Ukubulawa komseshi odumile waseMelika omelene nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho eKenya ngeSonto eledlule kulethe ukushaqeka phakathi kwezinhlangano zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle eTanzania, kwenze isibalo sabashisekeli bamazwe angaphandle abalwa nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho babulawa eMpumalanga Afrika eminyakeni yamuva nje.
U-Esmond Bradley-Martin, 75, ongumphenyi odumile waseMelika ohweba ngokungemthetho amazinyo endlovu nezimpondo zobhejane, wabulawa esemzini wakhe enhlokodolobha yaseKenya, eNairobi ngeSonto eledlule.
Amaphoyisa aseKenya athi ibutho laseMelika elilwa nokuzingela ngokungemthetho litholakale lishonile emzini walo oseNairobi linenxeba lokugwazwa entanyeni.
UMnu. Esmond Bradley Martin ubesechithe amashumi eminyaka elandelela ukuhanjiswa kwemikhiqizo yezilwane, ikakhulukazi isuka e-Afrika iya ezimakethe zase-Asia.
“Kungukulahlekelwa okukhulu kakhulu kwezokongiwa kwemvelo,” kusho uPaula Kahumbu, isikhulu esiphezulu seWildlife Direct, okuyinhlangano egxile ekuvikeleni izindlovu eKenya, njengoba kushiwo kwabezindaba.
Ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe kungalindelekile, umbusi waseMelika owayemelene nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho wayesezoshicilela umbiko odalula ukuthi ukuhweba ngamazinyo endlovu kwasuka kanjani eChina kuya emazweni angomakhelwane, kusho uKahumbu.
UMnu. Esmond Bradley, owayeyinxusa elikhethekile le-UN kwezokongiwa kobhejane utholwe emzini wakhe ngeSonto ntambama.
Ucwaningo lwakhe lwaba neqhaza esinqumweni seShayina sokuvala ukuhweba ngezimpondo zobhejane okusemthethweni ngo-1993. Luphinde lwacindezela iChina ukuthi iqede ukudayiswa okusemthethweni kwezimpondo zendlovu, okuwukuvinjelwa okwaqala ukusebenza ngoMasingana walo nyaka.
“Umsebenzi wakhe uveze ubukhulu benkinga nokwenza ukuthi uhulumeni waseChina angakwazi ukuziba,” kusho uKahumbu.
Ubeyingcweti emananini entengo yezimpondo zendlovu nophondo lukabhejane, ehola uphenyo oluyimfihlo ezimakethe zaseShayina naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia lapho izimakethe zendlovu nezimpondo zobhejane zibusa khona.
Ukubulawa kwalesi sazi esidumile saseMelika sokuzingela ngokungemthetho kuwuchungechunge futhi kuyingxenye yokubulawa okulandelanayo kochwepheshe bangaphandle bezokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle eMpumalanga Afrika, isifunda esibuswa izici ezikhohlakele zokongiwa kwemvelo eminyangweni yokuvikela nokuphatha izilwane zasendle.
I-Tanzania, engumakhelwane oseduze neKenya yabelana ngezinsiza zezilwane zasendle ngokufudukela emngceleni, ingesinye isimo esigcwele izindlovu e-Afrika lapho kwabulawa khona abakhankasi ababili bokongiwa kwemvelo nabamelene nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho kule minyaka edlule.
Ochungechungeni lokubulawa nokubulawa kwamasosha alwa nokuzingela ngokungemthetho, uMnuz Roger Gower, 37, wabulawa ngesikhathi kudutshulwa indiza enophephela emhlane ayeyishayela ngesikhathi somkhankaso eMaswa Game Reserve, eduze neSerengeti National Park edumile eTanzania ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari, 2016. .
UMnu. Gower, oyisakhamuzi saseBrithani ubesebenzisana nenhlangano esiza abantulayo iFriedkin Conservation Fund, eyayifeza umkhankaso wokulwa nokuzingela ngokungemthetho ngokubambisana neziphathimandla zaseTanzania.
Omunye umbutho wakwamanye amazwe omelene nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho owabulawa eMpumalanga Afrika kwakunguMnu. Wayne Lotter, umlondolozi wezilwane zasendle owaziwayo owazalelwa eNingizimu Afrika osebenza eTanzania.
Wabulawa enhlokodolobha yezentengiselwano yaseTanzania, iDar es Salaam, ngesikhathi esendleleni esuka esikhumulweni sezindiza iJulius Nyerere International Airport eya ehhotela lakhe maphakathi no-August wonyaka odlule (2017).
UWayne Lotter oneminyaka engu-51 ubudala udutshulwe ngabahlaseli abangaziwa ngesikhathi itekisi yakhe imiswa enye imoto lapho amadoda amabili, eyodwa ehlome ngesibhamu, evule isicabha semoto yakhe amdubula.
Ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe kungalindelekile, uWayne Lotter wayethole izinsongo eziningi zokubulawa ngesikhathi elwa nezinhlangano zomhlaba wonke zokushushumbisa amazinyo endlovu eTanzania lapho sekubulawe khona izindlovu ezingaphezu kuka-66,000 phakathi neminyaka eyi-10 edlule.
UWayne wayengumqondisi kanye nomsunguli we-Protected Area Management System (PAMS) Foundation, Inhlangano Okungeyona Ekahulumeni (NGO) ehlinzeka ngokusekela ngokongiwa kwemvelo nokulwa nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho emiphakathini nakuhulumeni e-Afrika yonkana.
Imibiko yabezindaba idalule ukunyamalala okungaqondakali kanye nezinsongo kubantu abadumile eminyakeni yamuva, okunyakazisa iTanzania neKenya, isimo okungenzeka sidale ukwesaba kule ngxenye ye-Afrika.
Lezi zifundazwe ezimbili zase-Afrika ezingomakhelwane iTanzania neKenya zombili ziyizifunda zezindlovu kanye nohlange lobhejane, zabelana ngezinsiza zokongiwa kwemvelo kanjalo nezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlelo zohambo, ikakhulukazi izivakashi zaseMelika kanye nezaseYurophu.
