Lero, pa 12 August, ndi tsiku la World Elephant Day. Ndi tsiku lapadera lokondwerera moyo wa chimphona chochititsa chidwi komanso chofatsa cha nyama zimenezi. Sri Lanka ili ndi mitundu yakeyake ya njovu za ku Asia, elephas maximus maximus, yokhala ndi njovu 6,500 kapena kuposerapo zikungoyendayenda m’tchire, njovu zakuthengo za ku Asia zochulukira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Komabe zonse sizikuyenda bwino ndi njovu yaku Sri Lanka yomwe anthu opitilira 350 amamwalira chaka chilichonse (pafupifupi) chifukwa cha Nkhondo ya Human Elephant (HEC). Asayansi ambiri omwe amaphunzira za njovu zakutchire za ku Sri Lanka amawona kuti mwina nsonga yafika kale; komwe kuli koyenera, anthu okhazikika sakupezekanso ku Sri Lanka.
Chifukwa chake, ndikofunikira kuti onse okhudzidwa asonkhane mwachangu ndikukhazikitsa dongosolo lachitetezo chokwanira, lokhazikika (zambiri zomwe zakhala zikukambidwa kwa nthawi yayitali) kuti apulumutse nyama yodabwitsayi yomwe yabweretsa kutchuka ndi ulemerero ku Sri Lanka, osatchulanso kuthandizira ntchito yawo yokopa alendo ndi yotchuka njovu safaris.
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Memory ananena kuti m’nkhalango ina, mayi wina wa njovu, yemwe anali ndi chisoni chifukwa cha chisoni cha mwana wake wotayika, anakulunga thunthu lake pamtengo wa baobab, n’kuusudzula pansi n’kuyamba kugwetsa pansi. wake wasowa.
Njovu, wotayika, wotembereredwa, wakwera pansi pa mitengo ikuluikulu, Munthu uyu wotumbululuka kwambiri kuposa munthu, khungu lotayirira, lotuwa, lamatope ngati nsanje, miyendo yotupa ya njovu. Amayenda wopindika, wolemera ndi thumba la mitanda paphewa pake, milomo yake ikugwedera.
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Njovu Yosauka imayenda nthawi zonse ikuyembekeza kuti tsiku lina idzakhota pakona ndi kukumana ndi malo odziwika kwa nthawi yayitali, malo obiriwira obiriwira ndi mitengo.