Utumiki wa Tourism ku Namibia uthetsa kuphedwa kokayikitsa kwa njovu za m'chipululu

Ng’ombe ziŵiri mwa zisanu zokha za njovu zokhwima za m’chipululu zomwe zinakhala m’chigawo cha Ugab ku Namibia zasakidwa ndi kuphedwa posachedwa.

Tsaurab ndi Tusky, pamodzi ndi ng'ombe ina yachinyamata, Kambonde, adawomberedwa pakati pa chipwirikiti cha mayiko ndi madandaulo omwe akupitilira pofuna kuthetsa kuphana - phokoso lomwe linatulutsidwa ndi Unduna wa Zachilengedwe ku Namibia ndi Tourism (MET) ngati "chinyengo kusamvetsetsa za kuperekedwa kwa zilolezo zowononga nyama zoyambitsa mavuto,” nanenanso kuti kupha nyama yodzetsa vuto “kaŵirikaŵiri kuli njira yomalizira pambuyo poyesedwa njira zina.”

Komabe, kuphedwa kwa Kambonde, yemwe amati ndi nyama yoyambitsa mavuto, sizinali choncho.

Kupha mwankhanza

Malingana ndi mwana wamkazi wa mwini malo omwe Kambonde anaomberedwa, eni malo ndi anthu a m’derali anayesa kupulumutsa njovuyo. “Tinayesetsa kwambiri kusamutsa njovuyo, koma Boma linakana kupereka chilolezo.”

M'malo mwake, chilolezo chosaka chinaperekedwa ndi MET. Koma pa tsiku lakupha, mlenjeyo anakana kupitiriza kupha chifukwa Kambonde wa zaka 18 anali wamng’ono kwambiri. M'malo mwake, mlenjeyo adapatsidwa chilolezo chosaka zikwatu mphindi yomaliza kuti awombere Tsaurab, njovu ya m'chipululu yomwe imadziwika bwino chifukwa cha kufatsa komanso kufatsa komanso m'modzi mwa ng'ombe ziwiri zazikulu zoswana m'derali.

Tsiku lotsatira, MET inalamula kuti Kambonde aphedwe. Ndipo, malinga ndi mlonda wa masewera ammudzi ku Sorris Sorris Conservancy, imfa ya nyamayo inali yamagazi. “Njovuyo idawomberedwa maulendo XNUMX mlenjeyo atangoivulaza ndi mfuti yoyamba. Woyang'anira ndende wa MET yemwe analipo posaka anayenera kugwiritsa ntchito coup de grâce,” kapena kuti mercy kill.

Malinga ndi mneneri wa bungwe la MET, Romeo Muyunda, nyama zomwe zili ndi vuto nthawi zambiri zimagulitsidwa kunja kuti ziphedwe ndi alenje olipira monga momwe adachitira Kambonde.

Voortrekker, ng'ombe wotchuka wazaka 45, Bennie wazaka 35 ndi Cheeky wazaka 25 tsopano ndi ng'ombe zokha zazaka zakubadwa zomwe zatsala m'derali.

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N'chifukwa chiyani kupha njovu zomwe sizipezeka m'chipululu?

Kutsatira kusaka, MET imatsimikizira "otsatira onse apadziko lonse lapansi" kuti "apanga nsanja zomwe zimalimbikitsa anthu kuti azikhala limodzi ndi nyama zakutchire". Monga momwe zikuwonekera pa nkhani ya Kambonde, komabe palibe zoyesayesa za "kukhala limodzi" zomwe zikuwoneka kuti sizinaganiziridwe, ngakhale kuti anthu ammudzi omwewo adasankha kusamuka.

Palibe yankho lomwe lalandiridwa ku kalata komanso chikalata chofufuza chomwe chaphatikizidwa ndi omwe akukhudzidwa, kuphatikiza Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA), mwina. Chikalatacho ndi kalatayo, yomwe inapezedwa kudzera mu nyumba yogona alendo m’dera limene anachita nawo kafukufukuyu, inapita kwa nduna ya za chilengedwe ndi zokopa alendo Pohamba Shifeta ndipo inafotokoza mmene katetezedwe ka zinthu, kusokonekera kwa anthu, kuchuluka kwa ndalama, kufunika kwa chilengedwe komanso mwayi wa ntchito wozungulira njovu za m’chipululu.

Kusafuna kwa MET kuganizira njira zina zothanirana ndi nyama zomwe zimabweretsa mavuto kumasokonekeranso chifukwa chosowa njira yoyang'anira malamulo yomwe imatsimikizira ngati nyama yomwe ikukhudzidwayo ndi "yoyambitsa mavuto," komanso ngati kupha kwake ndiko njira yomaliza. Malinga ndi bungwe la Earth Organisation Namibia, MET mwanzeru yake inganene kuti nyama yakuthengo ndi “chilombo chavuto.”

Zosokoneza izi zikuyambitsa kukayikirana pakati pa osunga zachilengedwe, omwe amatsutsa kuti MET ikulamulidwa ndi zisonkhezero zakunja ndi opindula, monga Dallas Safari Club (DSC) Foundation yomwe inatsogolera kusaka zipembere zakuda mu 2013 ku Namibia.

Ngakhale kuti mkangano udayambika chifukwa chakusaka komwe tatchulazi, bungwe la MET yaku Namibia ndi gulu losaka zikho la United States la DSC koyambirira kwa chaka chino adasaina Memorandum of Understanding yomwe cholinga chake ndi "kulimbikitsa" kusaka nyama ku Namibia ndikulola kuti gulu la alenje lithandizire pakugulitsa "zakale" za dzikolo. ” zipembere, pakati pa zolinga zina zakusaka.

Kukana njovu za m'chipululu

MET ikupitiriza kulungamitsa kuphedwa kwa njovu za m'chipululu kudzera mukusaka zikhola pokana kukhalapo kwa nyama zosinthidwazi. Mu September, Muyunda anauza The Namibian kuti kulibe njovu ya m’chipululu. Iye akunena kuti tanthauzoli ndi “chida chogulitsira zinthu zokopa alendo kapena oteteza zachilengedwe n’cholinga chofuna kutanthauza kutha kapena kutha koopsa kwa njovuzo.”

Kafukufuku wasayansi, wowunikiridwa ndi anzawo akuwonetsa zosiyana. Kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu Ecology and Evolution mu 2016 sanapeze kuti njovu za m'chipululu cha Namib zinali zosiyana ndi azibale awo a Savanna, komanso kuti kusintha kwawo sikunasamutsidwe ku m'badwo wotsatira, m'malo mwa kupatsirana chidziwitso. Kusiyana kwa morphological, monga matupi opyapyala a njovu ndi mapazi otambasuka, amasiyanitsanso ndi Njovu za Savanna, zomwe MET amati ndi.

Lipoti la pachaka la EHRA la 2016 likuwonetsanso kuti njovu 62 zokha zosinthidwa m'chipululu zidatsalira m'chigawo cha Ugab ndi Huab River. Koma Muyunda, akuti njovu za ku Namibia sizili pachiwopsezo ngakhale pang’ono.

Ngakhale kuti MET imanena kuti imaganizira “mbali zonse za sayansi ndi kafukufuku popereka chilolezo chosaka zamoyo zilizonse,” zoyesayesa zopezera “sayansi ndi kufufuza” zoterozo zanyalanyazidwa.