Ukudideka: Ukuthengiswa KweNdlovu EZimbabwe phakathi kokulahlwa emhlabeni jikelele

Emasontweni amathathu emva kwezindlovu ezincane ezingama-31 zathunyelwa ngaphandle, okucatshangwa ukuthi zayiswa eChina, ihhovisi likaMengameli waseZimbabwe, u-Emmerson Mnangagwa, limemezele ukuthi isizwe sizocubungula imigomo yaso yokongiwa kwemvelo.

“Ngenxa yokuthengiswa kwendlovu okusanda kuphuma kwele Zimbabwe, uhulumende usehlaziya izinqumo zezokongiwa kwemvelo edale lephalamende abesebumba umthetho wokuqhubekela phambili,” kutsho u Christopher Mutsvangwa, umsekeli kamongameli.

Umbiko wezindaba weZimbabwe Daily News uthi umongameli omusha empeleni udlulele phambili kunokubuyekezwa: indaba yezindaba ithi umongameli ukuvimbele ngokugcwele ukuthunyelwa kwezindlovu eziphilayo, kanye nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kobhejane, i-pangolin namabhubesi.

Lolu lwazi olungaqinisekisiwe selucashunwe kakhulu ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.

Nokho asikho isitatimende esisemthethweni esivela ehhovisi likaMengameli nanoma yimuphi omunye umthombo osemthethweni waseZimbabwe oqinisekise lokhu. Akutholakalanga futhi ukuqinisekiswa komthombo weDaily News kuleli phephandaba, umhleli walo ophakamise ukuthi kuvele esitatimendeni sokuqala. Lokhu akushongo ngokucacile ukuthi lo mkhuba 'uzovinjelwa', kuphela ukuthi izinqubomgomo zokulondoloza "izobuyekezwa".

Okungenani, eminye imithombo emihlanu yaseZimbabwe enolwazi olunzulu ayikwazanga ukufakazela ukuba khona kokuvinjelwa. Izolo, iConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), okuyinhlangano elawula ukuthunyelwa kwezindlovu eziphilayo emazweni angaphandle, ibhale ku-Twitter iphephandaba iDaily News imemezela lokhu kuvalwa kodwa uJohn Scanlon, uNobhala Jikelele weCITES, naye akakwazanga ukuqinisekisa ukuba semthethweni kwayo.

Kulabo abajwayelene nepolitiki yaseZimbabwe, imiyalezo ephikisanayo ayiphumi ngokuphelele. “Lanxa ngibonga ukufunda ukuzinikela kukaMongameli Mnangagwa ekulondolozeni izinyamazana zeZimbabwe, kusobala ukuthi kuyaye kungezwani phakathi kwenkulumo zikahulumende weZimbabwe kanye lalokho okwenzakala phansi,” kutsho owake waba nguSenator David Coltart ozinze koBulawayo. “Sekuyisikhathi sezenzo hhayi amazwi. Sidinga izinqubomgomo ezintsha ezizosetshenziswa ukubhekana nokukhathazeka okukhulu okuvezwe ngabezemvelo…”

Ukuthengiswa kwezindlovu eZimbabwe, osekubangele ukuthi amathole ezindlovu acishe abe yikhulu athunyelwe e-China e-zoo yaseChina kusukela ngo-100, kuya ngokuya kuba nengxabano emhlabeni jikelele. A Isicelo se-Care2Petition sokumisa ukuhweba okuqoqiwe abalandeli abangaba ngu-280,000.

I-Humane Society International (HSI) uthumele incwadi ngesonto eledlule, esayinwe ngokubambisana amaqembu angu-33 okulondoloza imvelo emhlabeni wonke kanye nososayensi abavelele bezindlovu kanye nezazi zesayensi yezinto eziphilayo ezikhuthaza umongameli waseZimbabwe “ukuba amise ngokushesha ukuqhubeka nokuthumba nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe izindlovu zasendle ezisuka eziqiwini zaseZimbabwe ziyiswe ezindaweni ezivalelwe phesheya kwezilwandle.”

Incwadi ibhekisele ikakhulukazi ku-a ukudalulwa kwakamuva kwe-Guardian eyayibonisa izithombe ezicashile zenqubo yokuthwebula, okuhlanganisa nevidiyo eyingcaca yendlovu yensikazi eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala ishaywa futhi ikhahlelwa ekhanda ngabathumbi bayo. Le ncwadi iqhube yaphawula ukuthi izindaba ezingezinhle zemvelo nezokongiwa kwezohwebo ngezindlovu ezigqanyiswe ku iphepha yethulwe emhlanganweni weKomidi Elimisiwe le-CITES e-Geneva.

“IZimbabwe, kanye nanoma yiliphi izwe elingase licabange ukudayisela izindlovu ezindaweni zokugcinwa kwezilwane, kufanele baguqule isimo sabo futhi babone ukubaluleka kwezindlovu ezweni labo, imvelo kanye nezokuvakasha,” kusho uRob Brandford, uMqondisi Omkhulu weDavid Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Kenya. "Abantu bazohambela izwe ukuze babone izindlovu ziyizindlovu, ziphila zasendle ... bazozikhokhela ngezivakashi ezifika nazo."

UBrandford ubiza ukuthunjwa kwezindlovu zasendle njengesihluku ngokwemvelo: “Kumelwe sithembe, ngaphandle kwethemba, ukuthi uMongameli omusha waseZimbabwe uzosebenzela izindlovu, okusho ukuthi akazivumeli ukuba zibanjwe endle, angazithengiseli eziqiwini futhi angazivumeli ukuba zizingelwe. - akukho nesisodwa salezo zenzo esizosindisa izindlovu futhi ukuhlukumezeka okubangelwa abantu ngabanye akunakukucabanga."

I-International Union for Conservation of Nature's Species (IUCN) Survival Commission yase-African Elephant Specialist Group kuqhathaniswa ukususwa kwezindlovu zase-Afrika endle ukuze zisetshenziswe ekuthunjweni, ememezela ukuthi ayikho inzuzo eqondile yokongiwa kwazo endle. INingizimu Afrika ikuvimbele ukuthunjwa kwezindlovu endle ukuze zithunjwe unomphela ngo-2008.

UDamien Mander, Umsunguli we- I-International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF), ikholelwa ukuthi isitatimende sakamuva esivela ehhovisi likaMengameli “sizoqala ukubumba isikhundla seZimbabwe esizayo kanye nokuzimisela kukahulumeni ukusebenzisana nomphakathi womhlaba.”

"Kusenemithwalo eminingi okufanele ichithwe," uyavuma, kodwa "izingxoxo nobuholi obusha zingishiya nginethemba lokuthi iZimbabwe kanye nemigomo yayo yokongiwa kwemvelo ihamba ngendlela efanele, isinyathelo ngesinyathelo."

Kodwa, nakuba uMnangagwa encoma inqubekela phambili yaseZimbabwe mayelana nokongiwa kwezilwane ezifuywayo kanye nokwethulwa kwe-IAPF kophiko olulwa nokubulawa kwabantu besifazane ngokungemthetho, akaphindanga asho ukuthi uhulumeni wakhe uzoqhubeka yini nokuthunjwa nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwezindlovu zasendle.

Ngaleso sikhathi, uMnyango Wezangaphandle waseShayina waphendula: “Asazi ngezimo ezinjalo” lapho ebuzwa ngomzuliswano wokugcina wokuthunyelwa kwezindlovu eChina ngoDisemba nyakenye, okuhlanganisa nokuthi zifike nini nesimo sazo.

Abameli benhlalakahle yezilwane bathumele izithombe zendiza ye-Ethiopian Airways ethwala impahla abathi ithuthe izindlovu zisuka eVictoria Falls zaya eChina.

Abahlaziyi bezindiza kwa-FlightAware, okuwuhlelo lokulandela indiza yomhlaba wonke, bahlonze indiza ye-Ethiopian Airways Boeing 777 Cargo, eyasuka ngaseVictoria Falls ngoDisemba 29. Kubonakala sengathi le ndiza yayimile ukuze ithole uphethiloli ngaseMumbai India futhi yalandelelwa yaze yafika ngaseGuangzhou, China.

Izicelo zokuphawula kwe-Ethiopian Airlines nazo aziphendulwanga ngesikhathi sokuloba.

Source: http://conservationaction.co.za