E-NEW YORK, NY – Isikhumulo sezindiza saseNew York i-JFK sakha indawo esezingeni eliphezulu yezilwane. Ebizwa ngokuthi “Umphongolo,” okuwukuphela kwendawo yezilwane eziphethwe umuntu ozimele emhlabeni wonke izothatha indawo yendawo yokuguga kanye nencane kakhulu ngo-2016 ngentengo yenani lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-48.
Le ndawo engu-178,000-square-foot izothatha indawo ye-Cargo Building 78 yangaphambili, emaphethelweni asenyakatho yesakhiwo sezindiza. Iqanjwe ngomkhumbi kaNowa oseBhayibhelini, futhi ihloselwe ukuvala indawo yendlu yokulala eyi-10,000-square-foot ebizwa ngokuthi iVetport, eyakhiwa ngeminyaka yawo-1950.
I-Racebrook Capital ezinze eNew York, umthuthukisi walesi siphetho, isibiza ngokuthi “isikhungo sezilwane esizimele kuphela emhlabeni futhi esigunyazwe yi-USDA, esisebenza ngokugcwele, samahora angama-24, indawo yokuvalela abantu esikhumulweni sezindiza ukuze kungeniswe futhi kuthunyelwe amahhashi, izilwane ezifuywayo, izinyoni nemfuyo. ”
Izinsiza zezilwane zikhona ezikhumulweni zezindiza e-Chicago, e-Los Angeles nase-Miami, kodwa i-JFK iphethe izilwane eziningi ezifika e-US. Imithetho kahulumeni idinga ukuthi izilwane eziningi zichithe isikhathi esithile zivalelwe zodwa ukuze zivikele izifo ezithathelwanayo. Njengamanje, izilwane ezifika e-Vetport zidinga ukuthuthwa ngamaloli ziyiswe esikhungweni sikahulumeni eNewburgh, okuyindawo eqhele ngamahora amabili ukuya enyakatho. UMphongolo uyophephisa izilwane nabanikazi bazo ekuhluphekeni nasezindlekweni zalolo hambo lwesibili.
Idizayinelwe inkampani yezokwakha iGensler, eholwa umakhi wesikhumulo sezindiza onolwazi uCliff Bollman, lo Mphongolo uzohlinzeka ngezitebele zamahhashi afinyelela kwangu-70 nezinkomo eziyi-180, kanye nesibaya sezimbuzi, izingulube nezimvu, indawo yezinyoni kanye nezindlwana zezinja kanye amakati. Zonke izilwane zizokwazi ukuthola izinsiza zomtholampilo ubusuku nemini ezihlinzekwa yikolishi lezilwane lase-Cornell University.
Amakati azokwazi ukujabulela izihlahla ezikhuphukayo ezenziwe ngokwezifiso ebuka i-aquarium e-Cat Adventure Jungle, kuyilapho amahhashi nezinkomo zizohlaliswa ezitebeleni ezilawulwa yisimo sezulu, ezinephansi elitshekile ukuze kube lula ukulahlwa kwemfucuza. Izinja zizonikezwa indawo engu-20,000 square foot “loxury resort” ephethwe yinkampani iParadise 4 Paws, enamachibi okubhukuda, abelaphi ababhucunga umzimba kanye nezinkonzo ze-“pawdicure”.
"Kuzoba indawo yabantu abathanda izilwane zabo ezifuywayo njengoba bethanda izingane zabo," uBollmann, umdwebi wezakhiwo, etshela iphephabhuku i-Crain's. “Mhlawumbe okuningi.”
I-Port Authority yaseNew York naseNew Jersey, esebenza i-JFK, isayine isivumelwano sokuqashisa seminyaka engu-30 ngoJanuwari ne-Ark Development, inkampani engaphansi kwe-Racebrook Capital. Lo msebenzi kulindeleke ukuthi udale amathuba emisebenzi angu-180 futhi ungenise imali eyizigidi ezingu-108 zamaRandi ngesikhathi sokuqashisa.
Phakathi kwethikithi lendiza, ikhreyithi, izitifiketi zodokotela wezilwane, izimali zesikhumulo sezindiza kanye namakhomishini abashayeli, inkampani ezimele ingase ikhokhise imali efika ku-$2500 ukuze indize inja eLondon. Kwezinye izilinganiso, ukuthumela ihhashi phesheya kwezilwandle kungase kubize kufika ku-$10,000.
Lesi sikhumulo "sizobeka izindinganiso ezintsha zesikhumulo sezindiza zamazwe omhlaba ukuze kutholakale izinsiza eziphelele zezilwane, ukufakwa kwezindlu kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwabantu," kusho usihlalo weRacebrook uJohn Cuticelli, wengeza ngokuthi lo mqondo uzobhekana "nezidingo ezingahlangatshezwana" zabangane, ezemidlalo nezilwane zezolimo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Designed by the architecture firm Gensler, led by experienced airport architect Cliff Bollman, the Ark will offer stalls for up to 70 horses and 180 head of cattle, plus a holding pen for goats, pigs and sheep, an aviary, and kennels for dogs and cats.
- Cats will be able to enjoy custom-made climbing trees with a view of the aquarium at the Cat Adventure Jungle, while horses and cows will be housed in climate-controlled stalls, with tilted floors to facilitate waste disposal.
- Between the airplane ticket, the crate, veterinary certifications, airport fees and driver commissions, a private company may charge up to $2500 to fly a dog to London.
