Izilwane eziningi zasendle zazibaleka lapho kuzwakala izwi lomzingeli owayengaba khona edlula emahlathini aminyene esihlahla setiye. Kodwa engxenyeni eseningizimu yesifundazwe, izingulube zasendle ezihlaselayo kanye nezinyamazane zazingabonakalisi ukwesaba ukuthi bangobani noma bayini laba bantu abahlaselayo.
Izingulube zasendle zaziseduze kakhulu; sasikwazi ukuzihogela, sizwe ukubhonga kwazo, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nomsindo wamagatsha aphukayo ekhala ezigodini. Kodwa ngaphandle kwesithombe esishisayo, ukubona lezi zilwane, ezibhekwa njengezinambuzane, ngolunye lwezinsuku ezishisa kakhulu zonyaka bekungeke kwenzeke.
"Kunemizila yezinyamazane ezungeze idamu ngalinye. Isikhathi eside, kwakunezinkomo ezimbalwa kakhulu kule ndawo, kanti amahektha angu-90 (amahektha angu-220) ayomile kakhulu," kusho umlimi waseTindell uLeonard Sanders.
Sekuyiminyaka engamashumi amabili idamu eliseduze noMfula iQueanbine lingasetshenziselwa ukudlisa, kodwa ngenxa yesomiso esikhulu, uMnu. Sanders wabona idamu selicishe lome, futhi ingcindezi ezinyamazaneni zasendle, ezingulubeni zasendle kanye nasezinkangaru yayikhula.
Uthe, “Esikhathini esidlule, lawa madamu ayenamanzi amaningi, kodwa manje kusobala ukuthi omile. Yebo, besinesikhathi sonyaka esomile, kodwa lokho kungenxa yokuthi izilwane zaziphuza lawo manzi.”
"Lawa machibi aklanyelwe ukulwa nemililo, ukuhlinzeka ngamanzi ezifuyweni, ngisho nokunisela umhlaba uma kudingeka, kodwa empeleni awanalutho, okubonisa ngokusobala ukuthi angakanani amanzi asetshenziswa yizilwane zasendle endaweni."
UMnu. Sanders uthe sekuyinto engenakwenzeka ukulungisa ipulazi nokwenza likhiqize selokhu athuthela kule ndawo unomphela esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule.
"Ngenxa yokuthi izinyamazane eziningi nama-kangaroo zidla emasimini, abukho utshani obusele. Futhi njalo uma kunemvula enkulu, izingulube zasendle ziyafika zibhubhise izwe," esho.
"Asikwazi ukubuyisela inhlabathi ekuphileni. Uma uphuma ngaphandle ubona amehlo angu-30 ebheke edlelweni, ufuna ukuliphumuza, kodwa alikwazi."
Njengoba kwakunezinkomo ezintathu zaseGalloway kanye nenkunzi eyodwa endaweni engaphezu kwamahektha angu-90, ukulungiselela amadlelo ayezobhujiswa yizinambuzane kwakuyinkinga enkulu.
UMnu. Sanders uthe: “Ezolimo ezivuselelayo zithembele kakhulu ekwaluseni ngokujikelezisana, kodwa inani lamathuba lilinganiselwe. Uma ubeka izinkomo emadlelweni, bese kufika ama-kangaroo, izinyamazane, kanye nezingulube zasendle ezivela kulo lonke indawo zizozidla, akukhona yini ukuchitha umzamo lokho?”
"Yonke indawo evundile ibhujisiwe, futhi konke lokhu kubhujiswa kuvela endaweni eyodwa - endaweni evikelwe nguhulumeni."
UMnu. Sanders uthe izinyathelo zokulawula endaweni eseduze, ngaphansi kwe-NSW National Parks and Wildlife, zincane kakhulu, njengoba ukubulala kwenziwa emoyeni cishe kanye ngonyaka kanti nezinhlelo zokudoba izilwane azivamile.
Uthe: “Kudingeka ngempela babonisane nabanini bomhlaba, kodwa amapaki kazwelonke awakwenzi lokho. Benza izinto ngendlela yabo futhi abanandaba nanoma ubani omunye.”
"Kuxazulule inkinga kuphela kuleyo ndawo encane, kodwa akuzange kuxazulule inkinga eyasakazekela kwezinye izindawo. Angazi ukuthi siyini ikhambi."
UMnu. Sanders uthe izingozi ezihlobene nokuletha abazingeli abazimele zizokwandisa inkinga, kusukela ezinkingeni zomthwalo wemfanelo kuya ezinkingeni zokuphepha ezindaweni ezinkulu zezindawo ezimagebhugebhu.
“Wonke umuntu ufuna ukuxazulula inkinga, kodwa kufanele uqaphele kakhulu ukuthi uphendukela kubani ukuze uthole usizo,” kusho yena.
"Uvumela umuntu oyedwa angene, bese ephuma nabangani bakhe, kanti abangane babangani bakhe baphuma naye. Kungazelelwe, kuphuma abantu abaningi kakhulu."
Abazingeli abangemthetho, okuhlanganisa abazingeli abangemthetho abanezibhamu nezinja zokuzingela, babonwe epaki kazwelonke. Abanye abazingeli abangemthetho baye bawela ngisho nemigwaqo yomphakathi ukuze badubule emapulazini azimele.
UMnu. Sanders uthe: “Okukhathazayo ukuthi sivame ukuzwa ukuqhuma kwezibhamu okungavamile kodwa asazi ukuthi kuvelaphi.”
"Konke kuyingxenye yokuphathwa kwezilwane zasendle. Ukube uhulumeni ubebambisana kangcono, abantu bebengeke bavumele laba bazingeli abazimele ukuthi baye kozingela kaningi kangaka, ngoba inkinga, ngokomthetho, ingaxazululwa."
Okhulumela uMnyango Wezokuguquka Kwesimo Sezulu, Amandla, Imvelo kanye Namanzi wase-NSW (ophethe amapaki kazwelonke kulo lonke izwe) uthe izilwane zasendle ezingaphezu kuka-2,803 zisanda kudutshulwa esifundeni sase-NSW National Parks esiseningizimu, okuhlanganisa nezindawo ezivikelwe eduze nendawo kaMnu. Reynolds kanye nezindawo ezizungezile.
"Ngo-2024-2025, iNational Park Service kanye neWildlife Service babamba izilwane zasendle ezingu-2,803 emoyeni, okuhlanganisa izinyamazane ezingu-2,123 kanye nezingulube zasendle ezingu-429," kusho umbiko.
I-New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) iqhuba uhlelo lokuqapha emoyeni ekupheleni kwehlobo ngalinye, ikakhulukazi ukulawula izinyamazane, izingulube zasendle, kanye nezimbuzi zasendle. I-NPWS iphinda iqhube izinhlelo zokuqapha umhlabathi zesizini njengoba kudingeka ukuphatha inqwaba yezingulube zasendle kulezi zindawo ezivikelwe.
Okhulumela le nhlangano uthe iNational Parks and Wildlife Service isebenza njalo nabanini bomhlaba abangomakhelwane kanye nezinhlangano zomhlaba zendawo ukulawula ukwanda kwezinambuzane.
“I-National Parks and Wildlife Service izoqhubeka nokusebenzisana nemiphakathi yendawo ezinhlelweni zokuphathwa kwezinambuzane phakathi kwezifunda, okuhlanganisa nokuyigcina inolwazi ngezinhlelo zokuphathwa kwezinambuzane ezizayo,” kusho bona.
"I-National Parks and Wildlife Service isebenzisana namazwe angomakhelwane, abaphathi bezindawo, uMnyango Wezimboni Eziyinhloko kanye Nokuthuthukiswa Kwesifunda, kanye nezinhlangano ezixhumanisayo zikazwelonke ukuphatha izilwane zasendle kanye nokhula ezweni elinomnikazi wangasese."
Eliza is a journalist based in the border region between New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, covering the Southern Highlands, Monaro, and the South Coast. She previously worked in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) North Coast bureau and as a rural correspondent for The Guardian Australia. She can be reached at eliza.spencer@theland.com.au.
Eliza is a journalist based in the border region between New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, covering the Southern Highlands, Monaro, and the South Coast. She previously worked in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) North Coast bureau and as a rural correspondent for The Guardian Australia. She can be reached at eliza.spencer@theland.com.au.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Jan-12-2026