonyama, oorhulumente baseAfrika ngoku baqhuba iphulo lokusindisa umkhombe omnyama ekutshabalaleni ngokupheleleyo. Imikhombe yenye, phakathi kwamakhadi okuzoba aphambili kubakhenkethi abatyelela ummandla weMpuma kunye noMazantsi eAfrika.
Ukuqhambuka kobhubhane we-COVID-19 bekumceli mngeni kukhuseleko lweentlobo zezilwanyana zasendle zaseAfrika. Iipaki zezilwanyana zasendle eziphambili eAfrika zihamba ngaphandle komkhenkethi omnye emva kokurhoxiswa kwezothutho lomoya eYurophu, eUnited States nase Mzantsi mpuma Asia, eyona mithombo iphambili yabakhenkethi abatyelele izibonelelo zezilwanyana zasendle zaseAfrika.
IKenya neTanzania eMpuma Afrika zibalwa kwiindawo ze-safari zaseAfrika apho ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kwiiPaki zeSizwe zijamelene nomceli mngeni omkhulu.
USekela-Mphathiswa Wezokhenketho kunye neMithombo yeNdalo uMnu uConstantine Kanyasu kule veki uvakalise iimvakalelo zakhe ngemeko yangoku kulondolozo lwasendle oluxhomekeke kwimali yabakhenkethi yokuxhasa iipaki ukukhusela izilwanyana zasendle kunye nendalo yokhenketho.
UKanyasu uthe ingeniso eqokelelwe kukhenketho isetyenziselwa iinkqubo zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, kodwa ukunqongophala kwabakhenkethi ababiza ezi paki ngeefoto zokufota kuya kuchaphazela kakhulu ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kunye nendalo.
Umbutho wezilwanyana zasendle wase-Afrika uthe kwingxelo yakhe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuba ukukhuselwa kweentlobo zezilwanyana zasendle zaseAfrika kufanele kuhlala kugxilwe nanjengoko ilizwekazi lilwa neziphazamiso ezinxulunyaniswa nobhubhane weCovid-19.
U-Kaddu Sebunya, igosa eliyintloko le-African Wildlife Foundation (i-AWF) ese-Nairobi sithe amanyathelo afanelekileyo kufuneka aqinise ukhuseleko lwezilwanyana zasendle zeli lizwekazi kunye neendawo ezihlala kuzo phakathi kwezinto eziphambili ezinje ngokulwa esi sifo.
"Ihlabathi lizama ukuqonda ukuba liya kunciphisa ifuthe le-COVID -19 kwaye liphendule kwiimfuno zexesha elifutshane," uSebunya uxelele iChines News Agency, iXinhua.
"Kodwa akufuneki silibale ukuba izilwanyana zasendle kunye nempilo yendalo sisixhobo esibaluleke kakhulu ekubuyiseleni uqoqosho e-Afrika nje ukuba lo bhubhane ugqityiwe," wongeze watsho.
USebunya uvumile ukuba ubhubhane we-Covid-19 uyakuba nefuthe elibi kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle e-Afrika phakathi kwengeniso yezokhenketho eziwayo kunye nomngcipheko wokuzingelwa ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nokulwa kwabantu nezilwanyana zasendle.
"Ngokunikwa izibonelelo ezinqongopheleyo, oorhulumente kungenzeka ukuba bakushiye ukukhuselwa kwezilwanyana zasendle ngexesha elifutshane ukuya kweliphakathi kwaye bahambise oovimba boluntu," u-Sebunya kwikomkhulu laseKenya.
Uthe iinkqubo zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle zinokujamelana nokuncitshiswa kwemali ngenxa yokusilela kwengeniso ebangelwe kukuphazamiseka kweCovid-19.
Abanye babaphathi bendawo ezikhuselweyo bathe banemali ebekelwe iinyanga ezintathu kuphela emva koko banokuthi bazinciphise ngokupheleleyo iinkqubo, utshilo uSebunya.
Igosa eliphezulu le-AWF lithe kunokwenzeka ukuba izilwanyana zasendle zaseAfrika zikhule kakuhle phakathi kweziphazamiso ezibangelwe sisifo sikaCovid-19 xa oorhulumente bebeka phambili ukwenziwa kwemigaqo-nkqubo ekhuthaza uphuhliso loqoqosho olunovakalelo.
“Izilwanyana zasendle zizakuchuma e-Afrika xa kuthathwe izigqibo ezichanekileyo namhlanje malunga nomkhondo we-Afrika,” utshilo uSebunya.
USebunya ubongoze oorhulumente base-Afrika ukuba babekele bucala inkxaso-mali kulondolozo lwendalo kunye nokunciphisa utyalo-mali kwiiprojekthi ezonakalisa indalo.
