U-COVID wabulala u-Ekundo! Aloha eNgonyameni yase-Afrika eWaikiki

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I-COVID ibulale cishe abantu abayizigidi ezinhlanu selokhu kwaba ubhadane ekuqaleni kuka-5.
Imvamisa i-forgotton yizilwane eziningi ezibulawa yi-COVID. Omunye kwakungu-Ekundo, ibhubesi lase-Afrika elihlala e-Honolulu Zoo eWaikiki, futhi liyintandokazi futhi kubavakashi iminyaka eminingi ukubukela.

  • IMeya yaseHonolulu uRick Blangiardi umemezele ukushona kwengonyama eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala.
  • Ibhubesi lishone ngaphansi kwezimo zempilo ngoMsombuluko e I-Honolulu Zoo ngesi-Waikiki
  • Bobabili ingonyama insikazi eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, uMoxy, baqale ukukhombisa izimpawu zokugula okuphezulu okuphefumulayo abanye bekhwehlela ngoMsombuluko, Okthoba 4, 2021.

Amasampula aqoqwa ngokushesha kuwo womabili amabhubesi ukuze kuhlolwe i-SARS-CoV-2, igciwane elibangela i-COVID-19 ebantwini.

U-Ekundu, oseneminyaka engaphezu kwemihlanu elashelwa isithuthwane, uqale ukugula waze wangabe esadla. Lapho engabe esakwazi ukuthola umuthi wakhe osizayo ekudleni, amaqembu okunakekelwa kwezilwane kanye nezilwane anquma ukumenza abulawe ukuze anikeze ukwelashwa okunjengama-antibiotic, i-fluid therapy, neminye imishanguzo ezomsiza azizwe engcono. Ngasikhathi sinye, amasampula athile angaqoqwa ukuze kuhlolwe ngokuqhubekayo ezinye izimbangela zesifo sakhe sokuphefumula. Izimpawu zokuphefumula eziphezulu zika-Ekundu zixazululelwe ukuphendula ukwelashwa, kepha waqala ukukhombisa izimpawu zesifo sokuphefumula esiphansi kanzima ukuphefumula ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo. Ngaphandle kokuqapha ubusuku nemini nokwelashwa okuqhubekayo, u-Ekundu udlule emhlabeni ngemuva kwesonto eqale ukuvezwa yizimpawu zakhe.

Ngenxa yokuhlolwa okwenziwa emalabhorethri ezwekazini, imiphumela eveza zombili izingonyama yayinhle kuSARS-CoV-2 yamukelwa kuphela ngemuva kokudlula kuka-Ekundu. Ngokulindela ukuxhumana kwe-COVID, abasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwezilwane baqala ukwelashwa kanye nezinqubo ze-biohazard ezihambisana nalokho okwenziwe amanye ama-zoo agunyazwe yi-AZA ukuphendula ukuqubuka kweSARS-CoV-2 ezweni lonke. Udokotela wezilwane u-Zill Jill Yoshicedo wabelane ukuthi "ngenkathi iningi lezifo ze-SARS-CoV-2 emakati amakhulu okungewona asekhaya bekuyizifo ezincane eziphendula kahle ekunakekelweni okusekelwayo, i-Ekundu, ngeshwa, ibilinye lamacala amasha lapho i-COVID ibukeka ixhunyaniswe nobunzima inyumoniya nokufa okubuhlungu kulezi zinhlobo. ”

The I-zoo njengamanje ulinde ukuhlolwa okuqinisekisayo kwe-SARS-CoV-2 kanye nemiphumela yezifo ezizosiza ekutholeni izinga leqhaza eladlalwa yigciwane ekufeni kwakhe. Ngenkathi izimpawu zikaMoxy zibonakala zincipha ngokushesha, abasebenzi baqapha ngokucophelela futhi bayaqhubeka nokumhlinzeka ngosizo nokumelapha. Isimo sikaMoxy sibonakala sizinzile njengamanje futhi sisendleleni yokutakula ngokugcwele.

Umthombo wokutheleleka kwamabhubesi awukaziwa. Bonke abasebenzi abebesondelene namabhubesi ngaphambilini babegonyiwe futhi behambisana nenqubomgomo yokugoma abasebenzi beDolobha. Babuye bahlolelwa i-COVID-19 kwatholakala ukuthi abanayo. Abasebenzi be-zoo bayaqhubeka nokwenza imigomo eqinile ye-biohazard ukuvimbela noma yikuphi ukusabalala kwegciwane kwezinye izindawo zezilwane. 

Umqondisi weZoo uSantos uphawule wathi, “Ngincoma abasebenzi bethu bezilwane nabagcini bezilwane ngokuzikhandla kwabo nokunakekela i-Ekundu. Njengengonyama eyodwa kuphela e-Honolulu Zoo, u-Ekundu wayethandwa futhi enesithunzi. I-zoo ohana ibuhlungu kakhulu ngokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, futhi basebenzisana ukuze bahlale begxile empilweni nasenhlalakahleni kaMoxy, nokunakekela ezinye izilwane zethu e-zoo. ” USantos uqhubeke wathi, “Njengoba izilwane zingathola i-COVID-19 kubantu, abasebenzi bethu bayakhunjuzwa ukuthi basebenze njalo futhi ngokungaguquguquki basebenze ngokuphepha futhi balandele imigomo yokugcina izilwane zethu ziphephile. Sithanda futhi ukuthatha leli thuba ukukhumbuza zonke izivakashi ezivakashele e-zoo ukuthi zifake isifihla-buso ezindaweni ezihlonziwe ezinobungozi be-zoonotic ezibandakanya izinkawu, amakati, izinja nezinselo. ”

U-Ekundu wazalwa ngo-Novemba 2, 2007, wafika e-Honolulu Zoo ngo-2010. Ekanye nomlingani wakhe, uMoxy, bakhulisa amazinyane amathathu ezingonyama adluliselwe kwamanye ama-zoo njengengxenye ye-Association of Zoos and Aquarium's (AZA) Species Uhlelo lokusinda. Amabhubesi ase-Afrika ngokuvamile aphila kuze kube yiminyaka eyi-15-25 ekuthunjweni. 

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I-avatar ka-Juergen T Steinmetz

UJuergen T Steinmetz

UJuergen Thomas Steinmetz ubelokhu esebenza ngokuqhubekayo embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kusukela esemusha eJalimane (1977).
Wasungula eTurboNews ngo-1999 njengencwajana yokuqala ye-inthanethi embonini yezokuvakasha yezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.

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