Ua wehe ʻo ʻApelika Hema i ke kau hopu holoholona ma luna o nā leopadi ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki o ke aloha. Ua ʻae ke Keʻena ʻĀpana Kaiāulu e kī i nā leopadi ʻelua ma KwaZulu Natal a me ʻelima ma ka Panalāʻau ʻo Limpopo Pono nā leopadi i nā kāne o ʻehiku mau makahiki a ʻoi paha.
Loaʻa kēia hoʻoholo ma hope o ka ʻole o ka quota ma waena o 2016 a me 2017 a ʻo ia ka hopena o ka hoʻoholo ʻana e ka Mana ʻEpekema e hoʻomau ka leopadi i kekahi mau wahi. Ua hoʻoholo ka Mana ʻEpekema ʻaʻohe hopena maikaʻi o ka hopu holoholona leopadi i ke ola ʻana o ka leopadi i ka nahelehele.
Ua hopohopo kēia i nā conservationists, ka mea e paio nei ʻaʻole lawa ka hōʻike ʻepekema a ka Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) e kāhea ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michele Pickover o ka EMS Foundation ʻaʻole lawa nā kānāwai e kū nei a me nā rula e hoʻoponopono ai i nā hoʻoweliweli he nui e kū ana i nā leopadi a me ke kumu ʻepekema no ka DEA hoʻoholo a ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ʻia.
"ʻAʻole hiki ke lawa ka moratorium o ʻelua mau makahiki no ka hopena a me ka unsustainable hopena o ka hopu holoholona e hoʻohuli ʻia ai ʻole e ana pono ʻia nā hopena," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "He mea hoʻoweliweli ka ʻimi holoholona hihi i ko lākou noho mau ʻana a me nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke kūlana mālama."
ʻO Bongani Tembe o ke KwaZulu-Natal Oihana Hoʻolālā Waiwai, Hoʻokipa ʻana a me ke Kaiāulu, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo KZN i nā ʻāpana leopadi i Iune, ʻoiai ka haʻi hoʻolaha i ka lehulehu i hoʻolaha wale ʻia e ka DEA Kuhina Edna Molewa i kekahi mau lā i hala (ʻAukake 12).
Wahi a Brent Coverdale, ka luna o ka Leopard Hunting Advisory Forum no Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, ka ʻae ʻana i ka ʻae ʻana i nā leopadi ʻelua no KZN "e pili ana i kā mākou papahana kiaʻāina panalāʻau a manaʻo ʻia he mea mau."
I ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, ua ʻōlelo aku ka Mana ʻEpekema ʻaʻole pono e ʻimi holoholona kahi e emi ai nā heluna leopadi a i ʻole kahi nele o ka ʻike ʻepekema ikaika e pili ana i nā ʻano leopadi. Eia nō naʻe, akāka ʻole inā loaʻa kēia ʻikepili.
"ʻO ko lākou kūlana a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i kēia manawa e hōʻike maopopo ana aia ko lākou pae i ka hoʻoweliweli weliweli a me ka wikiwiki," wahi a Pickover. "ʻAʻole wale ka nalowale o ka nohona e hoʻoweliweli nei iā lākou, akā ʻo ka nalowale ʻana o ka mea pio, ka hana nui a hoʻomau ʻole ʻia no nā hana leʻaleʻa, nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻimi ʻana no nā hana kalepa a me ka luku hewa ʻole e like me ka hopu ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻi hoʻopaʻi ʻia e ka mea make a me nā mea kaua e nā mahiʻai.
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