“Impumelelo yakhe idlula imingcele evamile yocwaningo lwesayensi ukuchaza umbono wethu wokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba umuntu. Izinto azitholile ziwushintshe kakhulu umbono wezwe ngobuhlakani bezilwane futhi kwathuthukisa ukuqonda kwethu isintu ngendlela ethobayo nephakamisayo,” kusho uHeather.

Manje cishe eminyakeni engu-61 selokhu uJane aqala ucwaningo lwakhe ngezimfene eGombe National Park eNtshonalanga Tanzania, kuye kwenziwa imisebenzi eminingana yesayensi mayelana nezinkawu e-Afrika nasemhlabeni wonke ukuhlonipha umsebenzi wakhe omuhle wokucwaninga.

Imizamo yakhe yaba ugqozi lwempilo yonke, okuholele ekugqugquzeleni kabanzi okuhlobene nokukhathazeka ngokugawulwa kwamahlathi, ukuhweba ngenyama yasehlathini, ukubanjwa kwezilwane eziphilayo kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zokuhlala.

Ukubungaza iminyaka engu-60 yengqopha-mlando yocwaningo lwezimfene zikaJane Goodall e-Afrika ngonyaka odlule, uhulumeni waseTanzania unikele ngemizamo yawo yokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle ukuze aqinisekise ukusinda kwezimfene, izihlobo ezisondelene kakhulu nabantu.

Njengomphumela wezifundo zakhe zasekuqaleni, abacwaningi kwezinye izikhungo eziningi bayaqhubeka nokwenza ukuhlaziya okuhlobene nokuziphatha kwezimfene futhi bathola okusha kulo mkhakha.

Namuhla, ucwaningo lweGombe luhlinzeka ngemininingwane ebanzi mayelana nemizwa yezihlobo eziseduze kakhulu zabantu, ukuziphatha, kanye nezinhlaka zomphakathi. I-Gombe National Park ingesinye seziqiwu zezilwane zasendle e-Afrika futhi yehlukile ngemiphakathi yayo yezimfene kanye nepaki ekufanele ivakashelwe.