Usuku lweNgonyama Yomhlaba: Asikho isizathu sokugubha eNingizimu Afrika

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I-World Lion Day (ngomhlaka 10 Agasti) igubha olunye lwezinhlobo ezivelele kakhulu zaseNingizimu Afrika, kepha naphezu kokuncipha kwenani lezingonyama zasendle, zisongelwa nokuhweba okukhulayo okugunyazwe nguMnyango Wezemvelo, Amahlathi kanye Nezokudoba (DEFF).

Kusukela Umbiko Wokupheka kwembula imboni yaseNingizimu Afrika yokuzingela amabhubesi ekheniwe ngo-1997, amanani ezingonyama athunjiwe ande kancane kancane. Cishe ama-8 000 kuye ku-12 000 amabhubesi afuywe agcinwa ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwezingama-360 zokuzalela amabhubesi ezweni lonke. Eziningi zalezi zisebenza ngaphansi izimvume eziphelelwe yisikhathi ngenkathi okungahambisani noMthetho Wokuvikelwa Kwezilwane (i-APA) noma Imithethonqubo Yezinhlobo Ezisongelwa noma Ezisengozini (TOPS).

The Amabhubesi egazi i-documentary (2015) ne- Umdlalo ongafanele book (2020) zombili ziveze ukuthi lezi zindawo zokuzalela zihlala zibeka kanjani inzuzo phambili kunhlalonhle. Amabhubesi avame ukuswela izidingo zenhlalakahle eziyisisekelo, njenge ukudla namanzi anele, indawo yokuhlala eyanele nokunakekelwa kwezokwelapha Ngaphandle komthetho owenele noma ukucwaningwa kwezenhlalakahle ukugcina izakhiwo ziphendula, akukho okuncane okushukumisayo ukugcina izingonyama ezinempilo, ikakhulukazi uma inani lazo litholakala emathanjeni abo

"Sidinga izinkambiso namazinga aqondaniswe ne-APA futhi akhuluma ngemikhuba emihle kakhulu yezenhlalakahle ekhona," kusho uDouglas Wolhuter, oyiNational Senior Inspector kanye neMenenja ye-NSPCA Wildlife Protection Unit.

Lezi izindawo zokuhweba amabhubesi asepulazini okuphulula amapaki kanye nama-safaris ahamba ngezinyawo angena embonini yokuzingela "ekheniwe" (ukuthunjwa) kanye nokuhweba ngamathambo. Abanye bafuna izindlela zokukhwabanisa zokuzithandela ezibonakala njengezinhlelo zokongiwa kwemvelo noma ezithengisa amabhubesi ngokuhweba ngokusemthethweni kwezilwane zasendle.

INingizimu Afrika ithumele amathambo amabhubesi angaba ngu-7 000 phakathi kuka-2008-17, ikakhulukazi eSouth East Asia ukuze isetshenziswe ewayinini lamanga lewayini kanye nemithi yesintu. I-DEFF igunyaze inani elikhishwa minyaka yonke le-CITES lokukhishwa kwamathambo ezingonyama angu-800 ngo-2017. Ngenkathi leli nani lenyuka laya ku-1 500 ngonyaka olandelayo, lehliselwa laba amathambo angama-800 ngo-2018 ngenxa Amacala aphumelele we-NSPCA, lapho iJaji uKollapen lakhipha isinqumo sokuthi yonke iminyango kahulumeni ibophezelekile ngokomthetho ukuthi icubungule inhlalakahle yezilwane lapho kubekwa inani lamathambo engonyama. Ayikho i-Quota esabekelwe u-2020 njengoba ama-quota ka-2019/20 amisiwe.

Izinhlangano ezehlukene zezenhlalakahle yezilwane ziye unxuse i-DEFF ukuthi inomphela vimbela ukuthunyelwa kwamathambo ezingonyama, izingxenye zawo kanye nezinto ezitholakele futhi kubhidlize inqwaba yamasheya. I-DEFF ithi lesi sabelo sibeka ubungozi obuphansi ukuya kokulingene kepha obungeyona ingozi ezingonyameni zasendle zaseNingizimu Afrika.

Ubufakazi buyakhombisa ukwanda kwesidingo selokhu iNingizimu Afrika yaqala ukuthekelisa amathambo ezingonyama, kwaholela ekwandeni kwezigameko zokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho eNingizimu Afrika futhi amazwe angomakhelwane.

Amabhubesi athunjiwe adlula kude kakhulu inani elilinganiselwa ku-3 490 elitholakala endle kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika. Imboni yokuzalanisa ayifaki isandla ekulondolozweni kwezingonyama endle. Awekho amabhubesi akhuliswe ngokuthunjwa avuselelwe ngokuphelele abuyele endle.

Ngo-Agasti 2018, ngemuva kwe- Colloquium on Captive Lion Breeding for Hunting eNingizimu Afrika, IPhalamende lanquma ukuthi kumele kwethulwe umthetho ngenhloso yokuqeda ukuzalaniswa kwamabhubesi ezweni. Ngasekupheleni kuka-2019, uNgqongqoshe uBarbara Creecy usungule iPhaneli Eliphezulu (i-HLP) elizobuyekeza izinqubomgomo, umthetho kanye nokuphathwa kokufuya, ukuzingela, ukuhweba nokuphathwa kwamabhubesi, izindlovu, obhejane nezingwe.

Isibopho senhlalonhle yezilwane zasendle ezibanjiwe sihlanganisa amandla e-DEFF kanye noMnyango Wezolimo, Ukuguqulwa Komhlaba kanye Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezindawo Zasemakhaya (i-DALRRD). Ngokulandelayo, i-DALRRD idlulisela umthwalo kubaphathi besifundazwe, abawudlulisela ku-NSPCA. Ngenkathi i-NSPCA izama ukuphoqelela le mithetho ngokuhlolwa ezweni lonke, ayinazo izinsiza ezinkulu futhi ayitholi mali kahulumeni, kuyilapho i-National Lottery Commission wayeka ukuxhasa inhlalakahle yezilwane e 2017

“Zingaphezu kuka-8 000 izikhungo zezilwane zasendle eNingizimu Afrika. Kuyacaca ukuthi ngaphandle kwemali yokuthola abahloli, izimoto nendawo yokuhlala, sisesimeni esibucayi. Sidinga ukwesekwa ngumphakathi ukuze senze umehluko ezilwaneni eNingizimu Afrika, ”kusho uWolhuter.

Njengoba umnqamulajuqu kaNovemba 2020 usondela ngokushesha, i-HLP ithole ukugxekwa okunamandla wokukhetha ukukhetha izintshisekelo zezohwebo, ngohlobo lwabafuyi bezilwane ezidla ezinye, abazingeli bezindondo, nabasekeli bezohwebo bezilwane zasendle. Ayinakho ukumelwa kwezokuphepha, ukushushumbiswa kwezilwane zasendle, izazi zemvelo, inhlalakahle yezilwane, odokotela bendawo, abameli bezemvelo kanye nabamele ezokuvakasha.

Uchwepheshe kuphela we-HLP wenhlalakahle yezilwane zasendle, uKaren Trendler, wesula esikhundleni ngenxa yezizathu zakhe futhi u-Aadila Agjee, ummeli wezemvelo, owaqokwa kodwa ongakaze asebenze akakaze afakwe esikhundleni.

U-Este Kotze, iPhini le-CEO le-NSPCA, ukuchithile ukuqokwa kwakhe ngemuva kokumenywa njengoba umbiko wokuqala we-HLP wawusuthunyelwe. U-Audrey Delsink, wesigaba se-Humane Society International-Africa, futhi kunqabile ukusho ukungalingani kwabamele abathanda labo abanezifiso eziqondile zezezimali kumphumela wephaneli, njengoba noMmeli Wezemvelo uCormac Cullinan ethi “Ngokubona kwami, imigomo yokubhekiswa kanye nokwakheka kwephaneli akubonisi indlela esetshenziswayo futhi kuyenza akunakugwenywa ukuthi iphaneli izokweluleka ukuthi uqinise ukusetshenziswa kwezentengiselwano kwezilwane zasendle kanye nezitho zomzimba zasendle.

Yize ingekho imigomo namazinga kazwelonke okuphatha, ukuphatha, ukuzalanisa, ukuzingela kanye nokuhweba kwezilwane zasendle ekuthunjweni, "i-NSPCA isebenza kuMemorandamu Wokusebenzisana ne-DEFF ukwenza ubudlelwano bokusebenza nokuqinisekisa ukuthi inhlalakahle yezilwane zasendle ibaluleke kakhulu, ”Kuqhuba uWolhuter.

Ngenkathi i-Animal Improvement Act (AIA) ichitshiyelwa ngoMeyi 2019, ayizange inikeze malungiselelo enhlalakahle ngokuphathelene nokuzala, ukugcinwa, ukuthuthwa nokuhlatshwa. Izichibiyelo eziphakanyisiwe ze- Umthetho Kazwelonke Wokuphathwa Kwezinto Eziphilayo (I-NEMBA) sethuliwe, kepha inemibandela evumela ungqongqoshe ukulawula inhlalakahle yezilwane zasendle. Imithethonqubo ebukeziwe ye-TOPS ilindele ukuvunyelwa kokugcina nguMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezifundazwe kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2020. Njengoba i-DALRRD yabhala uMthethosivivinywa Wezenhlalakahle Yezilwane ngoNovemba 2019 ukuze ungene esikhundleni se-APA kanye ne-Performing Animals Act, ilindele ukuqhubeka koMnyango Ukuhlela, Ukuqapha kanye Nokuhlola ukwenza okudingekayo ukuhlolwa komthelela kwezenhlalo nezomnotho.

The I-NSPCA yenza izethulo zayo kwiKomidi Elilulekayo le-HLP mhla ziyi-15 kuNhlangulana 2020. IKomidi Lesikhwama Sezemvelo, Ezamahlathi Nezokudoba lizothola izethulo ezivela ku-DEFF kanye ne-DALRRD mayelana noMthetho Wezenhlalakahle Zasendle kanye nezichibiyelo zoMthetho Wokuphepha Kwezinyama ngomhlaka 25 Agasti 2020. Manje silindile futhi sizobona.

Cuthbert Ncube ovela ku- Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika waveza isibopho imboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha esinaso ekuvikeleni amabhubesi nezinye izilwane zasendle.

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UJuergen Thomas Steinmetz ubelokhu esebenza ngokuqhubekayo embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kusukela esemusha eJalimane (1977).
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