Amalabela ezilwane ezinkulu njengezimvu, izingulube nezinkomo ahluke kakhulu emalaheni enkukhu. Nabo baya ngokuya besebenzisa imishini, njengamafemu, kodwa phezu kwakho konke, bawumbono omubi kakhulu engake ngawubona empilweni yami.
Iningi lamadelakufa likuzakhiwo ezinkulu ezinamazwi amahle kanye nenqwaba yezilwane ezifile ezilenga ophahleni. Umsindo wensimbi ekhencezayo uhlangana nokuklabalasa kwezilwane ezesabayo. Uzwa abantu behleka futhi bencokola. Ingxoxo yabo iphazanyiswe ukudubula kwezibhamu ezikhethekile. Kukhona amanzi negazi yonke indawo, futhi uma ukufa kunephunga, kusho ukuthi ingxube yephunga lendle, ukungcola, izibilini zezilwane ezifile nokwesaba.
Izilwane lapha zibulawa ukopha ngemva kokunqunywa umphimbo. Nakuba e-UK kumele baqale baquleke. Lokhu kwenziwa ngezindlela ezimbili - emangalisa ngogesi kanye nesibhamu esikhethekile. Ukuze kulethwe isilwane esimweni sokuquleka, kusetshenziswa ama-forcep kagesi, afana nesikele esikhulu esinama-headphone esikhundleni sezindwani, umhlatsheli ubopha ikhanda lesilwane ngawo futhi ukukhishwa kukagesi kuyasimangalisa.
Izilwane ezisesimweni sokuqulekile - ngokuvamile izingulube, izimvu, amawundlu namankonyane - bese ziphakanyiswa ngeketango eliboshelwe emlenzeni wangemuva wesilwane. Babe sebebasika uqhoqhoqho. I-stun gun ivame ukusetshenziswa ezilwaneni ezinkulu njengezinkomo ezindala. Isibhamu sibekwe esiphongweni sesilwane bese siqhunyiswa. I-projectile yensimbi engu-10 cm ubude indiza iphuma emgqonyeni, ibhoboze isiphongo sesilwane, ingene ebuchosheni futhi ishaqise isilwane. Ukuze kuqinisekiswe okwengeziwe, induku ekhethekile ifakwa emgodini ukuze inyakazise ubuchopho.
Inkomo noma inkunzi iyaphendulwa bese inqunywa umphimbo. Okwenzeka eqinisweni kuhluke kakhulu. Izilwane zithululwa emalolini ziyiswe ezibayeni ezikhethekile zemfuyo. Ngamunye ngamunye noma ngamaqembu, adluliswa ayiswe endaweni emangalisa. Uma kusetshenziswa izindlawu zikagesi, izilwane zibekwe ngokuphambene. Futhi ningabakholwa labo abathi izilwane azizwa lokho okuzokwenzeka kuzo: bheka nje izingulube, eziqala ukubhuquza ngokutatazela, zilindele ukuphela kwazo.
Abadayisi bakhokhelwa ngenani lezilwane abazibulalayo, ngakho bazama ukusebenza ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka futhi ngokuvamile abaniki isikhathi esanele sokuba izindlawu zensimbi zisebenze. Ngamawundlu, awawasebenzisi nhlobo. Ngemva kwenqubo emangalisayo, isilwane singase siwele sife, singase sikhubazekile, kodwa ngokuvamile sihlala siqaphela. Ngabona izingulube zilengiswe zabheka phezulu zinqunywe umphimbo, zishwabana zawa phansi zigcwele igazi, zizama ukubaleka.
Okokuqala, izinkomo zilashelwa endaweni ekhethekile ngaphambi kokusebenzisa isibhamu ukuze zithuke. Uma konke kwenziwa ngendlela efanele, izilwane ziquleka ngokushesha, kodwa lokhu akwenzeki ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kwesinye isikhathi umbulali ugeja isibhamu sokuqala futhi inkomo ilwe kabuhlungu ngesikhathi ephinda ehlohla isibhamu. Ngezinye izikhathi, ngenxa yemishini endala, i-cartridge ngeke ibhoboze ugebhezi lwenkomo. Zonke lezi “zibalo ezingalungile” zibangela ukuhlupheka ngokwengqondo nangokomzimba esilwaneni.
Ngokocwaningo lweRoyal Society for the Protection of Animals, cishe amaphesenti ayisikhombisa ezilwane ayengathukile ngendlela efanele. Ngokuqondene nezinkunzi ezincane nezinamandla, inani lazo lifinyelela kumaphesenti angamashumi amahlanu nantathu. Kuvidiyo yekhamera efihliwe ethathwe esilaheni, ngibone inkunzi eyodwa enebhadi idutshulwa idutshulwa ayisishiyagalombili ngaphambi kokuba iwe yafa. Ngabona ezinye izinto eziningi ezangenza ngaphatheka kabi: ukuphathwa ngonya nonya kwezilwane ezingenakuzivikela kwakuyinsakavukela yenqubo yomsebenzi.
Ngabona izingulube zigqashula imisila lapho zixoshwa ziyiswa endlini yokuthungatha, amawundlu ehlatshwa ngaphandle kokumangala nakancane, insizwa enonya ehlabayo igibele ingulube ethukile, ethukile izungeza isilaha njenge-rodeo. Inani lezilwane ezibulewe phakathi nonyaka e-UK ukuze kukhiqizwe inyama:
Izingulube 15 million
Izinkukhu 676 million
Izinkomo 3 million
Izimvu 19 million
Turkeys 38 million
Amadada 2 million
Onogwaja 5 million
Helena 10000
(Imininingwane ethathwe kuMbiko Kahulumeni woMnyango Wezolimo, Izinhlanzi kanye Nezindawo Zokulahla Ngo-1994. Abantu base-UK bayizigidi ezingama-56.)
“Ngeke ngifune ukubulala izilwane futhi angifuni zibulawe ngenxa yami. Ngokungahlanganyeli ekufeni kwabo, nginomuzwa wokuthi nginobudlelwane obuyimfihlo nezwe futhi ngenxa yalokho ngilala ngokuthula.
UJoanna Lamley, umlingisi.