ʻO Laos, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Land of a Million Elephants, ke alo nei i nā ʻōlelo aʻo mai ka poʻe conservationist e hiki ke nalowale i kāna mau pua i loko o 50 mau makahiki inā ʻaʻole ia e neʻe wikiwiki e pale iā lākou me nā maka mākaʻikaʻi i mea hoʻopakele.
ʻO ka poaching a me ka nalo ʻana o ka noho ʻana mai ke kālai lāʻau, ka mahiʻai a me nā papahana hydroelectric ua hoʻemi nui i ka nui o nā elepani ʻāhiu a me nā elepani ʻĀsia i hānai ʻia ma Communist Laos.
Ua manaʻo ʻo ElefantAsia, he hui waiwai ʻole ma Farani, i ka nui o nā elepani i hoʻohana ʻia, i hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka ʻoihana logging, ua hāʻule i ka 25 pakeneka i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala aku nei i 560 me 46 mau bipi ma lalo o 20 mau makahiki i koe.
Manaʻo ia aia ma lalo o 1,000 elepani i koe ma ka nahele kahi ʻelua wale nō hānau ʻana i kēlā me kēia 10 make.
"(ʻO ke kūlana) koʻikoʻi," ʻo Sebastien Duffillot, ka mea hoʻokumu o ElefantAsia, i haʻi aku iā Reuters. “He hopena koʻikoʻi ka luku ʻana i nā wahi noho i nā hui ʻelepani hihiu. Ua hana nui ʻia nā elepani hale i ke kālai lāʻau a no laila ʻaʻole hana hou.
Ua manaʻo ka World Wide Fund for Nature he 25,000 hihiu a me 15,000 mau ʻelepani ʻAsia pio i waiho ʻia ma nā ʻāina he 12 a lākou e noho nei.
ʻO ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā elepani o Laos inā hoʻomau kēia hakakā elephant-kanaka ua hoʻoikaika i ka piʻi ʻana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei o nā hui e like me ElefantAsia, nā ʻoihana e like me ka Luang Prabang-based Elephant Park Project, a me ka hale kiaʻi elepani ma ka Phou Khao Khouay National Wahi Palekana ma kahi o Vientiane. Hoʻokahi pahuhopu nui nā mea a pau - ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻelepani.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Markus Neuer, ka luna o ka Elephant Park Project i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 2003 me ka manaʻo e hoʻopakele i nā ʻelepani mai ka ʻoihana lāʻau lāʻau, a hiki i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i hoʻoikaika ʻia e hoʻopakele i nā ʻelepani ma kēia lāhui ʻilihune.
"A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe wahi no ka hoʻoulu ʻana a ʻaʻohe mana maoli ma luna o nā helu, hoʻopaʻa inoa a me ka nele maoli o ka mālama lapaʻau ʻoihana," haʻi ʻo ia iā Reuters.
NA DALA MAKAIKAI NO NA Elepani
Ke hoʻohana nei kēia mau hui i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he ala e hoʻihoʻi ai i ka haʻaheo o ka poʻe kamaʻāina - a me ka hoihoi kālā - i nā elepani.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ElefantAsia i ka makahiki i hala e hoʻolālā i ka Elephant Festival i mālama ʻia no ka lua o ka manawa ma ke kūlanakauhale lepo o Paklay ma ke komohana loa o Laos. Ua huki ʻia he 70 elepani a ma kahi o 50,000 mau malihini kipa, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko.
ʻO Elephant Park, kahi i hoʻolimalima kālā pilikino, ke huli nei i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi me kahi papahana "Live like a Mahout" ʻelua lā e aʻo i nā mākau o kahi kahu elephant, a hāʻawi i nā huakaʻi elephant kokoke i ka UNESCO World Heritage listed city of Luang Prabang.
He hoʻomaka pōhaku ka hale kiaʻi ʻelepani i ka wā i hāʻule ai kāna hana mua ʻana i ʻelua lā ma hope o ka pau ʻana, akā ua kūkulu ʻia kahi hale kiaʻi hou, ʻehiku mika a wehe ʻia i ka makahiki 2005 kahi e hiki ai i nā malihini ke noho i ka pō e ʻike i nā ʻohana Elepani hihiu mai luna mai.
Akā, he pilikia mau ka loaʻa kālā, no ka mea, he pipiʻi nā elepani e mālama, a ʻo ka hakakā ʻana ma waena o nā hui like ʻole - ʻo kēlā mau kālā pilikino a me nā NGO - ua hoʻopilikia pū i nā hana.
ʻO ka make ma mua o kēia makahiki o kahi ʻelepani 4 makahiki ma ka Elephant Park, ua hoʻāla ka lālani ma waena o ElefantAsia a me ka paka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ElefantAsia, nāna i hoʻolako i ka mālama mua ʻana no ka ʻelepani, ua make ka holoholona ma muli o ka nāwaliwali a me ka maʻi maʻi a hāpai i nā hopohopo e pili ana i nā kūlana ma ka paka.
Akā ua ʻōlelo ka paka i ka manaʻo ʻelua mai kahi mea lapaʻau Thai i manaʻo i kahi kuhi hewa a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau hewa ʻole.
Ua hoʻopuka pū ʻo ElefantAsia i ka ʻae ʻole ʻana i nā kahua hoʻomoana elephant no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana makemake ʻo ia i nā huakaʻi nahele i nā wahi kūlohelohe.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻoihana a me nā panalāʻau i ka hele ʻana i ka elephant ma ke ʻano he kahawai kālā, manaʻo ka poʻe kiaʻi ʻoihana e piʻi nui ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o nā elepani.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Klaus Schwettmann, he kākāʻōlelo mua o ka hale kiaʻi ʻelepani e mālama ʻia nei e nā kamaʻāina, ʻaʻole paha ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka hopena kūpono akā ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa.
“ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi ka wehe ʻana i ka honua o waho, nā hana a me nā manawa kūpono no nā kamaʻāina e aʻo a hoʻomaopopo. Inā makemake mākou a ʻaʻole paha, ʻo ka hana a me ke kālā ke kī mau, "wahi āna.
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