Amaqembu ezilwane e-SeaWorld Orlando anakekela izilwane kanye nezilwane ayaziqhenya ngokumemezela ukuzalwa kwenkonyane lensikazi le-Pacific walrus elingu-150-pound ngoJulayi 3, kumama u-Kaboodle nobaba u-Garfield. Leli ithole lesibili likaKaboodle oneminyaka engu-16 ubudala kanye nethole lesibili elizalwa e-SeaWorld Orlando. Bobabili uKaboodle nenkonyane lakhe baqhuba kahle.
Ngaphansi kwamehlo aqaphile amaqembu anakekela izilwane, kwatholakala ukuthi i-Kaboodle yayingamunyisi futhi inkonyane lalingakutholi ukudla okunomsoco kwangaphambi kwesikhathi. Ithimba lenze isinqumo sokungenelela futhi manje selihlinzeka ngokunakekelwa kwamahora angu-24 okuhlanganisa ukuphakelwa kwamabhodlela ayisishiyagalombili ngosuku, ukuhlalisana kwabantu kanye nobungane, okunikeza ithuba lokuba inkonyane likhule.
“Ngiyaziqhenya ngokubuka amaqembu ethu esebenza njengoba ehlinzeka ngokunakekela okusezingeni lomhlaba uKaboodle nenkonyane lakhe,” kusho uGus Antorcha, oyi-CEO ye I-SeaWorld Parks. "Odokotela bethu bezilwane abanekhono kanye nongoti bezilwane banikeze ukunakekelwa okungcono kakhulu kokubeletha kwe-Kaboodle, futhi manje okuqhubekayo, ukunakekelwa kwansuku zonke kukamama nethole."
Uhlelo lwe-walrus lwe-SeaWorld ludlala indima ebalulekile ekufundiseni nasekukhuthazeni umphakathi ngalezi zilwane ezisongelwa kanye nokuthi yini esingayenza ukuze sisize. Emlandweni we-SeaWorld weminyaka engu-55 wokunakekelwa kwezilwane, amankonyane ama-walrus amane kuphela azelwe. Ngalokhu kuzalwa manje sekunama-walrus angu-18 ahlala ezindaweni eziyisithupha zezilwane e-United States, okunikeza umphakathi ithuba lokubona lezi zilwane eduze futhi ufunde ukuthi imisebenzi yabantu ithinta kanjani ukusinda kwazo, kanye nokunikeza ososayensi nabacwaningi ikhono lokwenza kangcono. qonda i-walrus biology okungenzeka kungenzeki ukuyifundela endle.
Ama-Walrus abhekana nezinsongo ezinkulu endle okuhlanganisa nokunyamalala kweqhwa lasolwandle elintantayo ngenxa yamazinga okushisa afudumele kanye nokuncipha kokutholakala kokudla. I-SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund inikeze usizo locwaningo nge-Pacific walrus kanye nomthelela wokulahleka kwendawo. Izinombolo zama-walrus asePacific zafinyelela ekwehleni kwamarekhodi ekuqaleni kwawo-1960 kodwa zaphinde zaqiniswa ngeminyaka yawo-1980 ngenxa yemizamo yokuqina yokongiwa kwemvelo. Ngeshwa, inani labantu seliphinde lehla, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokushintsha kwezimo zendawo. Ama-walrus ancike eqhweni lasolwandle elizinzile ukuze athole yonke into kusukela ekudleni kuya ekunikezeni amaphuphu awo izindawo eziphephile.
Ngemvume ye-US Fish and Wildlife Service, i-SeaWorld Orlando ikhulise amankonyane angama-walrus ayizintandane angu-10 phakathi neminyaka engu-50 edlule, kuhlanganise nobaba wethole elisha, uGarfield.
UDkt. Stacy DiRocco, udokotela wezilwane omkhulu e-SeaWorld Orlando, wabelane, “Ithimba lethu liyaziqhenya ngendlela emangalisayo ngokuzalwa kwaleli thole le-walrus - okwesibili kuphela e-SeaWorld Orlando, futhi iqembu lihlinzeka ngokunakekela ubusuku nemini ukuze liqaphe impilo yethole nomama.” Uqhube wathi: “Ukwazi ukwabelana ngale ndaba nezivakashi zethu kanye nomphakathi kuyajabulisa ngendlela emangalisayo. Ama-Walrus adinga usizo lwethu, futhi amanxusa afana no-Kaboodle, ithole lakhe elisanda kuzalwa kanye nenani lethu labantu base-Wild Arctic basiza ukuxoxa indaba ebalulekile.”
U-Kaboodle nenkonyane lakhe bahlala ngemuva kula masonto okuqala abalulekile njengoba ingane iqhubeka nokukhuluphala futhi ifunda ukubhukuda. Izivakashi epaki zisakwazi ukubona ezinye izakhamuzi zase-Wild Arctic, okuhlanganisa ama-walrus amaningi nemikhomo ye-beluga.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Stacy DiRocco, a senior veterinarian at SeaWorld Orlando, shared, “Our team is incredibly proud of the birth of this walrus calf — only the second ever at SeaWorld Orlando, and the team is providing around-the-clock care to monitor the health of both calf and mom.
- With this birth there are now 18 walruses living in six zoological facilities in the United States, giving the public the chance to see these animals up-close and learn how human activities impact their survival, as well as offering scientists and researchers the ability to better understand walrus biology that may be impossible to study in the wild.
- The team made the decision to intervene and is now providing 24-hour care including eight bottle feedings a day, socialization and companionship, providing the opportunity for the calf to thrive.
