I-Kenya Wildlife Service isanda kuqala ukuthutha obhejane abamhlophe abangu-10 eLake Nakuru National Park baya eNairobi National Park, ngemva kokuba isimo sesomiso eNakuru sibe sibi kakhulu. I-KWS iphinde yaveza ukuthi kungase kudingeke ukuthi kuphinde kuthuthwe ukuze kuvikelwe obhejane eLake Nakuru National Park ezingozini zesomiso.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, iLake Nakuru National Park yaphendulwa indawo yokuqala yobhejane ukuze kuvikelwe izilwane ezazisengozini yokushabalala futhi uthango lwaso sonke lesi siqiwu lwaqedwa ngothango lukagesi olwakhiwe ngokukhethekile, olwasiza ekwenzeni ubhejane. uhlelo lokuzalanisa lube yimpumelelo enkulu. Eqinisweni, obhejane abambalwa eminyakeni edlule sebethuthelwe kwezinye iziqiwi ukuze baphinde bagcine inani labobhejane futhi bavumele ukuzalana endle.
Umthamo wokuthwala weLake Nakuru National Park usufinyelele umkhawulo wawo, nokho, ngenxa yesomiso, futhi impumelelo yohlelo lokuzalanisa kule minyaka engamashumi amabili nangaphezulu iye yanezela engcindezini yemvelo yalesi siqiwu, manje engasekho. isikhathi eside esikwazi ukusimamisa izinombolo eziningi zobhejane abatholakala epaki. Izivakashi ezizovakashela eNairobi National Park, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-10 kuphela ukusuka edolobheni, zizozuza kulokhu kuthuthwa, njengoba zizokwazi ukubona obhejane abambalwa lapho “zihamba uhambo lokuya ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwedolobha.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The carrying capacity of Lake Nakuru National Park has reached its limits, however, as a result of the drought, and the success of the breeding program over the past twenty-plus years has added to the pressure on the park's ecosystem, which now is no longer able to sustain the large numbers of rhino found in the park.
- In the early 1980s, Lake Nakuru National Park was turned into the country's first park come rhino sanctuary to protect the then highly-endangered species and the fencing of the entire park was completed with a specially-designed electric fence, which helped to make the rhino breeding program an overwhelming success.
- Visitors to the Nairobi National Park, only 10 miles from the city, will be the beneficiaries of the relocation, as they will be able to see quite a few more rhinos when doing a little “safari to the suburbs.
