UNobhala (kwenye indawo obizwa ngokuthi uNobhala Ophelele) eMnyangweni Wezokongiwa Kwezilwane Nezokuvakasha, uProf. Frazer Tong, ngesonto eledlule uyalele izinhlaka zakhe ukuthi ziyeke ukuzingela ngokungemthetho eziqiwini eziseningizimu nezindawo ezivikelekile ngokushesha, wathi lokhu ubungozi obukhona bekuwusongo emizamweni yaseNingizimu yokubuyisela kancane kancane ingqalasizinda yamapaki nokuqala ukuthola imali yezokuvakasha, okungase kudaleke amathuba omsebenzi. Esithangamini sakhe kubikwa ukuthi ugcizelele kwabezindaba ukuthi ukubulawa kwezilwane zasendle ngenhloso yokudayisa kuyingozi enkulu ekongiweni kwezilwane, futhi njengohulumeni abagqugquzeli ubugebengu obunje.
Uqhube wathi: “Izilwane zasendle zineqhaza emnothweni wezwe ngenxa yezokuvakasha ngenxa yokuqaphela indima emnothweni wezwe; umnyango ukhiphe imiyalelo eqinile neqinile evala ukubulawa kwalaba. Siyakuqaphela nokusabalala kwezibhamu ezingekho emthethweni phakathi kwabantu bendawo kuzo zonke izifunda okwenza kube nokwenzeka ukubeka izilwane zasendle engcupheni ngenani elikhulu.” Esephetha wengeze ngokuthi kutshalwe onogada ezindaweni zezilwane zasendle kanye nasemahlathini ukuze kwehliswe ukubulawa kwezilwane ukuze zisetshenziswe abazingela ngokungemthetho.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In his briefing, he reportedly stressed to the media that the wanton killing of wild animals for commercial use poses a great threat to wildlife conservation, and as a government they do not encourage such criminal practices.
- Frazer Tong, last week directed his enforcement units to stop commercial poaching across the southern national parks and protected areas with immediate effect, saying that this creeping menace was a threat to the south's efforts to progressively restore park infrastructure and start earning tourism revenues, which in turn can create employment.
- In closing he added that wardens were being deployed in strategic wildlife areas and forests to reduce the killing of animals for commercial use by poachers.
