Usapho oluthobekileyo oluhlala phakathi koluntu ekuhlaleni ukuba ummelwane iMurchison Falls National Park kwisithili saseMasindi uhlangule ithole lengwe elalishiywe ngunina kwaye ngoku liyakhuthazwa ukuze lisinde.
Ngokutsho kwesithethi se-Uganda Wildlife Authority, u-Bashir Hangi, ithole lithathwe liQela le-Problem Animal Rescue le-Uganda lezilwanyana zasekhaya kwikhaya lika Mnu Amon Busati welali yase-Kyarukunya, kwisiphaluka sase Kimuru kwisithili sase Masindi. Ithole lasiwa kwiZiko leMfundo loLondolozo lwasendle laseUganda (i-UWEC) e-Entebbe ukuze kubuyiselwe imeko yesiqhelo.
U-Amon Busati uthe bazi malunga nobukho beli lithole emva komlilo wasendle obambe i-Papyrus Swamp eceke umzi wakhe. “Ndeva isandi esinzulu sesilwanyana sibaleka emlilweni kwaye kungekudala ndabona ithole lenkonyana lulele phantsi likhala ecaleni kwesihlahla esivuthayo. Kulapho ndayichola khona ndeza nayo ekhaya, kwaye unkosikazi wam waqalisa ukuyondla ngobisi lwenkomo, ”utshilo.
Ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezintathu, uNksk. Jovia Busati kunye nosapho bakhe balikhathalele ithole elisesichengeni baza balondla ngobisi lwenkomo. Ukufunda malunga nethole, i-Uganda Wildlife Authority yakhawuleza yathumela iQela lokuHanjiswa kwezilwanyana eliNgxaki elalithatha ithole laya kwi-UWEC.
Uthe uluntu lwaseMasindi kudala luhlala ngoxolo nengwe engumama. “Siyibonile le ngwe isithuba seminyaka elishumi ijikeleze ikhaya lethu, kodwa ingwe enoxolo kakhulu engazange itye iibhokhwe zethu okanye amathole ethu,” ubalise watsho.
Isenzo sosapho lakwaBusati siza ngexesha apho i-Uganda ilungiselela ukubhiyozela uSuku lweZilwanyana zasendle nge-3 ka-Matshi 2019 phantsi komxholo wokuHlalana ngokuVisisanayo phakathi kwezilwanyana zasendle naBantu.
