Dominant Mountain Gorilla Ndahura Wosafa ku Uganda

Zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri chiyambireni imfa ya Gorilla wamkulu wa Mountain Gorilla m'chigawo cha Ruhija ku Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Ndahura, mbuye wamkulu wa silverback, sanamwalire monga momwe analili poyamba.

Ndahura anafa pa ngozi yodabwitsa kwambiri mu 2016, nthambi ya mtengo imene anakhalapo itasweka, ndipo anagwa pafupi mamita 20 n’kumwalira.

Anali ndi zaka 28 panthawi yomwe anamwalira ndipo anali mwamuna wa alpha wa Bitukura Gorilla Gulu la 12. gorilla, dzina la mtsinje wa Bitukura umene umadutsa m’nkhalango. Anasiya ana anayi odziwika.

Mitembo ya Ndahura yaikidwa ndi kuululidwa mu galasi kumayambiriro kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ya Apes and Primate Exhibition yomwe inayamba pa February 24 ku Uganda Museum ugandalikulu la Kampala, ku chidwi cha alendo. Mafupa ake a chigoba amawonetsedwanso pachiwonetsero.

Pamtengo wofanana ndi $4US, munthu tsopano atha kufika kukaonana ndi Ndahura ndipo mwinamwake kusonkhezeredwa kusunga UGX 250,000 ($70) ija kaamba ka anthu a ku Uganda kapena ($700US) kwa alendo ochokera m’mayiko osiyanasiyana zimene zimatengera kukaona anyaniwa m’malo awo achilengedwe.

Ngakhale kuti anaphwanyidwa ndi kachigawo kakang’ono ka kukula kwake koyambirira kwa mapaundi 420, Ndahura akukhala kazembe yekhayo wa zamoyo zodziŵika bwinozi zomwe zatsala pang’ono kutha, zomwe kukhalapo kwake kuli pangozi chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo chifukwa cha kutentha, chilala, mpweya wa C02, nyengo yoipa ndi zochita za anthu zimene zingayambitse kutayika kwa malo okhala m'malo omwe ali ochepa kale.

Malinga ndi Dr. Gladys Kalema Zikusooka, yemwe anayambitsa bungwe la Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) - bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limapanga mapulogalamu oteteza gorilla ndi nyama zina zakuthengo ku matenda a anthu ndi ziweto, anyani, anyani ndi nyama zina zakuthengo zomwe zikuwopsezedwa ndi mikangano ya nyama zakuthengo, nkhondo yopha anthu potsata mikangano yapachiweniweni ku Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), zoonotic matenda mwachitsanzo. COVID, kuchuluka kwa anthu komanso kusintha kwa nyengo.

Malinga ndi kalembera wa 2018, manambala a gorilla adalembedwa pa 1,063 kuwachotsa pamndandanda "omwe ali pachiwopsezo" kuti akhale "pangozi" pazowonjezera za CITES chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira kwachitetezo m'zaka makumi awiri zapitazi.

Malinga ndi Minister of Wildlife and Antiquities, Wolemekezeka Tom Buttime. omwe adatsogolera mwambowu, 'chiwonetserochi chikuwonetsa mbali yofunika kwambiri ya Uganda pa kafukufuku wa anyani omwe cholinga chake ndi izi:

-Ili ndi chiwonetsero chowoneka bwino chasayansi chomwe chimadziwitsa anthu za zakale za anyani zamoyo zaku Uganda komanso kuyika malingaliro apakati pazachilengedwe kuphatikiza chisinthiko, chilengedwe ndi kasungidwe.

-Ikapereka kwa achinyamata a ku Uganda kafukufuku wotsogola wokhudza chisinthiko cha anyani ochitidwa ku Uganda ndi akatswiri aku Uganda ndi akunja pofuna kulimbikitsa anthu kuzindikira zavuto lomwe anyaniwa amakumana nalo.

-Chiwonetserochi sichimangosonyeza kukongola koma kutichenjeza za kusintha kwa nyengo komwe kumabweretsa mavuto pa moyo wathu.

Achenjezanso anthu kuti kusokonekera kulikonse kwa chilengedwe kungatibweretsere mavuto, ndipo tiyenera kusamalira zachilengedwe kuti mitundu yathu ya anyani yomwe ili pachiwopsezo ipulumuke.

Chiwonetserochi chikugwirizana ndi ndondomeko ya dziko lino yopezera ntchito zokopa alendo kudzera m’mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya katundu. Ilinso gawo la njira zokopa alendo zapakhomo.

Nduna yolemekezeka yayamikira woyang’anira Amon Mugume, Pulofesa Laura MacLatchy ndi Alexandra Norwood wa ku yunivesite ya Michighan ndi US Natural Science Foundation, Makerere University Kampala komanso wolandirako Commissioner Jackie Besigye -Department of Museums and Monuments pothandizira kafukufuku ndi maphunziro.

Chiwonetserochi chikuchitika mpaka pa Ogasiti 2023.