Mai cike da shakku a zuciyar cacar baki game da hippo

Shirin da ake yi na tarwatsa 'yan hippo a kwarin Luangwa wanda ya shahara a duniya a Zambiya yana da tsari mai tsauri a cikinsa kuma da alama wani yunƙuri ne na gwamnatin Zambia na ɓoye wani kwangilar da ba ta dace ba.

Wannan dai na zuwa ne a cewar wata majiya kusa da ma’aikatar kula da wuraren shakatawa da namun daji (DNPW), tana mai cewa Mabwe Adventures Limited ne ya shigar da ma’aikatar kara, kamfanin mafarauta ya ba da kwangilar aiwatar da hukuncin kisa. Hukuncin da kotu ta yanke a baya-bayan nan kan goyon bayan Mabwe ya kara rura wutar ja da baya kwatsam da Sashen ta yi kan matakin da ta dauka na yaki da cin hanci da rashawa a shekarar 2016 domin kaucewa biyan diyya, in ji majiyar.

Ministan yawon bude ido da fasaha na kasar Zambia Charles Banda ya tabbatar da cewa yarjejeniyar da aka kulla da Mabwe Adventures a shekarar 2015 tana nan daram, duk da cewa hukumar DNPW ta dauki nauyin gudanar da ayyukan hukumar kula da namun daji ta Zambiya (ZAWA) karkashin ma'aikatar yawon bude ido da fasaha.

An yi kuskure daga biya diyya

An ba da kwangilar ga Mabwe a ƙarƙashin wasu yanayi na tuhuma. Rahoton Parastatal na Zambiya na 2017 ba wai kawai rashin bin ka'ida ba ne tare da tayin Mabwe ba, har ma ya tabbatar da cewa adadin kwacha na Zambia 81 108 (kimanin R110 000) ya biya ZAWA ta Mabwe.

Rahoton ya umurci ZAWA, wanda yanzu DNPW, da ya daina yin watsi da tsarin gwamnati da gangan [da kuma] gabatar da rahoton aikin motsa jiki na hippo wanda ke nuna adadin hippos da aka tattara da kuma takardun tallafi da ke nuna adadin da aka biya ZAWA don tantancewa. , bayan haka an ba da shawarar a rufe batun.”

Kungiyar ta Luangwa Safari Association (LSA) ta kuma nuna damuwarta kan batun a cikin wata wasika da aka aika zuwa ma'aikatar yawon shakatawa da fasaha a shekarar da ta gabata, tana mai cewa hukumomin safari da kungiyoyi na cikin gida ba su da "sanin wani tallan tallan tallace-tallace na jama'a don lalata hippos" .

A cewar majiyar DNPW, hukumomin namun dajin na yankin na Luangwa suna ci gaba da yin aiki don warware yarjejeniyar hana bin hanyoyin doka, da kuma rashin yin la'akari da duk wani binciken kimiyya na kula da kiyayewa.

Sabani na takamaiman bayanan kimiyyar yanki

Shawarar da aka yanke za ta ba wa masu farautar gasar cin kofin Afirka ta Kudu damar shiga cikin shahararrun kwarin Luanwa na duniya su farautar dabbobi akalla 1250 - kwarin guiwa 250 a duk shekara tsawon shekaru biyar masu zuwa har zuwa shekarar 2022.

A cewar Banda, “dalilin [dalilin] kashe ’yan hippos shi ne don sarrafa al’ummar Hippo a kogin Luangwa domin a samu wurin da ya dace da sauran nau’in ruwa da namun daji baki daya.” Barkewar cutar anthrax, hade da karancin ruwan sama, shi ma ya taimaka wajen yanke shawarar da DNPW ta yanke.

Masana kimiyya ciki har da na Hukumar Kula da namun daji ta Zambia ba su yarda ba.

Wata takarda da aka buga a cikin International Journal of Diversity and Conservation a cikin 2013 na Dokta Chansa Chomba, wanda ya jagoranci Sashen Bincike, Tsare-tsare, Watsa Labarai da Ayyukan Dabbobi na ZAWA a lokacin, ya kammala cewa kullun ba su da tasiri wajen sarrafa yawan jama'ar hippo. A haƙiƙa, binciken ya gano cewa kashe-kashen ya ƙara ƙarfafa yawan jama'a a Luangwa.

"Ayyukan lalata yana kawar da wuce gona da iri na maza da kuma 'yantar da albarkatu ga sauran daidaikun mata, wanda ke haifar da karuwar haihuwa maimakon hana karuwar yawan jama'a", in ji binciken kimiyya da na tsara.

Da'awar 'barazanar anthrax' ita ma ta gaza. Kungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a sun ce "akwai kadan shaida da ke nuna cewa kashe-kashen zai yi tasiri kan sake bullowar cutar anthrax. A cikin shekarar da yawan ruwan sama da ci gaban ciyayi suka kasance al'ada, babu wata hujja da ke nuna cewa korar dabbobi masu lafiya za su hana barkewar cutar anthrax a nan gaba."

Kan yarjejeniyar rangwame da yawon bude ido

Hukumomin farauta a yankin sun damu, suna masu cewa "abin da ake kira cull ya bambanta kai tsaye da duk wani izinin farautar safari a cikin kwarin Luanwa." Dangane da yarjejeniyar Yarjejeniyar Farauta ta Safari, ba a ba da izinin masu ruwa da tsaki a doka su gayyaci ƙungiyoyin waje zuwa yankunansu don farautar kasuwanci ba.

Mabwe Adventures wanda ya kafa kuma mai shi Leon Joubert, ya ce, duk da haka, cewa farautar hippo za ta kasance da kyau a cikin kogin, wanda ba ya cikin iyakokin National Park ko farauta. Ya ce "idan wuraren shakatawa na kasa suna son farauta a cikin National Park, za su iya farauta a cikin kogin."

Misalin da wannan kisan gilla ya kafa a wani dajin da ake kyautata zaton yana da kariya zai dusashe iyakokin kokarin kiyaye gandun daji na kasa ba Zambia kadai ba, har ma da sauran kasashen Afirka. "Ba za a yi la'akari da mummunan sakamako ga dubban 'yan Hippo da kuma sunan Zambia a matsayin wurin yawon bude ido na namun daji ba," in ji Born Free.

Marcel Arzner, abokin ciniki na safari mai daukar hoto akai-akai kuma na dogon lokaci wanda ya kwashe dubban shekaru a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata a balaguron balaguro zuwa yankin, ya soke ziyararsa mai zuwa saboda kullin. “Sokewar tafiya ta gaba za ta biyo bayan wasu da dama. Mummunan tasirin da masana'antar yawon shakatawa ta Zambia za ta yi zai zama bala'i."

Hippos a halin yanzu an jera su a matsayin "Masu rauni" akan Jadawalin Ja na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya don Kare Halitta (IUCN).

Ƙimar kuɗi

Umlilo Safaris, wani kamfanin farauta na Afirka ta Kudu, a halin yanzu yana tallata farautar ga abokan ciniki a madadin Mabwe Adventures, Joubert ya tabbatar. Kamfanin ya yi alfahari da yadda abokan ciniki za su iya harba hippos biyar a kowace tafiya kuma su kiyaye hakin dabbobi. Za a caje kowane mafarauci har dala 14 akan ‘yan hippo biyar, kamar yadda shafin su na Facebook ya bayyana.

Banda da ma'aikatar yawon bude ido ta Zambiya ba su bayar da wata hujja mai kyau ba game da wannan lamarin, tare da yin tir da Allah-wadai da kungiyoyin kare hakkin bil-Adama saboda rashin nuna adawa da ayyukan a lokacin farautar da aka yi a baya daga 2011 zuwa 2016.