Ubhejane wase-Uganda uNandi ushiya ngemuva ifa lezokuvakasha

1. UNandi uphefumule umoya wakhe wokugcina ngobusuku bangoFebhuwari 28, 2021, ngemuva kokulwa nokugula okusazokhonjwa.
2. Ukuhlolwa kwesidumbu kwenziwa yithimba lodokotela bezifo baseMakerere University kanye neWildlife Veterinarian abavela e-UWA.
3. UNandi waba nenkonyane lakhe lokuqala elabizwa ngo-Obama ngoJuni 2009 kwathi kamuva uMalaika “Angel” lona wesifazane ngoJuni 4, 2011. Bobabili u-Obama noMalaika babeyizithole zokuqala zobhejane ezizalwa e-Uganda eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-30.

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I-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) isimemezele ukudlula emhlabeni kukaNandi obhejane wesizukulwane sikhulukazi lapho ekhishwa nguMphathi Wezokuxhumana we-UWA, uBashir Hangi.

Ngobusuku bukaFebhuwari 28, 2021, uNandi - omunye wabobhejane besifazane eZiwa Rhino Sanctuary - uphefumule okokugcina ngemuva kokulwa nokugula okusazobonakala. Impilo kaNandi yaqala ukuwohloka ngokulahlekelwa isisindo somzimba nokuncipha kokusebenza, okuqashelwe cishe ngo-Agasti 2020. Ukuphumula, ukondla nokuziphatha kwakhe kokuphuza kwakungejwayelekile njengoba bekwaziwa ngaphambilini. Ngaleso sikhathi, uNandi wayelindele ithole lakhe lesikhombisa. Ngakho-ke, wayengeke aphathwe njenganoma yimuphi omunye ubhejane ogulayo esimweni sakhe; ukunakekelwa okuningi kwakudingeka kuthathwe ukugwema ukubeka impilo yakhe neyethole elingakazalwa engcupheni.

Odokotela bezilwane be-UWA bebelokhu bekhona endaweni engcwele izikhathi eziningana ukuphatha zonke izigaba zesimo sakhe sempilo okubandakanya ukunikezela ngama-antibiotic, ama-de-worm, nokukhethwa kwamasampula ukuze kuqhutshekwe nophenyo. Imininingwane ibisabiwa nongoti bobhejane. Ukusola kokuqala ukuthi uNandi wayenezibungu emathunjini futhi kwasetshenziswa amakhambi afanele kodwa lokho akuzange kuthele zithelo.

UNandi waqiniswa kanzima odokotela bezilwane ngoJanuwari 27, 2021 ukuze aqhubeke nokuhlolwa. Kwathathwa amasampula kwahlolwa izivivinyo eLancet laboratories naseNational Animal Disease Diagnostic and Epidemiology Centre. Imiphumela yabiwa ngamakhemikhali e-serum enziwe eLancet Laboratories Isikhwama seRhino e-Uganda Ukuphathwa nabanye ababambiqhaza.

Ukucaciswa, uNandi wethule nge-sodium ne-chloride ephansi, i-creatinine ephansi kepha i-urea ejwayelekile, i-bilirubin ephansi, i-Aspartate Amino Transferase (AST) ephakeme, namaprotheni esewonke ane-albin ephansi kakhulu. Amanani we-calcium ne-phosphorus ayengaphakathi kobubanzi obujwayelekile.

Ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe kwe-hematology kwenziwa ngezeluleko ezivela kochwepheshe bobhejane futhi kwaveza ukuthi akukho trypanosomiasis, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, noma i-theileria parva njengoba kusolwa odokotela bezilwane nabanye ochwepheshe bobhejane.

Ukuhlolwa kwesidumbu kwenziwa yithimba lodokotela bezifo baseMakerere University kanye neWildlife Veterinarian abavela e-UWA. Imiphumela ikhombisa ukwanda okwandisiwe nokwandiswa kwawo wonke ama-lymph node akhombisa ukuphazamiseka kwe-lymphoproliferative, okungenzeka kube yi-neoplasm noma isifo se-granulomatous. Ezinye izilonda ezibalulekile esigabeni esithuthukile zabonwa emaphashini, ezinso, nasemgudwini wamathumbu (GIT).

Kwathathwa amasampula amaningi we-histopathology, serology, microbiology, namasiko ukuthola imbangela yokufa. Imiphumela yokuhlaziywa izokwaziswa ababambiqhaza neziphathimandla ezifanele ngokushesha lapho sezitholakele.

UNandi, ubhejane wesifazane oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala wazalwa ngoJulayi 24, 1999. Wahlanganiswa noHassani (ubhejane wesilisa) eZiwa Rhino Sanctuary evela eDisney 'Animal Kingdom, eFlorida, e-USA, ngoSepthemba 2006.

Ngesikhathi sokushona kwakhe, uNandi wayesephumelele ukuzala amahlandla ayi-7 kanti okwakamuva kwaba ngoJanuwari 9, 2021. Wangcwatshwa ngoMashi 1, 2021 eZiwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Egameni le-UWA, uMqondisi Omkhulu udlulise ukubonga kwakhe kwiRhino Fund Uganda nakubo bonke ababambiqhaza, ngandlela thile, abafake imibono ngemizamo yokusindisa uNandi. Uthe, "Siyathemba ukuthi sizoqhubeka nokusebenza ngokubambisana ukuze kuzuze bonke obhejane abasele e-Uganda namaphethelo."

Mayelana noNandi

UNandi wanikelwa yiDisney's Animal Kingdom eFlorida, e-USA, ngo-2006 eneminyaka engu-7 kanye noHassani, ubhejane wesilisa owayeneminyaka engu-5 ngaleso sikhathi. Laba bobabili babeyingxenye yobhejane abamhlophe bokuqala abayi-6 ababuyiselwa ezweni lase-Uganda. Ababili kanye nabanye obhejane abane abethulwe phambilini besuka eSolio Ranch eKenya baqala i-nucleus yokuzalanisa esivele yaguqukela kobhejane abangama-2 eZiwa Rhino Sanctuary esendaweni eyi-4 km enyakatho yeKampala. Ukushona kukaNandi nendodakazi yakhe u-Achiru kushiya isibalo esiphelele sobhejane endaweni engcwele siye kubantu abayi-35.

UNandi waba nenkonyane lakhe lokuqala elabizwa ngo-Obama ngoJuni 2009 kwathi kamuva uMalaika “Angel” lona wesifazane ngoJuni 4, 2011. Bobabili u-Obama noMalaika babeyizithole zokuqala zobhejane ezizalwa e-Uganda eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-30. UNandi ushiye ezinye iziphethu ezine ezisindile: u-Uhuru (4), uSonic (8), u-Apache (6), no-Armiju (4).

U-Achiru wakhe wokuzalwa wazalwa engqungqutheleni yokugula kukanina ekuqaleni konyaka kodwa washonela e-Uganda Wildlife and Conservation Education Centre (UWEC) ngoJanuwari 17, 2021, ngemuva kokwehluleka kukamama ukumondla. Ematholeni akhe, uMalaika no U-Uhuru wazala kuya kumathole ama-3 no-2 ngokulandelana.