Umongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu seDolphin Research Centre eMiddle Keys bazoqhubeka nokuhola UMkhandlu Wokuthuthukiswa Kwezivakashi waseMonroe County, ibhodi lamavolontiya elilawula ukukhuthazwa kwezokuvakasha kweFlorida Keys & Key West.
URita Irwin ukhethwe ngazwi-linye ngoLwesibili ngesikhathi somhlangano webhodi ohleliwe obanjwa cishe nge-Zoom. Lo kuzoba unyaka weshumi nantathu elandelanayo wabahlali baseMarathon njengesihlalo.
“Ngiyalithokozela ithuba lokuhola ibhodi le-TDC,” kusho u-Irwin, obonge amanye amalungu ebhodi ngokuzethemba kwabo. "Ngenxa ye-COVID-19, siyaqhubeka nokubhekana nezinselelo zokuxhasa umnotho waseKeys osuselwe kwezokuvakasha ngenkathi simaketha ngamandla imigomo yokuphepha yokweseka izikhulu zezempilo kanye neminye imizamo yabaholi yokugcina izivakashi nabahlali bethu bephephile."
UGeorge Fernandez, ongumnikazi wabalingani beKey West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory, uphinde waqokwa njengephini likasihlalo. UTimothy Root, oyilungu lebhodi leKeys Energy, noDiane Schmidt, umphathi jikelele eMargaritaville Key West Resort naseSunset Key Cottages, bazosebenza njengabaphathisikhwama ababambisene nabo.