I-CHIANG RAI-Kwakukho into eyothusayo ngokungaqhelekanga ehleli ngaphandle ngaphandle phezulu kwindlovu yeetoni ezine e-Asia kwiindawo ezisemantla eThailand. Imilenze yam yayixhomeke kamnandi ezindlebeni zakhe, ukuba ngaphezulu kubonakala ngathi kuyathuthuzela kunokuba kunokuba ngaphantsi. Ukubambelela ebunzini lendlovu xa yayihlamba kumlambo ohamba kancinci kwakucinga kamnandi. Indlovu yam egama lingu-Ewong yayisethathe umhlala-phantsi kwaye ingangxami njengoko ezinye zazilungile kum. Yayiyinto yokucinga ngokuchasene nokoyika kwam ukuba kufuneka ndidade ndisuse kubunewunewu obumyoli bezinto ezingwevu njengoko yayiqhelekile into yokuba izilwanyana ezinobuntwana zibeke phantsi zidlale emanzini xa zihlamba ubusuku obudlulileyo uthuli.
Ukukhwela indlovu eneminyaka engama-48 ubudala eyayilapho kwi-Anantara Resort Golden Triangle yaziva ngathi ithatha inxaxheba kwinto yakudala kunokuba ibekwihambo yabakhenkethi; ngokungathi oko ngekwanelanga nangayiphi na indlela.
Abahashe ngabona bantu bahamba kunye nendoda ethembakeleyo kunye nezithethe zabo, ubomi babo, kunye nolwimi lwabo olwahlukileyo.
"Ukuziphatha njenge nkcubeko mhlawumbi kuko okundizise apha, utshilo uJohn Roberts, owazalelwa eDevon, umlawuli weendlovu kwindawo yokuhlala," Indlela ababephila ngayo yeyona nto yanditsalayo njengeendlovu ngokwazo. "
URoberts uthetha nomoya wobungcali we-anthropologist kodwa uthando lomzabalazo. Wathi: “Abaqeqeshi beenkomo ngokwenene bangamaqabane eenkomo asempuma, kuba banenkcubeko kwaye banendlela eyahlukileyo yokuphila,” utshilo.
Ukuzinikela ubomi bakho bonke
Indawo yokuhlala iAnantara eChiang Rai ibekwe kunxweme loMlambo iSob Ruak, umlambo waseMekong otyebileyo, owenza umda phakathi kweThailand neBurma. Ukubeka uhambo lwam lokuhambahamba kusasa ekuseni, inkungu yagubungela indawo engamakhulu amathathu eehektare, eyathi, njengondwendwe, yayiyiyadi yakho yangasemva kunye nolwahlulo lwendlovu.
Usuku lwenkampu lwaqala ngoonogada ekuzeni kokusa kokulanda iindlovu. Emva koko sobabini sahamba saya emazantsi omlambo ukuze sihlambe ngokoqobo izilwanyana kwinto eyayifuneka kumnyhadala womdaniso. Iindlovu zazitshiza njengoko oogxa bazo babelukhuhla ngothando nothuli lwazo nolusu lushwabeneyo, ngoxa thina zindwendwe sasizibambile. Ngokungafaniyo nathi, abaqeqeshi babesekwa kwiindlovu ngokungathi zikrolwe endaweni yazo.
Iindlovu zidlala ngokuntywila amanzi ngeziqu zazo emva koko zikhuphe umthwalo wazo njengezitshizi ezinkulu.
Omnye umqeqeshi oselula, uK. Khanchai (Khan) uYodlee wadlala ngonyawo lwendlovu yakhe eneminyaka elithoba ubudala, uPepsi, isilwanyana awasikhulisayo ukususela esakhula.
"UPepsi uyinkwenkwana, kodwa ulungile kwaye unesimilo kwaye wonwabile," utshilo uKhan, "Indlovu yam ifana nomntwana, umntakwethu okanye ilungu losapho lwam. Besindawonye kwasekuqaleni, kwaye ndiya kuhlala ndinaye ngonaphakade. ”
UKhan, osuka eSurin, usapho oluye lwalandela isithethe sazo senkcubeko. Utatomkhulu wakhe wayefuyile iindlovu kunye nesizukulwana sikayise besisebenzisa kwiminyhadala, kulungelelwaniso nakwiminyhadala yoluntu.
Usuku phakathi kweenkomo zeenkomo
Ukuba le yayiyincasa yokuba yinkwenkwe yenkomo ngokuqinisekileyo yayilulamile kodwa ilungile kum. Isiqingatha esingaboniyo, u-Ewong wayekhe wakhupha izingodo nzulu kumahlathi aphakathi kweBurma neThailand. Abahlobo bam baseCanada abahambahambayo - abakho abahamba ngenkomo ngokwabo kodwa banomdla ngakumbi kuhambo lwabo - bekhwele iindlovu ezincinci zolutsha i-Bow, Makam neLanna. Ezi ndlovu zeza enkampini emva kokuba zihleli kwizitrato zaseBangkok, eChiang Mai, okanye ePataya. Babekrwecana kumatye okanye bekhutshiwe ukusuka ekhosini ukuya kulanda amahlumela obumnandi okanye ezinye izinto eziluhlaza.
Enkampini safunda eminye yemiyalelo engamashumi asixhenxe eyayisetyenziswa ngabaqeqeshi babo. "Njani" kwakuthetha ukumisa, ngelixa "uPai" wayeya phambili. "Imephu yemiphunga" yayingumyalelo wokuhlala phantsi, ngelixa indlovu yayihlisa intloko xa ixelelwa ukuba "Tak Lung."
Sifundiswe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokunyuka nokuhla, nokuba kusecaleni okanye intshukumo engaqhelekanga yokutyhalwa ngaphezulu kwempumlo yakhe. Okothusayo kukuba, khange kuthathe xesha lide ukuqhela ebomini ukusuka phezulu. Omnye wabahlobo bam ku-facebook wade wathi, "imoto entle," kumfanekiso wendlovu yam.
Inkqubo yoqeqesho lokuqeqeshelwa ukuba ngumqeqeshi kwezobuchwephesha kufumaniseke ukuba yayiliziko lolondolozo lwezinto elalisungulwe ngo-2003. Inkampu yeendlovu ngokoqobo yaba sisinxibelelanisi sendawo ebukekayo. Ekuqaleni le projekthi yaqala ngeendlovu ezine eziqeshiweyo kubambiswano neZiko loLondolozo lweNdlovu laseThai. Kodwa iiholide kungekudala zaqala ukuhlangula iindlovu ezitratweni zamaziko amakhulu ezidolophini.
Iindlovu ezingaphezu kwama-30 kwaye ziphindwe kabini elo nani lazo kunye neentsapho zazo ngoku zihlala kumhlaba waseAnantara namhlanje.
Ubomi bukaMahouts bunemvelaphi yobuhlanga
"Kwandithatha iminyaka embalwa ukuba ndazi iChao Gui," utshilo uRoberts, "kwaba bantu, lubizo oluthile lweqela labo lesizwe. Abaqeqeshi baseSurin bayinto yonke malunga namasiko abo, asekelwe ekujonganeni neendlovu. ”
Kwiinkulungwane ezadlulayo, inzala yabanye babahambisi banamhlanje baseThai kuthiwa babefuyile iindlovu zasendle. Njengotatomkhulu kaKhan, yayiziinkomo zohlobo lweenkomo ezaqeqesha iindlovu kwaye ngokudibeneyo baqhubeka ukuphuhlisa iindlela zokugawula ilizwe.
Isithethe sikamfundisi sokuhlala ecaleni kweendlovu sidluliselwa kwesinye isizukulwana siye kwesinye. Ekuhambeni kwexesha aba bahlali bakhula baba liqela lentlalo nabantu, bathetha nolwimi lwabo.
Yonke into yatshintsha emva kowe-1989. Kwakunguloo nyaka apho iThailand yaqalisa ukuthintela iindlovu ezigawula imithi, yaye isizukulwana sabahambisi ngesiquphe safumanisa ukuba asisebenzi. Izilwanyana kunye nabakhweli bazo babuyela kumhlaba owawufudumele ngobundlovu waseSurin, kodwa ubunzima bokuziphilisa kwabangela ukuba uninzi lwabo luphele kwizitrato ezinengxolo zaseBangkok zibiza abakhenkethi umqondiso wokuthatha imifanekiso neendlovu okanye bondla izilwanyana ezilambileyo zeswekile okanye amahlumela oqalo.
"Ezitratweni, omnye umqhubi uqhuba indlovu ngelixa abanye babiza abakhenkethi i-20 okanye i-30 baht ukubondla, okanye i-10 okanye i-20 baht ngomfanekiso," umphathi we-Anantara Elephant Camp K. Prakorn (Seng) Saejaw wandixelela, " banokuhlala ezitratweni kude kube sezinzulwini zobusuku, kwaye oku akulunganga kubo. ”
Imithetho yamva nje yaziswa ukohlwaya ukondliwa kweendlovu esidlangalaleni, kunye namaqela anomdla anyanzelisa ukumiselwa kweeyure zabo zokusebenza, ukubekwa emgangathweni kwesondlo, kwaneminyaka esisinyanzelo yokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kwizilwanyana. URoberts, nangona kunjalo, ukhalazela ukuba ukuphelelwa ngumdla kwinxalenye yokunyanzeliswa komthetho okuxutywe nemfuno yabahambeli yokwenza imali kushiya ithemba elincinci lokuphumelela kwawo nawuphi na umthetho.
Ukukhangela enye ingeniso
Ngenxa yokuvalwa komsebenzi, iZiko loLondolozo lweNdlovu laseThai elilawulwa ngurhulumente laqala ukukhangela enye ingeniso yabo baqeqeshiweyo, imisebenzi namhlanje ebandakanya iokhestra yeendlovu, iindlovu ezipeyintayo, okanye ezinye zibonisa ubuchule bazo bokugawula imithi.
Indawo yaseAnantara yamisela iGolden Triangle Asia Elephant Foundation enika indawo yokuhlala kwindlovu. Abo baqeqeshiweyo banethamsanqa lokuyenza apha ikwaxhamla kwindlela entsha yokuphila njengoko bebonelela ngoqeqesho kunye namava okukhwela iindlovu kwiindwendwe zehotele.
U-Lori Anders Grubsztajn, osandul 'ukutshata, uthe emva kwemini yoqeqesho lomqeqeshi kwindawo yokuhlala, "Izilwanyana zazinkulu kakhulu, kodwa zazithambile. Bachebe kakhulu kunokuba bendicinga ukuba baya kuba njalo, kwaye neenwele zabo zirhabaxa ngakumbi.
"Kodwa sasithandana, kwaye sangana ngaphambi kokuba sihambe."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- It was something of a counter-thought to my fears of having to swim away from a frolicking mass of grey pleats as it wasn't uncommon for the more juvenile animals to simply lay down and play in the waters as they washed away the last evening's dust.
- Setting out on my mahout adventure in the early morning hours, the mist enveloped the three-hundred-acre resort, which, as a guest, was your backyard and a literal roaming range for the elephants.
- “Pepsi is a boy, but he is very good mannered and very happy,” said Khan, “My elephant is like a child, a brother or a member of my family.
