Arthur Greene
Owesifazane wase-Belgium uvinjelwe ukubona inkawu yakhe ayithandayo ngoba isiqiwu sezilwane sase-Belgium lapho ihlala khona sithi ubudlelwano babo benza le nkawu ibe “elahliwe” ebuthweni layo.
U-Adie Timmermans “uzwe ubuhlungu” ngesikhathi etshelwa yi-Antwerp Zoo ukuthi angeke esakwazi ukuvakashela uChita, inkawu eneminyaka engama-38 ubudala.
Lobu budlelwano bakhe nenkawu, uTimmermans abuchaza njengokuthi “bese kufana nabo ubudlelwano wabathandanayo,” kusukela eminyakeni emine eyedlule, kanti futhi uTimmermans ubevakashela isithandwa sakhe esiyisilwane njalo ngesonto kusukela lapho.
“Ngiyasithanda leso silwane, naso siyangithanda,” etshela isiteshi sezindaba sase-Belgium i-ATV amehlo egcwele izinyembezi.
Uthe ubudlelwano babo ekuqaleni babufana nobungani, kodwa laba bobabili banqotshwa uthando olungavumelekile. Bekungubudlelwano “bangempela”, esho.
Uma emvakashele, babeshintshisana ngokwangana bese becindezela izindebe zabo nezandla zabo phezulu endaweni ebiyelwe ngengilazi.
Kodwa ekugcineni, isiqiwu sezilwane kudingeke ukuba sihlukanise lezi zithandani ezimbili. Ubudlelwano babo bebuthathwa njengobungenampilo ebudlelwaneni bukaChita nezinye izimfene.
Okhulumela i-Antwerp Zoo uSarah Lafaut, ophethe izilwane ezincelisayo kulesi siqiwu, utshele isiteshi sezindaba ukuthi ubudlelwano babo bunomthelela oyingozi kuChita.
“Uma uChita ehlezi ezungezwe izivakashi, ezinye izilwane azimnaki futhi azimthathi njengelungu leqembu,” esho.
“Isilwane esigxile kakhulu kubantu asihlonishwa kangako ngezinye izilwane. Sifuna uChita abe yinkawu ngokwanele”.
UTimmermans, nokho, uphatheke kabi ngesinqumo sesiqiwu sokumnqabela ukubona inkawu.
“Anginakho okunye. Kungani befuna ukungiphuca lokhu? ” ebuza.
“Ezinye izivakashi eziningi zivunyelwe ukuxhumana noChita, kodwa kungani ngingavunyelwe mina?”
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