E ala ana ka ʻohana mālama mālama o Kenya i kēia kakahiaka Poʻaono i ka nūhou e puka mai ana he ʻehā liona - he kāne makua, he wahine makua a ʻelua keiki - ua make ma ka Mramba Ranch kokoke i Mwatate, Taita Taveta, kahi wahi ma waena o ka Tsavo West National Park a ʻO ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Taita Hills.
Ua lilo ka lono i mea hoʻopūʻiwa i nā kamaʻāina he nui i hoʻolilo i kekahi o ko lākou ʻāina i wahi hoʻāno pāʻani kaiāulu, me ka manaʻo e huki i nā malihini mākaʻikaʻi e uku i nā uku komo e ʻike i nā pāʻani me nā liona akā ʻike wale lākou i ka ʻāina luhi a piha i ka pipi. .
Hōʻike ka hanana i ka pōʻino o nā holoholona hihiu, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā wahi i pale ʻia e nā pā, i hiki ʻole ai i kā lākou neʻe ʻana i ka wā kahiko ke hahai lākou i ka ua no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā wahi ʻai, a ma hope iho ua hoʻomau ʻia ka ʻai ʻana i nā elepani ma kēia ʻāpana o ka ʻāina. ka hoonui ana.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi helu helu pāʻani i hana ʻia ma mua o ka makahiki i ka emi ʻana o ka nui o nā ʻelepani e uhi ana i ka ʻāina ʻo Taita/Taveta, ka Tsavo West National Park e hōʻea ana i kēia ʻaoʻao, ka hale hoʻāno pāʻani pilikino ʻo Taita Hills, a ma ka palena ʻo Mkomanzi National Park ma Tanzania. , a ke hopohopo nei i keia manawa, ina ma waho o na elepani makamae, ua huli pu ia na liona i keia manawa, no nae nae no na kumu e ae, aole koke e koe ka poe makaikai e ike, i ka manawa e kukuluia ana he alanui tarmac hou e pili ai i ka kūlanakauhale o Voi ma o Taveta me Moshi a me Arusha. Manaʻo ʻia kēia ala kī e hāʻawi i ka pana i ka lima o nā ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka palena, e maʻalahi ai ke komo ʻana i nā paka o kēlā me kēia a me ka huki ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o nā palena ʻē aʻe, akā inā i ʻai ʻia ka pāʻani a make, he aha ke kumu. e hele mai nā mākaʻikaʻi e kipa, ʻokoʻa nā kahua o ke Kaua Honua I e hāʻule ana i loko o ka pōʻino nui loa no ka nele o ke kālā no ka mālama ʻana i kekahi o nā wahi kaua koʻikoʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nairobi i ka hoʻopuka ʻana i ka ʻike: "Ua ʻike wau he nui nā pilikia o kā mākou hoʻokō kānāwai i ka mālama ʻana i nā Kenyans, a maopopo ʻaʻole lākou e hana maikaʻi loa. Akā, ua hoʻohuli kēia i nā kumuwaiwai mai nā wahi koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe, a ʻo ka hopena, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke hoʻomake i nā liona, e like me kēia hihia, me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻia. ʻO ka ʻino a mākou i loko o kēlā me kēia Kenyan a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou holoholona hihiu.
Mai ia kumu hoʻokahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Nairobi ua ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole i hopu ʻia i ka hopena pule i hala, me ka waiho ʻana i nā nīnau ākea e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ʻike ʻike o Kenya Wildlife Service i hiki ke pale i ka pepehi ʻia ʻana o nā liona a i ʻole ke alakaʻi ʻia. ka hopu koke ʻana i nā mea hoʻohuoi.
