IKenya kanye kwinkulungwane ingwe emnyama ufumana isabelo sengonyama kwezi ntsuku, kodwa kukho enye into ebulalayo eMzantsi Afrika kunye nangaphaya kweNgala Private Game Reserve ephantse inqabile. Ngo-Matshi ophelileyo, izikhokelo zentsimi ezigcinwe kwindawo yokugcina izilwanyana zabona ityhubhu entsha yengonyama emhlophe endle, kwaye usenokubona yena kunye noogxa bakhe bezula behamba.

Zingaqhelekanga kangakanani iingonyama ezimhlophe? Kuphela malunga neshumi elinambini ezikhoyo endle namhlanje. Oko kuya ngokwe INtembeko yoKhuselo lweNgonyama eMhlophe , neyasekwa ngumlondolozi woMzantsi Afrika uLinda Tucker ngo-2002 ukunceda ukukhusela iingonyama ezimhlophe nokuziphindisela endle.

Iingonyama ezimhlophe ayizizo iialbhino. Endaweni yoko, bane-leucistic gene ethe kratya, oko kuthetha ukuba ilahleko yenxalenye yombala. Oko kwenza iinwele zabo zibe mhlophe. Kodwa ukuba ujonga kakuhle, uyakubona ukuba bane-pigment kumalungu athile omzimba afana neempumlo, imilebe, kunye neephedi zenyawo. Kungenxa yesi sizathu le nto umbala weengonyama ezimhlophe unokwahluka ngandlel 'ithile ukusuka kubusilivere ukuya kumbala omdaka, kwaye bahlala benamehlo aluhlaza okanye aluhlaza.

Ngaphandle kokuba kunqabile kakhulu, iingonyama ezimhlophe zithathwa njengezintlobo ezifanayo neengonyama eziqhelekileyo ( Panthera leo ). Kungenxa yoko le nto bengekho kulo naluphi na uluhlu lwezilwanyana ezisemngciphekweni, kwaye kutheni zihlala zingakhuselekanga.

Ezizinto ziguqukayo zibalasele kwingingqi yaseTimbavati yoMzantsi Afrika, equka iinxalenye zeKruger National Park kunye naseNgaphaya kweNgala Private Game Reserve. I-Timbavati ithetha indawo apho into engcwele yafika emhlabeni kulwimi lwesiTsonga lwemveli.

Ngokwengxelo yalapha, bekukho iingonyama ezimhlophe kule ndawo kangangeenkulungwane, nangona zafunyanwa ngabantu baseYurophu kuphela ngo-1938. Kungekudala emva koko, baqala ukuzingelwa iimbasa kwaye basuswa kwiindawo abahlala kuzo ukuze bazalelwe ekuthinjweni.

Iingonyama ezimhlophe zaye zaphela endle, kodwa zaphinda zabuyiselwa kwingingqi yase Timbavati ngo 2004. Zintathu iingonyama eziqhayisayo ezaziwayo ukuba zinomfuza omhlophe eTimbavati, logama abanye abantu beziswe ePumba Private Game Reserve. Ummandla weMpuma Koloni eMzantsi Afrika, kunye neSanbona Wildlife Reserve eNtshona Koloni.

Eli lithole liyinxalenye yebhongo laseNgala laseBirmingham kwaye limhlophe qhwa xa kuthelekiswa nabantu abalahla inkunkuma, benamehlo amabi e-aquamarine.

Ukusuka kwinto esiyibonileyo, unesibindi kwaye unesibindi, utshilo uBernard Stiglingh, isikhokelo sentsimi Ngapha kweNgala Safari Lodge . Ume ngaphandle kungekuphela ngenxa yombala wakhe, kodwa ukwayinto enkulu kwaye mkhulu kunabantakwabo, kwaye uthatha amathuba.

Ngelishwa, ayisiyonto intle leyo. Ngelixa kuqikelelwa ukuba kuphela malunga nesiqingatha samantshontsho eengonyama ahleliyo ahlala ebudaleni, amathuba engonyama emhlophe enza njalo mancinci: Umbala oqaqambileyo wengonyama odityanisiweyo uyingqonge, utshilo uStiglingh. Ingonyama emhlophe inengxaki enkulu, nangona kunjalo, ngakumbi kunyaka wayo wokuqala xa amathole eshiyeka yedwa ixesha elininzi. Umbala omhlophe unokutsala ingqalelo yamarhamncwa. Emva kwexesha, uya kuba nexesha elinzima ngakumbi lokuzingela kuba akahlangani ehlathini.

Uthe babekho babini abantwana abamhlophe kwindawo yogcino kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa akukho namnye owasalayo kunyaka wabo wokuqala.

Kwicala eliqaqambileyo, kukho iimeko zeengonyama ezimhlophe ezisindayo ukuya ebudaleni endle, ngaphandle kweemeko ezibi abajamelana nazo kunye nezinye iingonyama-oko kukuthi ukuncipha kwemimandla, ukunqongophala kwezixhobo, ukuzingela kunye notshintsho lwemozulu.

Ngokunikwa umkhondo wendlela eli qhosha leNgonyama emhlophe licaciswe ngayo ngabagcini e-Beyond Ngala Safari Lodge kunye nepropati yayo ekufutshane, Ngapha kweNgala Tent Camp , ukubheja kwakho okusemgangathweni ngokubona oku kuqaqamba kukuhlala kuyo nayiphi na ipropathi.

Ukuba uze kumbona ngokwakho, uStiglingh uneengcebiso ezimbalwa zokubona ithole. Yiba nomonde, watsho. Izikhokelo ziya kulinda de izilwanyana zisebenze kakhulu kusasa nangokuhlwa, ekwangamaxesha amahle okufota. Unokufumana ixesha lokudlala kunye nokunxibelelana phakathi koomama kunye namantshontsho, okuhle.

Ngenjikalanga yakutshanje, ithole lalijinga kunye nabantakwalo kwisiqwenga somhlaba esikwiindlela eziphambili zolondolozo. Ngenxa yokuba kungekho bhubesi budala babekhona, thina zindwendwe kwisithuthi esimbonileyo savunyelwa ukuba sithathe nje izithonga ezimbalwa ngaphezulu komzuzu omnye. Kwafuneka siwushiye lo mbono kuba iimoto ze-safari zinokutsala amarhamncwa kule ndawo. Nokuba lelo yayilixesha elaneleyo lokuba nomtsalane ngokupheleleyo, nangona kunjalo, kunye nokubamba imizuzwana embalwa yemibhiyozo yemihla ngemihla kubomi bengonyama.

UStiglingh ulibonile eli litye limhlophe amatyeli aliqela. Kodwa xa ebuzwa ukuba ingaba indala na, uthe, ndibona ukungapheliyo kweengonyama ezimhlophe kwaye ndonwabe. Yinto ekhethekileyo kwaye kulilungelo elingathethekiyo ukusebenza kwindawo yokugcina abantu apho ndibona khona rhoqo - into eyimbalwa kakhulu yabalindi, kungasathethwa ke ngabantu, abayibonileyo ehlabathini.

Ingonyama yebhokhwe emhlophe Ityala: U-Eric Rosen

Ndiyathemba ukuba iinzame zokuphinda zisetyenziswe ngempumelelo zidityaniswe nokwandiswa kolwazi kunye nokukhuselwa kuya kuthetha ukuba ukubonwa kweengonyama ezimhlophe endle kunokuba yinto eqhelekileyo, kodwa kungabikho ekhethekileyo.