Lapho umuntu ongase abe isivakashi eshayela ihhotela noma inkampani yezokuvakasha ukuze abuze mayelana nezindawo eziheha izilwane zasendle eSri Lanka, ngokuvamile izisebenzi ezithengisayo zivele zinikeze uhambo bese zisho ngezilwane ezingabonwa, esikhundleni sokuveza izilwane zasendle ngendlela ekhangayo.
Lokhu kuzodinga ukuthi ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha bezinkampani ezizimele babe nolwazi oluphezulu lwezilwane zasendle nomdlandla, futhi umyalezo kufanele wehlele kubasebenzi abaxhumana nezivakashi. Khonamanjalo, amahhotela amaningi manje asenabasebenzi bezemvelo emalini yabo yokuhola, futhi amahhotela anjalo kufanele abakhuthaze ukuba bahlanganyele ekudaleni izindaba zezivakashi ukuze zijabulele izilwane zasendle endaweni.
Eminyakeni edlule, bengilokhu ngethula izindaba eziningi zezilwane zasendle ezinothando. Phakathi kwabanye abaningi, ngibhale kakhulu ku:
• U-Rambo indlovu yasendle egada isiqephu se-Uda Walawe National Park.
• Ongasekho nomkhulu u-Walawe Raja, inkosi engaphikiswa yase-Uda Walawe amashumi eminyaka.
• UGemunu, indlovu yasendle ekhohlakele yaseYala National Park, egasela izimoto zezivakashi ukuze ithole ukudla.
• U-Hamu no-Ivan, izingwe ezivuthiwe, ezihlakaniphile, izingwe zesilisa (owashona kamuva) nazo zaseYala National Park.
• U-Natta, ingwe yesilisa eyisakhiwo sodumo, kanye nenkonyane u-Cleo, ingwe yesifazane evuthiwe, yase-Wilpattu National Park.
• UTimothy noTabitha, izingwejeje ezinkulu ezi-2 semi-tame e-Seenuggala Bungalow ngaphakathi kwe-Uda Walawe Park.
Ngikhiphe imigilingwane yabo futhi ngakhe izinhlamvu eduze kwabo. Futhi angixolisi “ngokwenza ubuntu” kubo. Yilokho okwenza konke kuthakazelise kakhulu kubantu. Ngisanda kuthatha indaba yengwenya ehlala, uVilly eJet Wing Vil Uyana Hotel, ngayiphenya yonke indaba.
I-Afrika ingaba nayo “Abakhulu Abahlanu” izilwane, kodwa futhi sinezilwane zethu ezincelisayo “ezinkulu Ezine” – umkhomo oluhlaza, indlovu, ingwe kanye nebhere i-sloth. Abanye bozakwethu bakhuluma nge-“Big Five,” yethu yengeza i-sperm whale nalolu hlu, kodwa angivumelani ngokuba nezinhlobo ezimbili zezinhlobo ezifanayo ohlwini.
I-Sri Lanka cishe ino-30% wohlobo oluthile lwekhava eluhlaza, izitshalo ezingaphezu kuka-3,000, kanye nezinhlobo zezilwane ezingaphezu kwe-1,000. Ngakho ngokuqinisekile asinakho ukuntula okuhle ezokuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle izinto zokuphromotha. Ngakho-ke ngiyazibuza ukuthi iSri Lanka idinga ngempela isibalo esiphezulu sabavakashi, noma kufanele siphishekele isu elihlukile lekhwalithi ngaphezu kobuningi?
ISri Lanka yemukele izivakashi eziyizigidi ezi-2.3 ngonyaka wezi-2018 ezihola imali engaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-US $4.4. Unyaka ka-2018 uyisimo esihle kakhulu, ngoba ngo-2019 saba nokuhlasela kwamaphekula, futhi kamuva saba ne-COVID Pandemic. Ukuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle kuyisigaba esikhula kancane futhi iWikipedia ithi ukuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle njengamanje kuqasha abantu abayizigidi ezingama-22 emhlabeni wonke ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile futhi kufaka ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama- $120 ku-GDP yomhlaba.
Ngisho naseSri Lanka, siye sabona ukwanda okumangalisayo kule ngxenye. Ngonyaka wezi-2018 cishe u-50% wazo zonke izivakashi ezivakashele ezweni zivakashele okungenani iziqiwi zezilwane zasendle, zisuka ku-38% ngo-2015. UMnyango Wezokongiwa Kwezilwane Zasendle uthole imali emangazayo engu-Rs 2.1 billion ngo-2018 ngokuthengiswa kwamathikithi kwamanye amazwe.
Nokho, kufanele kugcizelelwe ukuthi imboni yezokuvakasha kufanele isebenze njengomnakekeli wezindawo ezikhangayo zezilwane zasendle eSri Lanka esikhundleni sokubangela ukucekelwa phansi kwazo, mayelana nokuthi imboni yangasese kufanele iqaphe futhi ibe nesibopho ngakho.
