UMnyango Wezemvelo, Imithombo Yezemvelo, Ukongiwa Kwezemvelo kanye Nezokuvakasha eBotswana umemezele ukuthi ukuvinjelwa kokuqedwa kweNdlovu kuzanywa esitatimendeni se-Facebook futhi bathi lesi sinqumo size ngemuva kohlelo olude lokubonisana neziphathimandla zendawo, imiphakathi ethintekile, ama-NGO, amabhizinisi ezokuvakasha, abezemvelo nabacwaningi.
UMnyango uveze ukuthi ukwanda kwezindlovu kanye nezilwane ezidla ezinye ngenxa yokuvinjelwa kwaba nomthelela ezindleleni zokuziphilisa futhi kulimaza nemfuyo. Abezokulondolozwa kwemvelo baphikise ukuthi akukaze kube nokwanda okusheshayo esibalweni sezindlovu futhi izehlakalo zokungqubuzana kwabantu nezindlovu azikakhuli ngokwanele ukuthi kungagunyazwa umthetho wokongiwa kwemvelo.
UDokotela Paula Kahambu, oyi-CEO yeWildlife Direct, uphakamise kuTwitter wakhe ukuthi ukuzingela "izindlovu eBotswana ngeke kwehlise ukungqubuzana kwabantu nezindlovu" nokuthi umqondo 'wokuzingela ngendlela yokuziphatha' wawuyi- "oxymoron". UKahambu uphinde wathi ukuvumela abantu basemakhaya ukuthi badubule izindlovu kuzozidalela ingcindezi futhi kungaholela nasekukhuleni kwabantu njengoba izimpi zishuba.
Ukuvinjelwa kokulwa nokuzingelwa kwaqala ukufakwa ngonyaka we-2014 ngaphansi kukaMengameli u-Ian Khama, owayaziwa njengomuntu othanda ukulondolozwa kwemvelo.
UMongameli Mokgweetsi EK Masisi uthathe isikhundla sobumengameli ngonyaka we-2018 futhi waqala inqubo yokubonisana ukuze kuguqulwe ukuvinjelwa kokuzingelwa - uMasisi wabuye waqeda nenqubomgomo yokulwa nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho "ukudubula ukubulala" eyavumela amasosha ukuthi abulale abasolwa ngokuzingela ngokungemthetho.
IBotswana ihlala cishe ingxenye yesithathu yezindlovu zase-savanna zase-Afrika ezisele (cishe abantu abayi-130,000) njengoba inani labantu lasinda kakhulu ekubulaweni kwendlovu okwathinta abantu bakwezinye izwekazi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- UMnyango uveze ukuthi ukwanda kwezindlovu nezilwane ezidla ezinye ngenxa yalesi sinqumo kunomthelela ezimpilweni zabantu futhi kudale nomonakalo emfuyweni.
- Abezokongiwa kwemvelo baveze ukuthi akukabikho ukukhula ngesivinini kwesibalo sezindlovu futhi izigameko zokungaboni ngaso linye phakathi kwabantu nezindlovu azikakhuli ngendlela yokuthi umthetho wokongiwa kwemvelo uchithwe.
- IBotswana ihlala cishe ingxenye yesithathu yezindlovu zase-savanna zase-Afrika ezisele (cishe abantu abayi-130,000) njengoba inani labantu lasinda kakhulu ekubulaweni kwendlovu okwathinta abantu bakwezinye izwekazi.
