I-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) iqalise ukufuduswa kwe-200 ye-Uganda Kobs ukusuka kwi-Murchison Falls Conservation Area ukuya kwi-Kidepo Valley Conservation Area.
Amadoda angama-30 kunye nabasetyhini abali-170 baya kufuduswa besuka eKabwoya Wildlife Reserve eMurchison Falls Conservation Area kwaye bakhululwe Ipaki yeSizwe yeKidepo Valley.
Oku kufuduswa kwesibini kwe-Kobs ukuya kwi-Kidepo Valley National Park kwiminyaka emithandathu, kulandela ukufuduswa kwe-110 Kobs ukuya kule paki.
Ngo-2017 i-UWA yenze umsebenzi ofanayo ukuze kuhlulwe iintlobo zezilwanyana zasendle kwi-Kidepo Valley National Park eyaphinda yaphindwa kwi-Katonga Wildlife Reserve, iLake Mburo National Park kunye nePian Upe Game Reserve ukuquka iintlobo zezindlulamthi ezinkulu.
Inani labantu baseKob epakini lonyuke ukusuka kubantu aba-4 ngo-2017 kwaye kuqikelelwa phakathi kwama-350-400 kulandela ufuduko luka-2017 kunye nokuzala okuyimpumelelo kwendalo kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo.
Umsebenzi walo nyaka wofuduso uza kubona inani labantu baseKob epakini benyuka baye kumakhulu amathandathu abantu.
UMlawuli oLawulayo Igunya lezilwanyana zasendle laseUganda (UWA) USam Mwandha uthe ufuduso luza kubona inani labantu base-Kob likhula kwaye liphindaphindeke ngokukhawuleza epakini nto leyo eya kuqinisekisa ukusinda kwabo ixesha elide.
“Abemi bangoku baseKobs eKidepo Valley National Park ayisiyiyo le nto siyifunayo, ngoko ke kufuneka siqinise ngokuthatha iiKobs ezininzi apho. Ukuba noKobs kwiipaki ezahlukeneyo kuyakudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuqinisekiseni ukusinda kwabo ixesha elide”, utshilo.
Umsebenzi wofuduso unikwe ifulegi nguMlawuli we-UWA woLondolozo uJohn Makombo kwiKabwoya Wildlife Reserve. Uthe ufuduso lujongana neyona njongo iphambili ye-UWA yesicwangciso-qhinga seentlobo, ukubuyiselwa kwabemi kwiindawo apho bebeqale khona ukuqinisekisa ukusinda kwabo ngakumbi xa kukhankanywa utshintsho lwangoku lokusetyenziswa komhlaba kunye nolunye uphuhliso kuluhlu lwangoku.
“Lo msebenzi ungundoqo ekuzalisekiseni isigunyaziso se-UWA sokukhusela nokugcina izixhobo zezilwanyana zasendle zase-Uganda, sandisa iintlobo zezilwanyana ngokuqwalasela utshintsho lokusetyenziswa komhlaba kweli lizwe”, watsho.
Ufuduso lujolise ekunyanzeliseni kwakhona abemi baseKob eKidepo Valley National Park ukuze kuphuculwe ukuzala, ukwahluka kwemfuzo kunye nokulungelelana kwenkqubo yendalo. Iza kuhlangabezana nenjongo yesicwangciso-qhinga se-UWA yokubuyisela iintlobo zezilwanyana kwiindawo ezifudula zifudula ziphantsi kwazo, ukomeleza intlobo-ntlobo zezityalo nezilwanyana eziphilayo kunye nolungelelwaniso lwenkqubo yokuphilisana kwendalo kunye nokusetyenziswa kunye nokuphucula ukhenketho epakini.
Ibaluleke kakhulu iKob yaseUganda kwilizwe kangangokuba, kunye nekhreyini enesithsaba engwevu, iyahombisa Uganda'Umqondiso weSizwe, 'iMbasa yeSizwe' emele iintlobo ngeentlobo zezilwanyana zasendle ekunyanzeliseni ukubakho kuzo zonke iisimboli zikarhulumente kubandakanywa iflegi yesizwe.
I-Uganda Kob iyafana ngenkangeleko ne-impala kodwa yomelele ngakumbi. Ngamaduna kuphela aneempondo, ezimile okwehabhu, eziqingqiwe kwaye zahlukene. Iinkunzi zikhulu kancinane kunemazi, zibe 90 ukuya kwi-100 cm egxalabeni, kunye nobunzima obuyi-94 kg. ngelixa iimazi ziyi-82 ukuya kuma-92 cm egxalabeni kwaye ngokomndilili zinobunzima obumalunga nama-63 kg. Isiziba somqala esimhlophe, umbhobho, iringi yeliso kunye nendlebe engaphakathi kunye negolide ukuya kubomvu-mdaka wedyasi yedyasi/umbala wolusu uyayahlula kwezinye ii-Kob subspecies.
Iikobs zidla ngokufunyanwa kwisavannah evulekileyo okanye enemithi kumgama ofanelekileyo ukusuka emanzini nakwithafa lengca elikufuphi nemilambo namachibi. Malunga ne-98% yabemi bangoku bafumaneka kwiipaki zelizwe nakwezinye iindawo ezikhuselweyo.
I-Uganda Kobs zizilwanyana ezitya utyani kwaye zondla kakhulu ngengca neengcongolo. Iimazi kunye neenkunzi ezincinci zenza amaqela akhululekileyo ahlukeneyo ngobukhulu, ahamba ngokokufumaneka kokutya, ahlala ehamba ecaleni kwemijelo yamanzi kwaye edla emazantsi entlambo. Banokuhamba i-150 ukuya kuma-200 km bekhangela amanzi ngexesha lonyaka elomileyo. Iimazi ziye zikhule ngokwesondo kunyaka wesibini ngelixa iinkunzi zingaqali ukuzala de zibe mdala. Ukuzala kwenzeka ekupheleni kwexesha leemvula; ithole elinye lizalwa kwinyanga kaNovemba okanye kaDisemba, emva kwexesha lokumitha elimalunga neenyanga ezilithoba.
