ʻO nā Elephant Poachers Poison Hundreds of Vultures e Hōʻalo i nā Mana
ʻO Darcy Ogada, Nūpepa Nānā, National Geographic
ʻO ka luku mau ʻia ʻana o nā ʻelepani o ʻApelika aia ma ka pae moʻolelo. Ua lilo ke kūlana i waho o ka lima ma nā ʻāina he nui, ʻoi aku ka poʻe i nele i nā kumuwaiwai e hakakā ai i ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi ʻelepani mai ka Hikina mamao.
Me nā mana o nā holoholona hihiu e hakakā nei e hoʻopakele i ke koena o nā tuskers, ʻaʻole i manaʻo nui ʻia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe o ka poaching elephant. I kēia manawa e lilo nei i mea maʻamau ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, hoʻopaʻa nā poachers i ke kupapaʻu ʻelepani i hoʻolei ʻia me nā lāʻau make liʻiliʻi e pepehi nui i nā manu. No ke aha mai? No ka mea, hoʻomaopopo nā manu lele i ka lewa i nā luna o nā holoholona hihiu i kahi o nā hana a ka poʻe ʻaihue. He loea nui ka Vultures e huli koke i nā kupapaʻu i mea e pale aku ai i ka hoʻokūkū mai nā mea ʻaihue mammalian nui. Makemake nā poachers i kā lākou mau hana ʻino e ʻike ʻole ʻia e pakele ai i ka hopu ʻia. No laila, i ka poacher hiki ke pana i ka holoholona he 7-ton, ʻo ka ʻona ʻana i nā haneli he nui ma ke ala, ʻo ia ka hana i hoʻokahi lā.
A inā he mea e hele ai nā hōʻike hou aku nei, ʻo ka nui o nā ʻano vulture he 11 o ʻApelika aia i ka pōʻino o ka pau ʻana. I Iulai o kēia makahiki a hiki i ka 600 vultures i make ma kahi kupapaʻu elepani hoʻokahi i make ma kahi kokoke i ka Bwabwata National Park o Namibia. ʻEkolu mau hanana like ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina ākea mai ka hopena o 2012, me kēlā me kēia hanana i pepehi i nā haneli he nui.
He mau manu ola lōʻihi ka Vultures e hoʻohua mālie loa ana, e hana ana i ka awelika o hoʻokahi moa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOi aku ka nui o kā lākou make i kēia manawa ma mua o ka mea i hoʻomau ʻia a ke hāʻule nei ka heluna kanaka o nā ʻano āpau ma ka ʻāina.
A inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i nā manu lele, pono ʻoe. ʻO lākou nā poʻe hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi loa o ke kūlohelohe. Hele lākou i kā lākou ʻoihana i kēlā me kēia lā me ka ʻole o ka leʻaleʻa. Eia nō naʻe, i kā lākou kuleana liʻiliʻi, ke hōʻoia nei lākou e emi iki ka haumia o kā mākou honua i ka maʻi bacteria a me nā pathogens ʻē aʻe e hōʻiliʻili ana ma nā kupapaʻu a me nā ʻōpala. Inā ua ʻike ʻoe i nā iwi i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia i koe mai kahi kupapaʻu i ʻohi ʻia e nā manu lele, e ʻike ʻoe i ka hana kilokilo o kēia mau mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi loa.
