IiLions zifakwe kwi-Lodge Fencing eUganda

Ngomhla wama-26 ku-Epreli ka-2022, iingonyama ezintathu zeengonyama - enye endala kunye nabantwana abancinci ababini - zabanjwa ngumbane malunga nelali yaseKigabu eKatunguru, kwisithili saseRubiriz, esingqonge iQueen Elizabeth National Park kwintshona yeUganda. Iingonyamakazi zifunyenwe zifile kucingo lombane e-Irungu Forest Safari Lodge imihlathi yazo ivaleleke phakathi kweentambo zombane.

Ingxelo evela kuBashir Hangi, uMphathi wezoNxibelelwano we-Uganda Wildlife Authority (U.W.A.) Emva kwesi siganeko sifundeka ngokuyinxenye: “Nangona ungekaziwa oyena nobangela wokufa kwabantu, siyakrokrela ukudutyulwa ngumbane. Uxilongo lweengonyama ezifileyo luya kwenziwa ukuqinisekisa ukufa kwazo kanye. Uluntu luya kwaziswa malunga nesiphumo sovavanyo lokufa. Amapolisa aseRubirizi azisiwe, kwaye sele etyelele indawo yesi sehlo sibi ukunceda uphando. "

Ngokophando lwangaphambili, indawo yokulala, ingaziwa ngabasemagunyeni, kutyholwa ukuba isebenzise iindlela zokujonga ngqo ukusuka kwimigca ephambili ukunqanda izilwanyana zasendle ezizulazula kufutshane neloji, zikhokelela ekufeni.

Kwingxelo echaseneyo nesi siganeko, “Isithuba Sezigebenga,” yakhupha ingxelo kumajelo eendaba emva kwesi siganeko isithi: “Iingcingo ze-Space for Giants zenzelwe ukuba zenzakalise nasiphi na isilwanyana okanye umntu kwaye azibulali ngokuphandle. Injongo yabo kukugcina izilwanyana zasendle, ngakumbi iindlovu, kude nezityalo okanye impahla yabantu ukuze zinyamezele ukuhlala kufutshane nezilwanyana zasendle ezinokuthi ngenye indlela zisonakalisa ubomi bazo.

“Nangona iingcingo zisebenzisa amandla ombane aphezulu kakhulu, zisebenzisa umsinga ophantsi kakhulu ovulayo nawucime. Oku kuthetha ukuba nasiphi na isilwanyana okanye umntu odibana nocingo lwethu ufumana umothuko onamandla kodwa ongabulaliyo kwaye angasoloko ehlehla ukuze akhululwe kulo msinga.

“Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini yokubiyela ezi cingo kwiindawo ezininzi eMpuma Afrika, kuquka imimandla ehlala iingonyama, ekuphela kweziganeko zezilwanyana ezisilelayo ukuphila xa zidibene nocingo ibe ziintlobo ezineempondo ezinde ezibhijelwe ngocingo zaza zasilela. zikhulule. Ezo ziganeko zazinqabile yaye zazizisola.

"I-Space for Giants umbutho wolondolozo osebenza kumazwe ali-10 e-Afrika ukukhusela nokubuyisela indalo kunye nokuzisa ixabiso kubantu basekhaya kunye noorhulumente belizwe, uxhase i-UWA ngemali yokwakha iingcingo zombane kwi-Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area (QECA) kunye ne-Murchison Falls, ungenelelo oluphambili lwempixano yezilwanyana zasendle kwi-Murchison Falls Conservation Area (MFCA).

Encoma iNdawo Yezigebenga, uAndrew Lawoko, umnini-mhlaba ozinze kwiiNgxangxasi zaseKaruma phakathi kweMurchison Falls Conservation Area, ucebisa ukuba “amandla ombane asetyenziswa kwizilwanyana kule paki afanele abe namandla ngokwaneleyo ukuze azithintele kodwa angabi namandla kangako njengokutshontshwa ngumbane. ” 

Omnye umkhenkethi, igama lakhe ligodliwe, uthe ngesi sehlo:

"Akukho nyaka udlulayo ngaphandle kweengxelo zokubulawa kweengonyama kwiQueen Elizabeth National Park."

“Ndicinga ukuba i-UWA kufuneka ivuke; kufuneka balandele imemorandam yesivumelwano eyasayinwa ngexesha ezi lali zabalobi zazifakwa kwigazethi. IKatunguru yafakwa kwigazethi ngo-1935 phantsi [kwe] Sebe leMidlalo; isivumelwano siquka oku kulandelayo phakathi kwezinye: Akukho kwaziswa kwezilwanyana zasekhaya, akukho zityalo zikhulayo, ukulawulwa kwabemi, njl.njl. Safakwa kwigazethi ngenjongo yokuloba kuphela. Ezinye iilali zokuloba ebezinemisebenzi emibini yezoqoqosho, oko kukuthi, ukuloba nokumba ityuwa ziquka iKatwe neKasenyi. Ngoku isivumelwano singasekho kwaye neminye imisebenzi efana nemisebenzi yokhenketho equka ukwakha amaziko okhenketho sele ingenile, ngoku lixesha lokuphonononga isivumelwano okanye kuqaliswe amanye amanyathelo ekufanele athathwe. Uluntu lwase-Ishasha nolwaseHamukungu lufuna uvuselelo oluninzi kunye neendlela zokuhlola ulondolozo ukuba luza kuphila ngokuvisisana nezilwanyana zasendle.”

Abanye abathathi-nxaxheba abaliqela kwicandelo lezokhenketho abaxoleli kangako ekukhupheni umsindo wabo kumakhasi onxibelelwano malunga nesantya esothusayo sokufa kweengonyama ngenxa yengxwabangxwaba yezilwanyana zasendle kuquka nokumemelela ukuba kugxothwe indawo ebibiyele ucingo kwaye kufuneka babanjwe. Ukuphendula.

Udano lwabo alukho kude, kulandela izehlo ezininzi ezibangele ukufa kweengonyama. Ngo-Epreli ka-2018, iingonyama ezili-11, kuquka namathole eengonyama ezisi-8, zatyhefa abelusi ukuze baziphindezele ngokubulawa kweenkomo zabo ziingonyama ngaphakathi epakini ezibangela uqhushululu ngaphakathi nangaphandle.

NgoMatshi ka-2021, iingonyama ezi-6 zafunyanwa ziswelekile kwicandelo le-Isasha lepaki uninzi lwazo amalungu omzimba engekho. Kukwafunyenwe amaxhalanga asibhozo abhubhileyo kwindawo yexhwayelo nto leyo eyalatha kwityhefu enokwenzeka kwiingonyama ngabantu abangaziwayo.

Kwisiganeko samva nje, kwiiveki nje ezi-2 1/2 ezidlulileyo, a ingonyama ebhadulayo ephangweni kuluntu lwaseKagadi, kumntla weKibale Forest National Park wadutyulwa, emva kokuba ebulele iqela lemfuyo.