Umkhombe waseUganda uNandi ushiya ngasemva ilifa lokhenketho

1. UNandi waphefumla umphefumlo wakhe wokugqibela ngobusuku bangoFebruwari 28, 2021, emva kokulwa nesigulo esasisaza kuchongwa.
2. Uvavanyo lwasemva kokubhubha lwenziwa liqela loochwephesha bezonyango kwiYunivesithi yaseMakerere kunye noGqirha Wezilwanyana wase-UWA.
3. UNandi waba nethole lakhe lokuqala eligama lingu-Obama ngoJuni ka-2009 kwaye kamva uMalaika “Angel” obhinqileyo ngoJuni 4, 2011. Bobabini u-Obama noMalaika babengamathole emikhombe okuqala azalwa eUganda kwiminyaka engaphezulu kwama-30.

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I-Uganda Wildlife Authority (i-UWA) ibhengeze ukusweleka kukaNandi umkhombe ophuma kwisifo esikhutshwe nguMphathi Wezonxibelelwano we-UWA, u-Bashir Hangi.

Ngobusuku bangoFebruwari 28, 2021, uNandi - omnye wemikhombe yabasetyhini eZiwa Rhino Sanctuary - waphefumla okokugqibela emva kokulwa isigulo esasaza kuchongwa. Impilo kaNandi yaqala ukonakala ngokuhla kobunzima bomzimba kunye nokuncitshiswa kwemisebenzi, eyaqatshelwa ngeyeThupha 2020. Ukuphumla kwakhe, ukondla, kunye nokuziphatha okusela kwakungaqhelekanga njengoko kwakusaziwa ngaphambili. Ngelo xesha, uNandi wayelindele ithole lakhe lesixhenxe. Akanakho, ke ngoko, ukuphathwa njengaye nawuphi na umkhombe ogulayo kwimeko akuyo; Unonophelo olukhulu kuye kwafuneka luthathwe ukuthintela ukubeka ubomi bakhe kunye nobethole elingekazalwa engozini.

Oogqirha bezilwanyana be-UWA bebesendaweni engcwele amatyeli aliqela ukulawula onke amabakala emeko yakhe yezempilo ebandakanya ukuhambisa amayeza okubulala iintsholongwane, ukukhupha iintshulube, kunye nokukhethwa kweesampulu kuphando olongezelelweyo. Ulwazi kwakusabelwana ngalo neengcali zemikhombe. Isikrokro sokuqala yayikukuba uNandi wayenentshulube zamathumbu kwaye amayeza afanelekileyo ayesetyenzisiwe kodwa oko akuzange kuvelise ziqhamo.

UNandi wayekhuselekile emzimbeni ngoogqirha bezilwanyana ngoJanuwari 27, 2021 ukuze aqhubeke noviwo. Iisampulu zacholwa kunye novavanyo olwenziwa kwiilabhoratri zeLancet kunye neZiko leLizwe lokuFunyaniswa kwezifo zezilwanyana kunye neZifo ze-Epidemiology. Iziphumo ezivela kwikhemistry yeserum eyenziwe eLancet Laboratories zabelwana ngazo Ingxowa-mali Yomkhombe eUganda Ulawulo kunye nabanye abathathi-nxaxheba.

Ukucaciswa, uNandi uboniswe nge-sodium ephantsi kunye ne-chloride, i-creatinine ephantsi kodwa urea oqhelekileyo, i-bilirubin ephantsi, i-Aspartate Amino Transferase (AST), kunye neeprotein zizonke ezine-albin ephantsi. Ixabiso lecalcium nephosphorus lalikuluhlu oluqhelekileyo.

Olunye uvavanyo lwe-hematology lwenziwa kwiingcebiso ezivela kwiingcali zemikhombe kwaye babonisa ukuba akukho trypanosomiasis, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, okanye theileria parva njengoko kurhanelwa oogqirha bezilwanyana nezinye iingcali zemikhombe.

Uvavanyo lwasemva kokubhubha lwenziwa liqela loochwephesha bezonyango kwiYunivesithi yaseMakerere kunye noGqirha Wezilwanyana wase-UWA. Iziphumo zibonisa ukwanda ngokubanzi kunye nokwandiswa kwazo zonke ii-lymph node ezibonisa ukungahambi kakuhle kwe-lymphoproliferative, enokuba sisifo se-neoplasm okanye isifo se-granulomatous. Ezinye izilonda ezibalulekileyo kwinqanaba eliphambili ziye zabonwa emiphungeni, kwizintso, nakwindlela yesisu (GIT).

Uluhlu lweesampulu lwathathwa kwi-histopathology, serology, microbiology, kunye nenkcubeko ukumisela unobangela wokufa. Iziphumo zohlalutyo ziya kwaziswa kwabachaphazelekayo nabasemagunyeni kwakamsinya nje ukuba zifumaneke.

UNandi, umkhombe obhinqileyo oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala wazalwa ngoJulayi 24, 1999. Waziswa kunye noHassani (umkhombe oyindoda) eZiwa Rhino Sanctuary esuka kwi-Animal Kingdom yezilwanyana, eFlorida, e-USA, ngoSeptemba ka-2006.

Ngexesha lokusweleka kwakhe, uNandi wayesele ezalisile ngempumelelo izihlandlo ezisi-7 esandula ukubakho ngoJanuwari 9, 2021. Wabekwa kwikhaya lakhe lokugqibela ngoMatshi 1, 2021 eZiwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Egameni le-UWA, uMlawuli oLawulayo udlulise umbulelo wakhe kwiRhino Fund yaseUganda nakubo bonke abathathi-nxaxheba abathe, ngandlela thile, banikela ngezimvo ngelinge lokusindisa uNandi. Uthe, "Siyathemba ukuba sizakuqhubeka sisebenza kunye ukuphucula abantu abaseleyo bemikhombe eUganda nakwezinye iindawo."

Malunga noNandi

UNandi wanikelwa ngu-Disney's Animal Kingdom eFlorida, e-USA, ngo-2006 eneminyaka esi-7 ubudala kunye noHassani, umkhombe oyindoda owawuneminyaka emi-5 ngoko. Esi sibini sasiyinxalenye yemikhombe emithandathu yokuqala emhlophe eyaphinda yaziswa eUganda. I-6 kunye neminye imikhombe emi-2 eyangeniswa ngaphambili isuka eSolio Ranch eKenya yaqala indawo yokuzalela esele iguquke yaya kwimikhombe engama-4 kwiZiwa Rhino Sanctuary ebekwe kwi-35 km kumantla eKampala. Ukusweleka kukaNandi kunye nentombi yakhe u-Achiru kushiya inani elipheleleyo lemikhombe kwindawo engcwele ukuya kubantu abangama-170.

UNandi waba nethole lakhe lokuqala eligama lingu-Obama ngoJuni ka-2009 kwaye kamva uMalaika “Angel” obhinqileyo ngoJuni 4, 2011. Bobabini u-Obama noMalaika babengamathole emikhombe okuqala azalwa eUganda kwiminyaka engaphaya kwama-30. UNandi ushiye eminye imithombo emi-4 esindayo kwimithombo: u-Uhuru (8), uSonic (6), u-Apache (4), no-Armiju (2).

U-Achiru wakhe wokugqibela wazalelwa kwingqungquthela yokugula kukamama ebutsheni balo nyaka kodwa wasweleka e-Uganda Wildlife kunye neZiko leMfundo loLondolozo (i-UWEC) nge-17 kaJanuwari, 2021, emva kokusilela kukamama ukumondla. Kwamathole akhe, uMalaika kunye U-Uhuru wazala ukuya kumathole ama-3 kunye nama-2 ngokwahlukeneyo.