ILaos, eyayikade ibizwa ngokuba yiLand of a Million Elephants, ijongene nezilumkiso ezivela kubalondolozi bendalo zokuba ingaphulukana nemihlambi yayo kwisithuba seminyaka engama-50 ukuba ayihambi ngokukhawuleza ukuyikhusela ngeliso lokhenketho njengomsindisi onokubakho.
Ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nelahleko yendawo yokuhlala ngenxa yokugawulwa kwemithi, ezolimo kunye neeprojekthi zombane owenziwe ngamanzi kubangele ukwehla okukhulu kwenani leendlovu zasendle kunye nezasekhaya zaseAsia kwiLaos yamaKomanisi.
IElefantAsia, umbutho ongenzi ngeniso ozinze eFransi, iqikelela ukuba inani leendlovu ezifuywayo, ezisetyenziswa ngokuyintloko kwishishini lokugawula imithi, liye lehla ngama-25 ekhulwini kwiminyaka emihlanu edluleyo laya kutsho kuma-560 kushiyeke iinkomo ezingama-46 kuphela ezingaphantsi kweminyaka engama-20 ubudala.
Iqikelela ukuba kukho iindlovu ezingaphantsi kwe-1,000 ezishiyekileyo endle apho kukho abantwana ababini kuphela kwabalishumi abafayo.
"(Imeko) inzima," uSebastien Duffillot, umseki we-ElefantAsia, uxelele iReuters. “Ukutshatyalaliswa kwendawo yokuhlala kunempembelelo enkulu kumaqela eendlovu zasendle. Iindlovu ezifuywayo zixakeke kakhulu ekugawuleni yaye ngoko ke azizali.”
IWorld Wide Fund for Nature iqikelela ukuba zingama-25,000 15,000 neendlovu zaseAsia ezili-12 XNUMX ezithinjiweyo ezisenokusala kumazwe ali-XNUMX ezihlala kuzo.
Ukukhathazeka ngekamva leendlovu zaseLaos ukuba olu ngquzulwano lwendlovu-uluntu luyaqhubeka lubangele ukunyuka kwiminyaka yakutshanje yemibutho efana ne-ElefantAsia, amashishini afana neProjekthi ye-Elephant Park yaseLuang Prabang, kunye nemboniselo yendlovu ePhou Khao Khouay National. Indawo ekhuselweyo kufutshane neVientiane. Zonke zinenjongo enye enkulu — ulondolozo lweendlovu.
UMarkus Neuer, umphathi weProjekthi yePaki yeendlovu eyasekwa ngo-2003 ngeenjongo zokusindisa iindlovu kushishino lokugawulwa kwemithi, uthe kude kube kutshanje akukhange kubekho nzame zibambeneyo zokusindisa iindlovu kwesi sizwe sihlupheka kakhulu.
"Kuze kube ngoku, akukho sikhululo sokuzalanisa kwaye akukho lawulo lokwenyani kumanani, ukubhaliswa kunye nokungabikho kokwenene kwonyango lwezonyango," utshele iReuters.
ABAKHENELEKILEYO iidola zeendlovu
La maqela asebenzisa ukhenketho njengendlela yokubuyisela ukuzingca kwabahlali balapha — nomdla wemali — kwiindlovu.
I-ElefantAsia kunyaka ophelileyo yaqala ukuququzelela uMnyhadala weendlovu wonyaka owawubanjwe okwesibini kutshanje kwidolophu enothuli yasePaklay kwintshona yeLaos. Itsale iindlovu ezingama-70 kunye nabatyeleli abamalunga nama-50,000, uninzi lwabakhenkethi basekhaya.
I-Elephant Park, exhaswa ngemali yangasese, iphinda ijolise kubakhenkethi ngenkqubo yeentsuku ezimbini "Phila njengeMahout" ukufunda izakhono zomgcini weendlovu, kwaye inikezela ngeendlovu zokuhamba kufuphi ne-UNESCO World Heritage ebhalwe kwisixeko saseLuang Prabang.
Umlindo weendlovu waba nesiqalo esibi xa ulwakhiwo lwayo lokuqala lwadilika kwiintsuku ezimbini emva kokugqitywa kodwa inqaba entsha, yeemitha ezisixhenxe yakhiwa yaza yavulwa ngo-2005 apho iindwendwe zinokuhlala khona ukuze zibone imihlambi yeendlovu zasendle ukusuka phezulu.
Kodwa inkxaso-mali yinto ehlala ihleli, njengoko iindlovu zibiza imali eninzi ukuzigcina, kwaye ukuxambulisana phakathi kwamaqela ahlukeneyo - lawo afumana inkxaso-mali yabucala kunye neeNGOs - nako kuphazamise iinzame.
Ukufa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kwendlovu eneminyaka emi-4 ubudala kwi-Elephant Park kwabangela ungquzulwano phakathi kwe-ElefantAsia kunye nepaki.
I-ElefantAsia, eyanikezela ngonyango lokuqala kwindlovu, yathi isilwanyana safa ngenxa yobuthathaka kunye norhudo kwaye yaphakamisa inkxalabo malunga neemeko zale paki.
Kodwa ipaki ithe uluvo lwesibini oluvela kugqirha wezilwanyana waseThai lucebise ukuxilonga kakubi kunye namayeza angachanekanga.
I-ElefantAsia ikwavakalise ukungazamkeli iinkampu zeendlovu kubakhenkethi, isithi ikhetha ukuhamba emahlathini kwindawo yendalo.
Njengoko iinkampani ezininzi kunye namaphondo ejonge ukuhamba kweendlovu njengomthombo wengeniso, ababukeli beshishini balindele ukuba ingxoxo malunga nokuxhatshazwa kweendlovu iya kubanda.
UGqr. Klaus Schwettmann, owayesakuba ngumcebisi kwinqaba yokubukela iindlovu ngoku elawulwa ngabemi belali, uthe ukhenketho alunakuba sisisombululo sigqibeleleyo kodwa ngokwenyani sesona silungileyo.
“Izinto eziluncedo ziquka ukuvulela amazwe angaphandle, imisebenzi kunye nethuba lokuba abantu basezilalini bafunde baze baqonde. Nokuba siyathanda singathandi, imisebenzi nemali zisoloko zingundoqo,” utshilo.
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