Ukulahlekelwa okunyantisayo kokuphila kwabantu kanye nemizi kubhalwe kahle, kodwa umonakalo ezinyonini, izilwane ezincelisayo, izinhlanzi nezinambuzane ezihambisana nokucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zazo zokuhlala nakho kuzoba nomthelela wesikhathi eside ohlelweni lwendalo.
Imvukuzane, ama-hedgehog, ama-badgers, amagundane, iminyundu kanye nenqwaba yezinambuzane nezinyoni yizisulu ezingabonakali zezikhukhula zakamuva, iziphepho nezimvula ezinamandla.
Ngokushesha nje lapho izinga lamanzi liqala ukuncipha eNgilandi, izazi zemvelo zabika ukuthi cishe izidumbu zezinyoni ezingu-600 - ama-auks, ama-kittiwakes nama-gull - zakhukhuleka ogwini oluseningizimu, kanye nezimvu zamanzi ezingu-250 ezaminza eNorfolk, Cornwall naseChannel Islands. Ezinye izinyoni zasolwandle ezingu-11 kuye kwabikwa ukuthi zifile ngasogwini lwaseFrance.
Iziphepho ezingapheli zihlasela izwe. Izilwane ngokuvamile ziyakwazi ukubhekana nesimo sezulu esibi, kodwa okwamanje azinakudla futhi zifa ngobuningi. UDavid Jarvis, umqondisi weBritish Divers Marine Life Rescue, uthe inhlangano yakhe ibambe iqhaza elikhulu ekutakuleni izimvu zamanzi: “Senze izindlela ezingu-88 kusukela ngoJanuwari ukuze sisindise izilwane zasolwandle, iningi lezilwane ezithintekile bekungamaphuphu olwandle.”
Amakoloni amaningana ezimvu zamanzi aqothulwa futhi amakhulu atholakala eduze kwamabhishi efile, elimele noma ebuthakathaka kakhulu ukuba aphile. Phakathi kwezindawo ezishayeke kakhulu yiLincolnshire, Norfolk kanye neCornwall.
Umonakalo wenziwa ezindaweni ezingama-48 zezilwane zasendle ezibaluleke kakhulu e-UK, okuhlanganisa nenani leziqiwi zikazwelonke. UTim Collins, uchwepheshe wezilwane zasendle ezisogwini lwaseNgilandi, wathi: “Kulinganiselwa ukuthi cishe amahektha amane ezindawo zezilwane zasendle ezivikelwe ezisogwini eNgilandi aye akhukhuleka.
Izindawo ezithinteke kakhulu zihlanganisa izindawo zamadlelo asogwini namaxhaphozi, amachibi anosawoti kanye nemibhede yomhlanga. Zonke lezi zingosi zibalulekile kuzwelonke, futhi ezingama-37 kuzo nazo zibalulekile emhlabeni jikelele.
Isilinganiso kanye nezinga lomthelela wezikhukhula ezinhlotsheni eziningi zezilwane zisacutshungulwa, kodwa izilwane zasebusika kulindeleke ukuthi kube yizo ezithinteka kakhulu.
Ama-Voles aminza uma isikhukhula sishesha. Ukube bekunensa nje bebengakwazi ukuhoxa kodwa lokhu kubenza baxabane nomakhelwane babo, balwe balimazane.
UMark Jones we-International Humane Society uthe nezinye izilwane eziningi nazo zathinteka: “Eminye imindeni yamambila cishe isiqothulwe ngokuphelele.”
Izinyosi, izikelemu, iminenke, amabhungane nezibungu zonke zazisengozini ngenxa yezikhukhula namaxhaphozi. Singalindela izimvemvane ezimbalwa kulo nyaka.
Isikhunta siyisitha esibulalayo sezinambuzane. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kungase kube nezibungu ezimbalwa izinyoni ezidla kuzo.
Izivuba ezibamba izinhlanzi zasemfuleni ziye zahlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi izimvula nezikhukhula zilethe udaka oluningi kangangokuthi amanzi abe nodaka kakhulu. Izinyoni ezihamba emanzini njenge-snipe zizoba nesikhathi esinzima uma izikhukhula ziqhubeka phakathi nenkathi yazo yokuzalela. Izinyoni zasolwandle zafa ngezinkulungwane phakathi nesiphepho esinamandla.
Lezi zikhukhula sezithathe izinkulungwane zamathani enhlabathi evundile, kodwa uma ziqhubeka, imiphumela ingaba mibi kakhulu.
Ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa ngaphansi kwamanzi, izitshalo ziqala ukubola, okuholela ekuntulekeni komoya-mpilo kanye nokukhishwa kwamagesi anobuthi. Uma amanzi ezikhukhula engcoliswe izibulala-zinambuzane noma amanye amakhemikhali ezimboni anobuthi, imiphumela ingaba mibi kakhulu.
Kodwa akuzona zonke izindaba ezimbi. Ngisho nezinhlobo ezithile zezinhlanzi zathinteka. Ngokwesibonelo, izinhlanzi ezicishe zibe ngu-5000 zatholwa zifile emasimini aseduze kwaseGering upon Thames e-Oxfordshire ngemva kokuba umfula uzikhukhule futhi amanzi esebohla. “Uma kwenzeka izikhukhula, ungalahlekelwa namazambane, azovele akhukhulwe ngamanzi,” kusho uMartin Salter weNhlangano Yokudoba.
Amakhulu ezihlahla zasendulo - okuhlanganisa ama-oki nama-beeches aneminyaka engu-300 ubudala - awile eziphepho ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule. I-National Trust ibika ukuthi ezinye izindawo azikaze ziwubone umonakalo onjalo kusukela kwaba nesiphepho esikhulu ngo-1987. IForestry Commission ilinganisela ukuthi isiphepho saseSt Jude ngoNovemba sabulala izihlahla eziyizigidi eziyishumi.
Izikelemu ezilala futhi eziphefumula esikhumbeni sazo zihlaselwe kakhulu izimvula zasebusika ezinamandla kunawo wonke ake aqoshwa e-UK. Bathanda inhlabathi emanzi, kodwa basengozini enkulu yokugcwala kwamanzi kanye nezikhukhula. Amashumi ezinkulungwane zezikelemu aminceka ngesikhathi sezikhukhula, okwathi ngemva kwalokho ama-shrews, ama-moles, amabhungane nezinyoni zasala zingadli.