Njovu zing'onozing'ono zomwe zikuthawa opha nyama popanda chilolezo ku Mozambique anawombera pa famu ya SA

Njovu ziwiri zazing’ono zaphedwa m’dera la Komatipoort kufupi ndi malo oteteza zachilengedwe a Kruger National Park pomwe ng’ombe zawo zagwidwa ndi mantha ndi anthu opha njovu kudutsa malire a Mozambique.

Malinga ndi bungwe la Mpumalanga Tourism & Park Agency (MTPA), njovuzi zidachokera kugulu lomwe lidawononga mbewu zaulimi mdera la Coopersdal. Louw Steyn, manejala wa dipatimenti ya Hunting & Development ya MTPA, adati njovuzo zinali zazing’ono ndipo zikuoneka kuti zikuthaŵa mbali ya malire a Mozambique.

Video kanema lofalitsidwa ndi The Lowvelder onetsani njovu ziwiri zija zisanawomberedwe. Malinga ndi alimi a m’derali, wamkulu mwa awiriwa sali bwino.

Malinga ndi Michele Pickover wa EMS Foundation, kusasamala kwa MTPA kwa njovu ziwiri zazing'ono ndizosavomerezeka. ‘Ngati njovuzo zinkayesa kuthawa [opha nyama], ndiyeno n’kulekanitsidwa ndi mabanja awo, [ziyenera kuti zinapwetekedwa mtima kwambiri. Ndiye n’zosavomerezeka kwambiri kuti a MTPA achite zomwe anachita.’

MTPA yakana kuyankhapo ngati pali njira zochepetsera kapena zina zomwe zidaganiziridwa chigamulocho chisanapangidwe. Mneneri wa MTPA adatsimikiza The Lowvelder, komabe, kuti njovu sizikanatha kusamukira kwina pogwiritsa ntchito helikoputala kuthamangitsa nyamazo, ‘chifukwa m’gululo munali mwana wa ng’ombe’.

Kuphanaku kukutsatira msonkhano wadziko lonse wokhudza Human-Elephant Conflict Management ku South Africa, womwe bungwe la MTPA lidachita nawo, womwe udawonetsa kufunika kotsatira malamulo oyendetsera dziko lino. Miyezo ndi Miyezo ya Kasamalidwe ka Njovu mu Department of Environmental Affairs.

Malinga ndi izi, nyama yowononga (DCA) ingowomberedwa ngati njira yomaliza pambuyo poti njira zina, kuphatikiza kusamuka, zalephera. Njira za DEA pothana ndi ma DCA ndi 'kuchepetsa kuwonongeka' kwa anthu ndi nyama. Limanenanso kuti ‘kasamalidwe ka nyama yowononga kuyenera kukhala kolingana ndi kuwonongeka komwe kwachitika’.

MTPA yatulutsa chikalata chotsatira kuomberedwako ponena kuti njovu zinawononga kwambiri mbewu zaulimi m’derali. Koma malinga ndi mlimi Freddie Tecklenburg, kuwonongeka kwa katundu komwe MTPA kunawombera njovu kunali kochepa. ‘Anathyola mipesa ina m’minda yakale ya phwetekere ndi kuponda mapaipi a dripper. Pambuyo pake adasamukira kutchire, komwe adawomberedwa, "akutero.

Herman Badenhorst, manejala wamkulu ku Mlambo Uvs pamalo oyandikana nawo, akuvomereza kuti kuwonongeka kunali kochepa. Njovu zinadutsa m’dera la Mlambo zisanawomberedwe pa famu ya Tecklenburg. "Zowonongeka zomwe zidachitika sizinali zokwanira kupha nyamazo," adatero Badenhorst. ‘Ana a njovu anagwetsa nzimbe ndi nthochi zina pamene ankadutsa, koma zimenezo sizinali zolira’.

Dr Yolanda Pretorius, wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa Elephant Specialist Advisory Group (ESAG), akuti njira zomwe zimafunikira popha ma DCA sizitsatiridwa nthawi zonse chifukwa zida ndi mphamvu m'madipatimenti ambiri oteteza zachilengedwe ndizochepa. Izi zimapangitsa kuti si njira zonse zothanirana ndi njovu zomwe zikutuluka kuti zifufuzidwe bwino.’ Iye adati ma DCA atha kuphedwa pamalo pomwe popanda kufufuza ngati akuwopseza moyo wamunthu.

Steyn, komabe, akuti Norms and Standards ndi 'zitsogozo za momwe mungathanirane ndi vuto la njovu'. Ananenanso kuti palibe amene angadziwe momwe mlandu uliwonse uyenera kuchitidwira kale ndipo izi zimachitika mwakufuna kwawo.

Pretorius ananena, komabe, kuti ‘mabungwe ambiri monga ESAG ali okonzeka kuthandiza pokonza njira zoloŵera m’malo mwa kuchotseratu koma nthaŵi zambiri amamva za nkhanizi mochedwa.’

Mu Seputembala chaka chino, ngozi yofanana ndi yowononga njovu idachitika pafupi ndi Kruger National Park. Pa nthawiyi, ng’ombe zitatu za njovu zinathawa ku Associated Private Nature Reserves kumalire ndi Kruger. Anawononga minda ya zipatso za mango komanso kukhudzanso ntchito za anthu. Komabe, m’malo mowomberedwa, njovuzo zinasamutsidwira kumalo ena Kupulumutsa njovu movutikira komwe kunayambitsidwa ndi Elephants Alive, bungwe lomwe limagwira ntchito yofufuza za njovu ndikulimbikitsa kukhalirana pamodzi pakati pa anthu ndi njovu.

Dr Michele Henley wa Elephants Alive adanena kuti panthawiyo nyama zowononga nthawi zambiri zinkakhala zochepa kwambiri ngati ziwombankhanga zomwe zimagwidwa pakati pa kukula kwa chitukuko cha anthu chomwe chimalowa m'njira zakale.

Malinga ndi The Lowvelder, Njovu zina ziwiri zomwe zinali mbali ya gululo zidakali kunja kwa malo otetezedwa, akuti zikuyenda kulowera kumwera kudera la Mananga. Malinga ndi a MTPA, ‘njovuzi athana nazo ngati madandaulo alandilidwa’.

SOURCE: CAT