Izindlovu ezimbili ezincane zidutshulwe endaweni yaseKomatipoort eduzane ne-Kruger National Park ngemuva kokuthi umhlambi wazo uthuswe abazingeli ngokungemthetho ngaphesheya komngcele waseMozambique.
Ngokusho kweMpumalanga Tourism & Park Agency (MTPA), lezi zindlovu beziphuma emhlambini ocekele phansi izitshalo zokulima endaweni yaseCoopersdal. ULouw Steyn, ongumphathi wophiko lwe-MTPA ophikweni lweHunting & Development, uthe izindlovu zincane futhi kungenzeka zibaleke emngceleni waseMozambique.
Ividiyo Imidwebo eshicilelwe ngu I-Lowvelder khombisa izindlovu ezimbili ezincane ngaphambi kokuba zidutshulwe. Ngokusho kwabalimi bakule ndawo, endala kulaba ababili ibisesimweni esingesihle.
Ngokuka-Michele Pickover we-EMS Foundation, ukungabi naluzwela kwe-MTPA ngezindlovu ezimbili ezincane akwamukelekile. 'Ukube izindlovu bezizama ukubalekela [abazingeli], futhi ngenxa yalokho zahlukaniswa nemindeni yazo, [kumele] zihlukumezeke kakhulu. Khona-ke akwamukeleki nakakhulu ukuthi i-MTPA yenze lokhu abakwenzile.'
I-MTPA yenqabile ukuphawula ngokuthi zikhona yini izindlela zokunciphisa noma ezinye ezicatshangelwe ngaphambi kokuthi kuthathwe isinqumo. Okhulumela i-MTPA ukuqinisekisile ukuthi I-Lowvelder, nokho, ukuthi izindlovu zazingenakuthuthwa kusetshenziswa indiza enophephela emhlane ukuxosha izilwane, 'ngoba kwakukhona inkonyane emhlambini'.
Lokhu kubulawa kulandela ingqungquthela kazwelonke ebidingida iHuman-Elephant Conflict Management eNingizimu Afrika, ebihanjelwe yiMTPA, eqhakambise ukubaluleka kokuhambisana nomthetho. Umnyango Wezindaba Zemvelo Izinkambiso Namazinga Okuphathwa Kwezindlovu.
Ngokwalokhu, isilwane esidala umonakalo (DCA) kufanele sidutshulwe kuphela njengesinyathelo sokugcina ngemuva kokuba ezinye izindlela, okuhlanganisa ukufuduka, zehlulekile. Izinyathelo ze-DEA zokubhekana nama-DCA 'ukunciphisa umonakalo' kubantu nasezilwaneni. Iphinde ithi 'ukuphathwa kwesilwane esidala umonakalo kumele kulingane nomonakalo odaliwe'.
I-MTPA ikhiphe isitatimende kulandela ukudubula ithi izindlovu zidale umonakalo omkhulu ezitshalweni zokulima endaweni. Kodwa ngokusho komlimi uFreddie Tecklenburg, umonakalo endaweni lapho i-MTPA yadubula khona izindlovu wawumncane kakhulu. 'Bahlephula amanye ama-twine emasimini amadala katamatisi banyathela amapayipi aconsayo. Ngemuva kwalokho bathuthela ehlathini, lapho badutshulwa khona,' usho kanje.
UHerman Badenhorst, oyimenenja jikelele kwaMlambo Uvs endaweni engumakhelwane, uyavuma ukuthi umonakalo mncane. Izindlovu zawela endaweni yakwaMlambo ngaphambi kokudutshulwa epulazini laseTecklenburg. 'Umonakalo odalekile ubunganele ukuthi kubulawe lezi zilwane,' kusho uBadenhorst. 'Izindlovu ezincane zawisa umoba nobhanana ngesikhathi zidlula, kodwa kwakungeyona into yokukhala'.
UDkt Yolanda Pretorius, iphini likasihlalo we-Elephant Specialist Advisory Group (ESAG), uthi izinqubo ezidingekayo zokubulala ama-DCA azilandelwa njalo 'njengoba izinsiza namandla eminyangweni eminingi yezokongiwa kwemvelo kunomkhawulo. Lokhu kuholela ekutheni akuzona zonke izindlela ezikhona zokubhekana nezindlovu eziqhamukayo zihlolisiswe kahle.' Uthe ama-DCA angabulawa kuphela endaweni ngaphandle kophenyo uma ebeka engcupheni impilo yomuntu.
USteyn, nokho, uthi i-Norms and Standards 'yizinkombandlela zokubhekana nezindlovu ezinenkinga'. Uthe akekho ongacacisa ukuthi icala ngalinye kumele lisingathwe kanjani kusenesikhathi futhi lokhu kwenziwa ngokubona kweziphathimandla.
U-Pretorius waveza, nokho, ukuthi 'izinhlangano eziningi ezifana ne-ESAG zizimisele ukusiza ekuhleleni ezinye izindlela zokungenelela esikhundleni sokuqeda kodwa zivame ukuzwa ngalawa macala sekwephuzile.'
NgoSepthemba nonyaka, kwangena isimo esiphuthumayo esidale umonakalo ofanayo eduze kwaseKruger National Park. Kulokhu, izinkunzi ezintathu zezindlovu zeqa e-Associated Private Nature Reserves esemngceleni we-Kruger. Balimaza amasimu omango baphinde baphazamisa nengqalasizinda yabantu. Nokho, esikhundleni sokudutshulwa, izindlovu zayiswa kwenye indawo endaweni ukuhlenga indlovu enzima eyethulwe yi-Elephants Alive, inhlangano egxile ekucwaningeni ngezindlovu futhi ekhuthaza ukuphilisana ngokuzwana phakathi kwabantu nezindlovu.
UDkt Michele Henley we-Elephants Alive uthe ngaleso sikhathi izilwane ezenza umonakalo zazivame ukuba ngaphezu kwama-trailblazers abanjwe phakathi kokukhulisa ukukhula kwabantu okungenela ezindleleni zasendulo zokufuduka.
Ngokuvumelana ne I-Lowvelder, ezinye izindlovu ezimbili ebeziyingxenye yomhlambi zisangaphandle kwezindawo ezivikelekile, kubikwa ukuthi zisendleleni ebheke eningizimu eya esifundeni saseMananga. Ngokusho kwe-MTPA, 'lezi zindlovu zizobhekwana nazo uma izikhalo zamukelwe'.
SOURCE: CAT
