UMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseNamibia uxubha ukubulawa okungabazekayo kwezindlovu zasogwadule

Izinkunzi ezimbili kuphela kwezinhlanu kuphela zezindlovu ezivuthiwe zasogwadule ezazisendaweni yase-Ugab eNamibia zisanda kuzingelwa zabulawa.

U-Tsaurab noTusky, kanye nenye inkunzi esencane, uKambonde, badutshulwe phakathi kwesililo samazwe omhlaba kanye nezicelo eziqhubekayo zokuzama ukubulala ukubulawa kwabantu - isiphithiphithi esasuswa uMnyango Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha eNamibia (i-MET) "njengembumbulu futhi ukungaqondi ngokukhishwa kwezimvume zokucekelwa phansi kwezilwane ezibanga izinkinga, ”esho nokuthi ukubulawa kwesilwane esidala inkinga“ ngokuvamile kuyindlela yokugcina ngemva kokuzama ezinye izindlela. ”

Kodwa-ke, ngokubulawa kukaKambonde, okuthiwa kwakuyisilwane esidala inkinga, lokhu kwakungenjalo.

Ukubulala ngonya

Ngokusho kwendodakazi yomnikazi wendawo lapho uKambonde adutshulwa khona, abanikazi bomhlaba nabendawo bazame ukusindisa indlovu. "Senze umzamo omkhulu wokufudusa indlovu, kodwa uHulumeni wenqaba ukunikeza imvume."

Esikhundleni salokho, imvume yokuzingela ikhishwe yi-MET. Kodwa ngosuku lokubulala, umzingeli wenqaba ukuqhubeka nokubulala ngoba uKambonde oneminyaka engu-18 wayemncane kakhulu. Esikhundleni salokho, umzingeli wanikezwa imvume yomzuzu wokugcina wokuzingela indebe yokudubula i-Tsaurab, indlovu yasogwadule eyaziwa kakhulu ngobuntu bayo obumnene nobumnene futhi enye yezinkunzi ezimbili ezindala ezizalisayo esifundeni.

Ngakusasa, iMET iyalele ukuthi kubulawe uKambonde noma kanjani. Futhi, ngokusho konogada bezilwane zomphakathi eSorris Sorris Conservancy, ukufa kwalesi silwane kwaba ukuchitheka kwegazi. “Indlovu kudingeke ukuthi idutshulwe amahlandla ayisishiyagalombili ngemuva kokuba umzingeli evele eyilimazile ngokudubula kokuqala. Umphathi we-MET owayekhona lapho kuzingelwa kwakufanele afake isicelo se-coup de grâce, ”noma i-mercy kill.

Ngokusho kokhulumela i-MET uRomeo Muyunda, izilwane eziyinkinga zivame ukukhishelwa ngaphandle ukuze zibulawe abazingeli abakhokhelayo, njengoba kwenzeka kuKambonde.

IVoortrekker, inkunzi edumile eneminyaka engama-45, uBennie oneminyaka engama-35 noCheeky oneminyaka engama-25 manje yizona kuphela izinkunzi zeminyaka yokuzala ezisele esifundeni.

I-Tsaurab e-Afrika

Kungani ubulala izindlovu zasogwadule ezingandile?

Ukulandela ukuzingela, i-MET iqinisekisa "bonke abalandeli bamazwe omhlaba" ukuthi "benze amapulatifomu akhuthaza imiphakathi ukuthi ibambisane nezilwane zasendle". Njengoba kusobala endabeni kaKambonde, nokho, akukho mzamo “wokuphila ndawonye” obonakala ucatshangelwe, yize kukhona inketho yokufudusa eyethulwe ngumphakathi uqobo.

Ayikho impendulo etholakele encwadini kanye nocwaningo olunzulu oluhlanganiswe ngabathintekayo abathintekayo, kubandakanya i-Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA), noma. Umbhalo nencwadi, etholwe ngendawo yokulala endaweni ebambe iqhaza ocwaningweni, ibibhekiswe ngqo kuNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha uPohamba Shifeta futhi ichaza ngesimo sokongiwa kwemvelo, ukwehla kwabantu, inani lezimali, ukubaluleka kwemvelo namathuba emisebenzi azungeze izindlovu zasogwadule.

Ukunqikaza kwe-MET ukucubungula ezinye izindlela zokubhekana nezilwane ezidala izinkinga kuphazanyiswa wukungabikho kwendlela yokuhlola esemthethweni eveza ukuthi ngabe isilwane okukhulunywa ngaso “siyimbangela yini yenkinga,” nokuthi ngabe ukubulawa kwaso kuyindlela yokugcina yini. Ngokwe-Earth Organisation Namibia, iMET ngokuqonda kwayo ingamemezela noma yisiphi isilwane sasendle "njengesilwane esinenkinga."

Lokhu kufihlwa kubanga ukusola phakathi kwabalondolozi bemvelo, abathi i-MET iyalwa yizithonya zangaphandle nabaxhasi, njengeDallas Safari Club (DSC) Foundation eyayisiza ukuzingelwa kobhejane abamnyama ngo-2013 eNamibia.

Yize kube khona ukuhlukumezeka ngenxa yokuzingelwa okungenhla, i-MET yaseNamibia kanye neqembu lase-United States elizingela izindebe i-DSC ekuqaleni konyaka basayine iMemorandum of Understanding ehlose “ukukhuthaza” ukuzingelwa kokongiwa kwemvelo kwaseNamibia nokuvumela iqembu labazingeli ukuthi lisize ngokudayisa indali ”Obhejane, phakathi kwezinye izinhloso zokuzingela.

Ukuphika izindlovu zasogwadule

I-MET iyaqhubeka nokuthethelela ukubulawa kwezindlovu zasogwadule ngokuzingela indebe ngokwenqaba ukuba khona kwalezi zilwane eziguqulwe ngokuphelele. NgoSepthemba, uMuyunda watshela abeNamibia ukuthi ayikho into efana nendlovu yasogwadule. Uthi le ncazelo “iyithuluzi nje lokumaketha lezivakashi noma abavikeli bezemvelo ngenhloso ebonakalayo yokubeka engcupheni noma ukuqothulwa okuqavile kwalezi zindlovu.”

Isayensi, ucwaningo olubukeziwe kontanga lukhombisa okuhlukile. Ucwaningo olushicilelwe ku-Ecology and Evolution ngo-2016 alutholanga nje kuphela ukuthi izindlovu zasogwadule lwaseNamib zazihlukile kubazala bazo baseSavanna, kodwa nokuthi ukuzivumelanisa kwabo nakho akudluliswanga ngokwezakhi zofuzo esizukulwaneni esilandelayo, kunalokho ngokudlulisa ulwazi. Umehluko wokuziphatha, njengemizimba emincane yezindlovu eguquliwe nezinyawo ezibanzi, nakho kuyawahlukanisa nezindlovu ezijwayelekile zeSavanna, iMET ezithi ziyizo.

Umbiko wonyaka we-EHRA wango-2016 uphinde wakhombisa ukuthi izindlovu ezingama-62 kuphela eziguqulelwe ehlane ezisele esifundeni somfula i-Ugab naseHuab. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMuyunda uthi izindlovu zaseNamibia azinabo ubungozi nhlobo.

Yize i-MET ithi icubungula “zonke izici ngesisekelo sesayensi nocwaningo lapho kunikezwa imvume yokuzingela noma yiluphi uhlobo,” imizamo yokuthola “isayensi nokucwaninga” okunjalo ayizange inakwe.