Bungwe loona za nyama zakuthengo la Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority linanena m’nkhani yomwe inatuluka mu nyuzipepala ya Zimbabwe Gazette sabata yatha kuti chiwerengero cha njovu m’dziko muno ndi champhamvu 100 000 ndipo chachuluka kwambiri moti sichingathe kuzisamalira.
Mneneri wa Zimparks, Caroline Washaya-Moyo, adati chiwerengero cha njovu - chomwe chili pachitatu pakukula padziko lonse lapansi - chikuvutitsa chuma chomwe chili m'malo osungira nyama mdziko muno ndipo nyama zikukhala zosavuta kuzipeza kwa opha nyama popanda chilolezo.
“Malamulo amafuna zida zogwirira ntchito monga zida zolondera, mayunifolomu, zida zoyankhulirana ndi wailesi, magalimoto, mabwato, zida zolondolera [monga GPS],” adatero Washaya-Moyo.
“Pakadali pano, zida zambiri zakumunda zomwe zilipo ndi zakale komanso zatha. Anthu opha nyama popanda chilolezo afika povuta kwambiri. Nthawi zina opha nyama amagwiritsa ntchito zida zapamwamba kwambiri kuphatikiza zida zowonera usiku, zoziziritsa kukhosi, zoziziritsa kukhosi ndi ma helikoputala. ”
Washaya-Moyo wati, mosiyana ndi maiko ena, Zimparks sadali ndi ndalama ndi boma. Akuluakulu a paki pano ali ndi minyanga ya njovu yokwana matani 62 374.33 amtengo wapatali $15.6-miliyoni (pafupifupi R159.5-miliyoni), yomwe sanaloledwe kutumiza kunja chifukwa imagwirizana ndi malamulo a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). ).
“Choncho akuluakulu akuti minyanga ya njovu yomwe yasungidwa ikuimira nyama zomwe zafa kale. N’cifukwa ciani sitiyenela kugwilitsila nchito akufa kuti asamalile nyama zamoyo?” anafunsa.
Oteteza zachilengedwe ku Zimbabwe, komabe, amakayikira kuchuluka kwa njovu zomwe zatchulidwa.
Kalembera wa njovu komaliza m’dziko muno kunachitika m’chaka cha 2001, pamene chiwerengero cha njovu chochuluka kwambiri, ku Hwange National Park, chinawerengedwa. Kuyerekeza kwa njovu kuchokera m'nkhokwe ya International Union for Conservation of Nature kuyambira chaka chatha kukuwonetsa kuti pafupifupi nyama 76930 mdziko muno ndi 47366 zokha zomwe zinali "zotsimikizika".
Sally Wynn, mneneri wa bungwe la Zambezi Society anati: “Chiwerengero chilichonse cha njovu n’chabodza.
Johnny Rodrigues, wapampando wa bungwe la Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, adati akuluakulu amapaki akuyesera kufalitsa "zabodza" kuti a Cites alole kugulitsa minyanga ya njovu.
"Miyezi ingapo kumbuyoko chiwerengero cha njovu mdziko muno chinali pakati pa 40000 ndi 45000 ndipo izi zinali zokhazikika. Tsopano [chiŵerengero cha njovu] ndi 100 000. Kodi apeza bwanji ziŵerengero zimenezo?” adatero.
Cites adaletsa malonda a minyanga ya njovu mu 1989, koma mu 1997 adalola Botswana, Namibia ndi Zimbabwe kugulitsa minyanga yawo yomwe ilipo ku Japan mu 1999 ndikulola kugulitsa kachiwiri komwe kunaphatikizapo South Africa mu 2008.
Daphne Sheldrick, wosamalira zachilengedwe ku Nairobi, sabata yatha adati njovu pafupifupi 36000 zidaphedwa ku Africa chaka chatha, ndipo njovu zitha kutha zaka 12.
