Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Srilal Miththapala i nā holoholona hihiu iā Tilak, ka mea hoʻokalakupua a ʻoi loa o ka Yala National Park, i make i nehinei.
Ma ke ahiahi i hala aku nei, e kani ana na laina kelepona o kekahi mau elephant elepani e like me ka lono kaumaha o ka make koke ana o Tilak, ke kii nui o Yala.
Ua hōʻike mua ʻia nā hōʻike mua ua make ka ʻelepani i nā ʻeha i loaʻa i ka hakakā ʻana me kekahi tusker.
ʻAʻole like me kāna "hoaaloha" ʻōpio kahiko a kaulana ʻo Gemunu, ʻaʻole ʻo Tilak i hoʻopili i ka limelight. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Tilak ka mea kūʻē pololei iā Gemunu.
ʻO ke ʻano ʻoluʻolu a me ka ʻoluʻolu o Tilak i hāʻawi i nā tausani o ka poʻe malihini kipa i ka manawa maikaʻi e nānā aku ai i kekahi o nā tuskers nui loa ma Sri Lanka, ma kahi kokoke, a ua nui kāna mau kiʻi, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma nā pou he nui ma Facebook ma hope o kona make ʻana. ʻAʻohe mea i hana ʻia ma ka moʻolelo o ka launa pū ʻana me kēia holoholona palupalu, i koʻu ʻike.
Me he mea lā ua puni ʻo Tilak i Yala "mau loa," e like me ka hapa nui o mākou e kipa mau ana iā Yala e hoʻomanaʻo. Aia paha ʻo ia ma kahi o 55 mau makahiki a ʻo ia paha ka mea nui a kahiko loa ma ka paka. ʻO kona mau ʻōpuʻu nui i ʻō i loko, ʻoi iki ka ʻākau ma mua o ka hema. Me ka ulu ʻana o ka makahiki, ʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo Tilak ma ka ʻaoʻao puka o waho o ka paka, kokoke i ke ala nui, ma muli paha o ka liʻiliʻi o kāna hoʻokūkū mai nā ʻelepani ʻē aʻe ma kēia wahi ma mua o ka pā.
ʻO ka ʻike hope loa a ka mea kākau iā Tilak, ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki aku nei, ma waho pono o ka puka pāka ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui nui. Kiʻi © Srilal Miththapala
Ma muli o ke ʻano haʻahaʻa o ka ʻelepani, nui ka poʻe o mākou e kamaʻilio a me ke aʻo ʻana i nā ʻelepani hihiu e hoihoi i kēia hanana.
ʻO ka mea mua, he mea kakaʻikahi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻelepani makua i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa koʻikoʻi, no ko lākou kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka naʻauao a me ke ola kaiapuni maikaʻi. ʻO ka lua, ma muli o ka mahalo maʻamau i ka hierarchy i loko o ke aupuni elephant hihiu, he mea kakaʻikahi loa ka ʻae ʻana o kekahi ʻelepani "junior" i kahi tusker nui e like me Tilak. ʻO ke kolu, he hoʻouka ʻino a wikiwiki hoʻi ia no kēlā holoholona nui e hāʻule koke i kona mau ʻeha.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e nā malihini e hele ana i loko o ka paka i ke ahiahi o nehinei (Iune 14, 2017), a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ua make i ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i ka paka ma kahi o 6:30 pm.
Malia paha ke kiʻi hope loa o Tilak ma kahi o 3 pm ma Iune 14, 2017, he mau minuke ma mua o ka hanana. / Kiʻi mahalo ʻia e Gayan mai Cinnamon Wild
Hōʻike nā hōʻike he ʻelepani ʻike ʻole ʻia ka mea hoʻouka kaua i ʻike ʻia i kekahi manawa ma waho o ka paka i noho ʻia e Tilak. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia iaʻu, ma kahi o ʻekolu mau ʻeha hohonu (ʻo nā hōʻailona maʻi hoʻokahi i hōʻike ʻia he ʻuʻu hoʻokahi paha ia i hoʻopōʻino ʻia, ʻaʻole like me nā pū lua o nā māhoe māhoe), hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha i make.
ʻO kekahi o nā ʻeha ʻeha hohonu. / Kiʻi mahalo ʻia e Gayan mai Cinnamon Wild
Ma hope o ka make ʻana, e like me ke ʻano maʻamau i ka make ʻana o kahi ʻūhā ma kahi mamao, ʻoki ʻia nā luna o nā holoholona hihiu i ke poʻo o ka ʻelepani a lawe ʻia i ke keʻena nui e kanu ʻia ma kahi paʻa. Inā ʻaʻole e hana ʻia kēia, e ʻeli ka poʻe hewa i ke koena a ʻaihue i nā ʻuʻu waiwai nui a kū hoʻokahi o Tilak. Manaʻo wau e kanu ʻia ke koena o ke kino o Tilak ma kahi i make ai ka ʻelepani.
Ke hana nei ka make make. / Kiʻi mahalo ʻia e Roshan Jayamaha
ʻO ka maʻamau ma hope o 6-8 mau mahina hiki ke ʻeli ʻia ka lua kupapaʻu a hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā iwi, kahi e kūkulu hou ʻia ai ka iwi holoʻokoʻa o ka holoholona.
Ua kāhea ʻia mai nā mea he nui e kūkulu ʻia kekahi ʻano kia hoʻomanaʻo iā Tilak ma ka puka paka. Manaʻo wau ma mua o ka kau ʻana i kahi iwi i ʻike ʻole ʻia, pono e hoʻāʻo nā luna e hana hou i kahi hiʻohiʻona nui o ke ola o kēia Elepani nani e hōʻike ʻia ma ka puka pāka e hoʻomanaʻo iā ia.
Malia paha ʻaʻole lohi loa ka ʻimi wikiwiki ʻana i nā ala e hoʻāʻo ai i kahi kōkua taxidermist kūpono e mālama i nā koena i ke ʻano kūpono no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
No laila, ʻaʻole hou ka "Gentle Giant of Yala". Mehameha ka paka me ka ʻole o ia, a ʻo ka poʻe malihini e hiki mai ana i ka paka e nele i ka manawa e ʻike ai i kēia elepani nani, akā ʻo nā ʻano o ke ʻano i kekahi manawa he ʻino a hoʻomāinoino. Ke hoʻomau nei ke ola o ka nahele i kona pōʻai mau.
Hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoluʻolu i ka noho ʻana o Tilak a hiki i ka wā ʻelemakule (ke ola nei nā ʻelepani hihiu a hiki i ke 60 mau makahiki), a ua loaʻa iā ia kona make pōʻino ma ka lima o kekahi o kona ʻano, ʻaʻole mai ka pōkā poacher.
E moe mālie ko mākou hoa aloha, a mahalo iā ʻoe no nā manawa kupanaha āu i hāʻawi mai ai iā mākou. E kau mālie ka lepo o kou home Yala ma luna ou.
ʻO ka mea kākau, ʻo Srilal Miththapala, e hāʻawi aku i kona mahalo iā Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya, Gayan, Senior Naturalist ma Cinnamon Wild; ʻO Chamara, Luna Hoʻonaʻauao Nui ma Jet Wing Yala; a me Roshan Jayamaha no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻike hou mai ka pūnaewele a me nā kiʻi.
PHOTO: Ua make ʻo Tilak i kona mau ʻeha ma Iulai 14, 2017.
