Ua pepehi ʻia kahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika, ʻo Thomas Vardon McAfee e kahi
Elepani ma ka ʻĀkau ʻo Tarangire National Park ʻo Tanzania ʻoiai
ka holoholo ʻana ma waho o nā palena o ka paka i ka pule i hala.

Aia ʻo McAfee, 58, me nā hoaaloha ʻelua i ko lāua hālāwai ʻana me kahi
he 50 elepani ma waho o na palena o ka 1,096-square-mile
Pāka Lahui ʻo Tarangire.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā hōʻike hou mai Tanzania National Parks ua hehi ʻia ʻo MacAfee
ma luna o ka ʻelepani ʻoiai e hoʻāʻo ana e holo aku mai kahi puʻupuʻu huhū.
Ua ʻōlelo ka hōʻike i ʻekolu mau mākaʻikaʻi e nānā ana i ka pāʻani ma ka wāwae i ka wā i ʻōlelo ai lākou
Ua kuʻi ʻo ia ma luna o kahi ʻohana ʻelepani he 50 paha.

I ka ʻike ʻana i ka pōʻino, holo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻopakele i ko lākou ola, akā
Eia naʻe, hāʻule ʻo McAfee i lalo, a hehi ʻia kekahi o nā ʻupena ma luna ona.
a ua haʻi ʻia ua make i ka wā e mālama ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi hale lapaʻau kokoke.

ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomaopopo koke inā aia nā mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi
alakaʻi ʻia ka safari ma ka pā ākea ākea, kahi kaulana
no nā ʻohana Elepani nui.

Ua ʻōlelo mai nā hōʻike ua hōʻea ʻo McAfee i Tarangire a nānā i loko o Tarangire
ʻO River Camp Lodge, kahi e hoʻokipa ai i nā malihini he nui.

Kaulana no nā ʻelepani nui, ʻo Tarangire National Park ka
ʻO ke kolu o ka paka aupuni e huki ana i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana ma Tanzania ma hope
Serengeti a me ka mauna Kilimanjaro paka aupuni.

Aia ʻo Tarangire ma waena o nā paka holoholona hihiu i mālama ʻia ma ka honua
e hookipa ana i na elepani he nui. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i kēia mau ʻApelika nui loa
ua hōʻike pinepine ʻia nā mammals e pā i ka paka, ʻoiai e hoʻāʻo e
ua kau ʻia ka pale e hoʻonui i ko lākou helu i kēia manawa.

ʻO nā hōʻike hou aʻe mai San Diego i ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Thomas McAfee he honua maʻamau
kanaka huakaʻi i hele pinepine i ʻApelika a ʻike i ke ʻano
hiki i nā ʻelepani hiki ʻole ke ʻike.

Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo McAfee e lawe i kahi hana hou ma ke ʻano he luna nui o ka Keck
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau o USC Medical Foundation ma Los Angeles i kekahi mau lā e hiki mai ana.