Lubhalwe nguNkhensani Mthombeni
Angaphezu kuka-120 amanqe adliswe ushevu ngabazingeli abangekho emthethweni e-Kruger Park ngemuva kokudla inyama yendlovu.
Amaqembu abatakuli asindise inqwaba yezinyoni ngosizo lwezindiza ezinophephela emhlane nodokotela bezilwane.
Kufe amanqe angu-123 ngemuva kokudla inyama yendlovu enoshevu endaweni yaseMahlangeni e-Kruger National Park. Abazingeli basebenzise lobu buthi ukuze babulale izinyoni futhi bathathe izitho zazo zemizimba ukuze bazithengise ngokungemthetho.
Ushevu ubanjwe ngemuva kwehora lesithupha ekuseni ngoLwesibili wuhlelo lokuxwayisa lwe-Endangered Wildlife Trust. Onogada nodokotela bezilwane baphuthume endaweni yesigameko kodwa bathola amanqe angu-116 asevele esefile.
Bacele usizo emaqenjini odokotela bezilwane kanye nokwesekwa kwendiza enophephela emhlane. La maqembu abeqhamuka e-Moholoholo Wildlife Centre, e-Briner and Wildscapes vets, kanjalo ne-SANParks.
U-JP Louw wakwa-SANParks uthe bekuqala ngqa ukuthi kusetshenziswe izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ukuhlenga amanqe amakhulu kangaka.
Ithimba likwazile ukutakula izinyoni ezingu-45 endaweni. Sezizonke zingu-84 ezitholakale ziphila, kodwa eyodwa ishone kamuva. Lokho kusho ukuthi amanqe angu-83 aseyalulama.
Amanye angu-39 aphuthunyiswe ngendiza enophephela emhlane eyiswa esikhungweni se-K9 e-Phalaborwa ukuze athole ukwelashwa.
“Lokhu kuyingxenye yenkinga enkulu esibhekene nayo,” kusho uLouw. “Abazingeli abangekho emthethweni bavame ukusebenzisa ushevu hhayi kulezi zilwane kuphela kodwa nakumabhubesi benza into efanayo.
Ngonyaka odlule, umqaphi we-SANParks, uDon English,uxwayise ngokuthi amanqe angase aqedwe kule paki eminyakeni emihlanu uma lokhu kuqhubeka.
Uthe abazingela ngokungemthetho babulala amanqe ngoba bezungeza phezu kwezilwane ezifile, okusiza abaqaphi ukuthi babone lapho kade bekhona abazingeli.
AmaNgisi nabanye banxusa uhulumeni ukuthi aqede ukudayiswa kalula kwalo shevu obulalayo. Bafuna kudingeke izimvume zokuwuthenga.
Ngemva kwalokhu, abaqaphi bashisa izilwane ezifile ukuze banqande nezinye izilwane ukuthi zingafi.
Yize kufe izinyoni eziningi, abakwa-SANParks bathe bakujabulele ukusindisa ezinye futhi babonga bonke abasizile.
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