Ma Ianuali 25, 2022, ua hehi ʻia kahi huakaʻi e ka ʻelepani a make. ugandaʻO Murchison Falls National Park, ʻoiai e hele ana ma ka paka a hiki i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Arua ma West Nile.
ʻO kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻopuka ʻia e Bashir Hangi ʻO Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) Heluhelu ʻia ʻo Communications Manager:
“Ke minamina nei mākou i ka haʻi ʻana aku i ka lehulehu ua pepehi ʻia kekahi kanaka e ka ʻelepani ma Murchison Falls National Park. Ua hana ʻia ka pōʻino i kēia lā ma kahi o 11:00 am. ʻO Ayman Sayed Elshahany ka mea i make he lāhui Saudi Arabia, a me kāna mau hoa hana ʻekolu e holo ana ma ke kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa Toyota Wish Motor Vehicle No. UBJ917 mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Masindi e pili ana, e hele ana ma ka paka a hiki i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Arua ma West Nile. Kū lākou ma ke ala a hele ka mea i make i waho o ke kaʻa. Ua hoʻopiʻi kekahi ʻelepani iā ia e pepehi iā ia ma ia wahi. Kaumaha mākou i kēia hanana, a ke hāʻawi aku nei mākou i ko mākou aloha nui i ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha o ka mea i make.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mea pōʻino i ka mākaʻi o Pakwach a ke hana pū nei ʻo UWA me nā mākaʻi e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokolokolo piha ʻana i kēia hihia.
Ua hoʻopiʻi nā luna o ka paka i ka lehulehu, ʻoi aku ka poʻe e hele ana ma nā wahi i pale ʻia e mālama a pale aku iā lākou iho i kahi pōʻino.
Ke nānā nei ʻo UWA i nā protocol palekana e hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou e pale i ka hana hou ʻana o ia mau hanana a ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka lehulehu e palekana nā paka o Uganda i nā malihini a pau.
I ka wā i noi ʻia ai ʻo ia e pili ana i ka mea i hiki ke pale ʻia ka mea i hana ʻia i ka Uganda Tourist Association (UTA) Pelekikena Herbert Byaruhanga, ʻo ia hoʻi ka luna hoʻomalu o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Tourism Skills Sector i ʻōlelo i kēia:
"Pono he kanaka makua ma kēlā me kēia puka e uku ai nā kānaka no ke komo ʻana. Ua kauoha ʻia kēia kanaka e hoʻopuka i ka mea e komo ana i ka
paka aupuni. Malia paha i ka wā e pōkole ai nā kānaka, e hoʻolohe lākou. Eia kekahi, pono e loaʻa nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi wikiwiki ma Murchison Falls National Park. E hōʻike ana nā kāmeʻa māmā ikaika i ka lā i nā kahu kaʻa ma ke keʻena nui. Pono e loaʻa nā lau ma ka puka
e hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi e komo i ka paka "
ʻO nā Elepani ʻApelika ka holoholona ʻāina nui loa ma ka Honua, a hiki i ʻeono tona kona kaumaha. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou ma mua o ko lākou mau hoahānau ʻAsia a hiki ke ʻike ʻia e ko lākou mau pepeiao nui e like me ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika. (He mau pepeiao liʻiliʻi a poepoe ka ʻElepani ʻAsia).
ʻOiai ua lōʻihi lākou i hui pū ʻia ma ke ʻano hoʻokahi ʻano, ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe ʻepekema he ʻelua mau ʻano o nā elepani ʻApelika—a aia nā mea ʻelua i ka make. ʻO nā Elepani Savanna nā holoholona nui e holoholo ana ma nā pāpū o ʻApelika ma lalo o Saharan, ʻoiai ʻo nā Elepani nahele he mau holoholona liʻiliʻi e noho ana ma nā ululāʻau o Central a me West Africa.
Ke papa inoa nei ka International Union for the Conservation of Nature i nā elepani savanna ma ke ʻano he pōʻino a me nā elepani ululāʻau i ka pōʻino.
Aia ma kahi o 5,000 elepani i loko uganda i kēia lā. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o lākou ma nā ʻāina o ke awāwa ʻo Kidepo, Murchison-Semliki, a me ka Greater Virunga Landscape me nā elepani ululāʻau ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma ka nahele ʻo Kibale, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest a me ka
Pāka Lahui mauna ʻo Ruwenzori.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- They are mostly found in the landscapes of Kidepo Valley, Murchison-Semliki, and the Greater Virunga Landscape with the more aggressive forest elephants predominantly in Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and the.
- On January 25, 2022, a traveler was trampled to death by an elephant at Uganda‘s Murchison Falls National Park, while passing through the park to Arua town in West Nile.
- Ke nānā nei ʻo UWA i nā protocol palekana e hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou e pale i ka hana hou ʻana o ia mau hanana a ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka lehulehu e palekana nā paka o Uganda i nā malihini a pau.
