Izivakashi zizovinjelwa ezindaweni ezimaphakathi zeziqiwi zamahlosi angu-37 eNdiya ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi ukuba khona kwazo kusheshisa ukushabalala kwezilwane ezisengozini yokushabalala.
Ibha ezivakashini ezingena ezindaweni ezizalela kuzo iyalwe yiNational Tiger Conservation Authority ephethwe uhulumeni, ikhathazekile ngokuthi inani lamahlosi lehlile lisuka ezilwaneni eziyi-3,642 ngo-2002 laya ku-1,411 ngonyaka odlule.
Ibhekene nemibhikisho yabanikazi bamahhotela nabaphathi bezokuvakasha abesaba ukwehla kwemali engenayo nokulahleka kwemisebenzi. Abavakashi basazovunyelwa ukuthi bavakashele izindawo ezinqamulelayo emaphethelweni amapaki.
USab Prakash Yadav, ongumqondisi ohlangene weziphathimandla zezokongiwa kwemvelo, uthe ukungena kwabantu ezindaweni eziyinhloko zamahlosi kwakushintsha indlela aziphatha ngayo nendlela azalela ngayo. “Ezokuvakasha zidala ukuphazamiseka ngezimoto, ukungcoliswa komsindo, udoti nesidingo sokuhlinzekwa kwezinsiza,” usho kanje.
“Lapho indawo engaphazamiseki ivunyelwe, lokho kuzonikeza isimo sezulu esingcono nendawo ekahle yokuzalanisa amahlosi esifazane. Ingane eyodwa yagingqika imoto yabavakashi eBandhavgarh park ngenyanga edlule.”
Ezinye izazi zendawo ezungezile zesaba ukuthi ngaphandle kwesinyathelo esisheshayo, amahlosi aseNdiya angase aqothulwe. "Uma singekho isivikelo, kungaba yindaba eyishumi noma amabili ngaphambi kokuthi sisale namahlosi ambalwa kakhulu noma singabikho nhlobo," kusho uKartick Satyanarayan, usihlalo weWildlife SOS, inhlangano esiza abantulayo eDelhi.
Nakuba ukucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zokuhlala kanye nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho kuyizici eziyinhloko ekwehleni kwazo, uSatyanarayan uthe “ukuvakasha okungenamsebenzi” nakho kuyimbangela.
“Ukuvakasha ngokweqile kwenza amahlosi abekezelele abantu nezimoto, ngaleyo ndlela abe sengozini enkulu yokuzingela ngokungemthetho,” esho.
Ukwehla kwezibalo zabavakashi bekungeke kube nomthelela omncane emizamweni yokongiwa kwemvelo njengoba amaphrojekthi amaningi exhaswa uhulumeni waseNdiya. Kodwa abanye abahleli bokuvakasha bakholelwa ukuthi ukuvinjelwa kwezivakashi kuzonikeza abazingeli ngokungemthetho ukubusa kwamahhala. Amathambo engwe asetshenziswa emithini yendabuko yamaShayina angalanda kufikela ku-£800 iphawundi emakethe emnyama futhi izikhumba zamahlosi zibiza kufika ku-£7,500 lilinye e-China.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “If there is no protection, it may be a matter of a decade or two before we may be left with very few tigers or none at all,” said Kartick Satyanarayan, chairman of Wildlife SOS, a Delhi-based charity.
- Ibha ezivakashini ezingena ezindaweni ezizalela kuzo iyalwe yiNational Tiger Conservation Authority ephethwe uhulumeni, ikhathazekile ngokuthi inani lamahlosi lehlile lisuka ezilwaneni eziyi-3,642 ngo-2002 laya ku-1,411 ngonyaka odlule.
- Tiger bones used in traditional Chinese medicine can fetch up to £800 a pound on the black market and tiger skins cost up to £7,500 each in China.
