Arthur Greene
Ngemuva kokuvela okokuqala e-Isles of Scilly ngasogwini lwase-Ireland ngoNhlangulana, uWally the Walrus ubonakala ekugcineni ebuyela ekhaya evela eholidini lakhe lasehlobo.
Abakwa-British Divers Marine Life Rescue (i-BDMLR) baqinisekise ngoLwesibili ukuthi uWally ushiye iziqhingi futhi kungenzeka ukuthi uqale uhambo lwakhe olude oluya ekhaya e-Svalbard, iqembu leziqhingi eliphakathi kwezwe lase-Norway ne-North Pole.
Kodwa njengoba abantu base-Scilly bengaqinisekisa, ulithokozele ihlobo lempilo yakhe.
Ukufika e-Scilly, uWally waqala ngoNdasa ohambweni lwakhe lwe-4,000 km ogwini olusentshonalanga yeYurophu, kufaka phakathi i-Spain, i-Wales ne-Cornwall.
Ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, ubange isiphithiphithi esizungeze iziqhingi, ekwazi ukucwila izikebhe eziningi ngokugxumagxuma ngethemba lokuhamba mahhala.
Yize kunjalo, ubengumuntu odumile kubantu bendawo, abamnikeza i-pontoon lapho edinga ikhefu alisebenzele kahle ngokudoba izimbaza nezimfanzi.
Kodwa uLizzi Larbalestier, we-BDMLR, utshele i-Guardian ukuthi ukuhamba kukaWally kwakuyizindaba ezimnandi.
“Sethemba ukuthi uzoqhubeka nokunyakaza. Kuhle ukuthi uthuthela enyakatho,” esho.
I-BDMLR ayivezi kahle lapho ubonwe kuphi ngoba ayifuni muntu ozomlandela. “Asifuni amakhulu abantu abazama ukumthola,” kusho uLarbalestier.
Uphinde watshela le ncwadi ukuthi yize abantu bendawo bebenakile, uWally kungenzeka ukuthi ube nesizungu ngaphandle kwenkampani yamanye ama-Walrus.
“Uyisidalwa esimangalisayo kodwa siyethemba ukuthi ngeke sisambona futhi. Ngokusobala wayefuna ukuxhumana nabantu futhi yingakho wagcina ethekwini. Kodwa okufanele ukuthi abe sekhaya namanye ama-walrus.”
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