Dylan Bettencourt
Zaziwa ngokuthi “Ama-Train Tiger”, izingwe ezine zase-Bengal ezichithe iminyaka engu-15 enqoleni yesitimela yase-Argentina ngaphambi kokuba zitakulwe futhi zikhululelwe endle eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngemuva kokuvalelwa endaweni eyodwa iminyaka engu-15, lezi zilwane manje zizokhululeka impilo yazo yonke zizulazule ezweni laseNingizimu Afrika.
Ngo-2007, izingwe ezimbili zazivalelwe endaweni encane kunezindawo ezimbili zokupaka izimoto. Ngemuva kwalokho zaba namawundlu amabili, zahlala endaweni eminyene kakhulu ngesikhathi amawundlu ekhula.
I-Four Paws kanye ne-Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary zichithe iminyaka zizama ukuhlenga izingwe ezine, uGustavo, uMessi, uMafalda kanye noSandro, naphezu kokwazi ukuthi kwakuzohlezi kuwumzabalazo ukwenza lokho.
“Sasebenza kanzima ekutheni sikhiphe izimvume neziphathimandla futhi senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuhlela umsebenzi naphezu kwezithiyo zokuhlela,” kusho indawo yokuhlalisa izilwane.
I-Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary ingenye yezindawo ezingu-11 ezihlalisa izilwane zasendle eyasungulwa i-Four Paws eNingizimu Afrika. Indawo egcina izilwane inakekela izilwane ezingaphezu kwezingu-100 ezahlengwa eziqiwini, amasekisi, kanye nakubantu abazifuyile.
Ngemuva kwesikhathi eside sokuhlela, ama-Train Tigers aqala uhambo lwamahora angu-70 ukuze afinyelele eNingizimu Afrika ngomhlaka-12 kuNdasa.
“Lezi zingwe azikaze ziwuzwe utshani noma umhlaba ngaphansi kwezidladla zawo. Kuzobe kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi zibone isibhakabhaka ngaphezu kwazo, hhayi nje izinsimbi nophahla. Manje sezinendawo enkulu egcwele imizwa, ukunambitheka kanye nephunga elisha,” kusho udokotela wezilwane we-Four Paws uDkt Amir Khalil, obehola umkhankaso wokuhlenga.
“Kuwumuzwa omuhle ukuba endaweni entsha ngokuphelele, kodwa izilwane ziyashesha ukujwayela izimo zokuphila ezingcono.”
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