I-Uganda Wildlife Authority ikhusela iingonyama, uluntu kunye nokhenketho

Igunya lezilwanyana zasendle laseUganda (i-UWA) liqhube ngempumelelo ukusebenza nge-3 kaJanuwari 2019 kwaye bahlangula iingonyama ezintathu ezingamadoda kwilali yaseKiyenge, kwiParish yaseKabirizi, kwi-Lake Katwe Sub-county, kwisithili saseKasese. Umsebenzi lo wawukhokelwa liqela leengcali ezili-16 ezazikhokelwa nguGqirha Ludwig Siefert weNkqubo yase-Uganda yeCarnivore.

Kwingxelo eyenziwe nguBashir Hangi, uManejala wezoNxibelelwano, i-UWA, lo msebenzi wawujolise ekubambeni iingonyama ezaziphume ngaphandle kweQueen Elizabeth National Park nokuzihambisa kwakhona epakini ukuze zingabangeli ingozi kuluntu olumelwane.

“Iingonyama zifakelwe ikhola yesathelayithi kunye neHip ngesiqhelo esiphakamileyo kakhulu (VHF) ngonyaka ka-2018 ukubeka esweni ukuhamba kwazo ngenjongo yokujongana nengxwabangxwaba yomntu nengamandla e-interface. Iikhola zesathelayithi ziyalungisa rhoqo emva kweeyure ezimbini kwaye zenza ukuba amaqela ethu akwazi nangaluphi na usuku apho zihamba khona iingonyama, ”sifunde ingxelo.

Iqela lokuhlangula lalinamajoni e-UWA kunye nabasebenzi benkqubo yeUganda Carnivore (UCP) kunye neWildlife Conservation Society (WCS) ababelandela iingonyama besebenzisa imiqondiso yeVHF ukuze bazi indawo yabo ngqo.

Iingonyama zalotywa ngesithiyelo semilenze yenyathi, kunye nezandi ezirekhodiweyo zezilwanyana ezingamaxhoba ezibandakanya ii-warthogs, ii-hyenas kunye nethole lebhola. Ezi fowuni zitsalele iingonyama kwisithiyelo esimiselweyo ukusuka apho isithuthi esirhuqwayo sasimi khona kufutshane. Zonke iingonyama ezinkulu ezingamadoda ezi-3 zafika eqongeni kwaye zazabalazela ukususa isithiyelo esasibotshelelwe ngokukhuselekileyo. Oogqirha bezilwanyana esele beme kule ndawo baqala iingonyama ezintathu (ukusetyenziswa kweanesthesia kusetyenziswa imipu ekhethekileyo ebizwa ngokuba yimipu yedada) ngamzuzu imizuzu elishumi kwaye iingonyama ezileleyo zalayishwa zasiwa epaki yelizwe phantsi kweliso elibukhali loogqirha bezilwanyana abagcina ukubeka iliso iimpawu ezibalulekileyo kulo lonke uhambo lokuqinisekisa ukuba amehlo eengonyama avaliwe, ayaphefumla, kwaye ayemile kakuhle.

Ezi ngonyama zikhululwe ngolwesiHlanu kumathafa aseKasenyi, umgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-20 ukusuka kwindawo yazo yendalo.

UMlawuli oLawulayo we-UWA, Mnu. Sam Mwandha, ulincomile iqela lokuhlangula ngokuzinikela kwabo, ubungcali kunye nokusebenza nzima. “Lo ngumoya wokwenene wolondolozo; sinamagorha olondolozo abeka ubomi babo emngciphekweni wokusindisa izilwanyana zasendle ekwakhusela noluntu, ”utshilo uMnu Mwandha.

Umnumzana Mwandha uthe i-UWA izakuqhubeka nokwamkela itekhnoloji eyenza ukuba zilandelwe ngokukhawuleza izilwanyana ngenjongo yokujonga iintshukumo ukuze zithintelwe ngokulula zingaphumi ngaphandle kweepaki kwaye ziphazamise uluntu. Wongeze wathi ngokusetyenziswa okuthe chatha kwetekhnoloji, imisebenzi enjalo izakuqhubeka ukwenziwa njengenye yeendlela zokunciphisa ukungqubana kwabantu kwezilwanyana zasendle- ingxaki enkulu ekugcinweni kweenkomo kwiindawo ezijikeleze iindawo ezikhuselweyo.

Ngokutsho kukaDavid Bakeine, umlondolozi wolondolozo lwezendalo kunye nesikhokelo se-safari: “Iingonyama ezindala ezintathu ezineminyaka emalunga neminyaka elishumi zihambahamba kwindalo, kwaye esinye sezizathu zokuphuma kwabo epakini inokuba kukwandisa imimandla yabo bekhangela iimazi.

“Ukwehla okukhulu kwamanani amaxhoba anjengelaseUganda Kobs, njengoko kungqinwa kukuncipha kokubona amabala, akunakuthintelwa. Kukho isidingo esingxamisekileyo se-UWA sokuqinisa iinkqubo zokubuyiselwa kwepaki, ukususa iipaki zezityalo, ukuze inani lamaxhoba likhule kwaye liqulathe iingonyama zamarhamncwa ngaphakathi kwepaki. ”

Ukulungisa ingxaki, ukhenketho lwamava lwaqaliswa ukuvumela abakhenkethi ukuba bathathe inxaxheba ngokubonakalayo ekubekeni iliso kwezinye zezilwanyana ezanyisayo ezihlala epakini zisebenzisa izixhobo zokulandela umkhondo. Kwingeniso efunyenwe ngumrhumo wepaki, i-US$10 iya ngqo eluntwini. Oku akukhange kube ngaphandle kokugxekwa kwayo kunye nabaphandi abahlangabezana nemfuno emandla evela kubakhenkethi abandwendwela le paki aluphelelanga ngaphandle kokubona iingonyama.

Ngelishwa, ngo-Epreli wonyaka ophelileyo, oku akuzange kuthintele ukuzingca koomama abathathu namathole asibhozo ekubeni batyhefwe ngabarhanelwa bokugcina iinkomo kwilali ekufutshane yokuloba yaseHamukungu eyabangela ingqumbo yelizwe.

Ngokuphumelela kwemishini yokuhlangula yakutshanje kunye nokubeka esweni okunzulu, ezo ziganeko kufuneka ngethemba zincitshiswe okanye zisuswe ngokupheleleyo - unobangela wokubhiyozela ukubhengeza kunyaka omtsha.