Kaapuni Kikowaena Giraffe

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) Kenya ma 1979 e Jock Leslie-Melville i hala, he kamaʻāina Kenyan no ka ʻohana Pelekania, a me kāna wahine hānau ʻAmelika ʻo Betty Leslie-Melville. Hoʻomaka lākou Ke Kikowaena Giraffe ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka pilikia kaumaha o ka Rothschild Giraffe. He ʻano ʻano o ka giraffe i loaʻa wale ma nā mauʻu o East Africa.

Ke Kikowaena Giraffe ua lilo i kaulana honua ma ke ʻano he Nature Education Center, e aʻo ana i nā tausani o nā keiki kula Kenyan i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

I kēlā manawa, ua nalowale nā ​​​​holoholona i ko lākou wahi noho ma Western Kenya, me 130 wale nō o lākou i koe ma ka 18,000-acre Soy Ranch i māhele ʻia e hoʻonoho hou i nā squatters. ʻO kā lākou hoʻāʻo mua e hoʻopakele i nā subspecies ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i ʻelua mau giraffe ʻōpio, ʻo Daisy lāua ʻo Marlon, i ko lāua home ma ke kula ʻo Langʻata, ma ke komohana hema o Nairobi. Ma ʻaneʻi lākou i hānai ai i nā keiki bipi a hoʻomaka i kahi papahana hoʻohua giraffe i ke pio ʻana. ʻO kēia kahi e noho ai ke kikowaena a hiki i kēia lā.

Aia ma Karen, he 16 kilomita wale nō mai ka ʻĀpana Pāʻoihana Nui o Nairobi, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi paradaiso aloha holoholona: ka Giraffe Center. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka papahana i ka makahiki 1979 no ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe pilikia ʻO ka giraffe a Rothschild subspecies a hoʻoikaika i kona mālama ʻana ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana.

Ua lilo kēia wahi i kekahi o kā mākou punahele punahele ma Nairobi, ʻaʻole wale no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa e hoʻokokoke aku ai i kekahi mau giraffes, akā no ka honi ʻana i ka nui o lākou, me ke koʻikoʻi!

Ua mālama maikaʻi ʻia nā keʻena o ke kikowaena a me kahi kahua hānai kiʻekiʻe (he kiʻekiʻe no nā giraffe kiʻekiʻe!), kahi e hiki ai i nā malihini ke hele mai he alo a he alo me nā giraffes; he hale hoʻokipa liʻiliʻi, kahi e mālama ʻia ai nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mālama ʻana; he hale kūʻai makana a he hale ʻaina maʻalahi. Mai poina e kipa aku i ka laa kūlohelohe e kū pono ana mai ke alanui, i komo pū me ka uku komo ʻana o ka Giraffe Center.

Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kikowaena a me ka uku ʻana i kāu uku komo, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolohe i kahi kamaʻilio pōkole a hoihoi e pili ana i nā giraffes o Kenia a me ka Rothschild i make. A laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke noi i nā limahana maikaʻi e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi meaʻai giraffe (pellets) pēlā hiki iā ʻoe ke hānai iā lākou. Aia nā pellets i nā meaʻai meaʻai, no ka mea, ʻai nui nā giraffe i nā lau lāʻau. He mea nui e hāʻawi iā lākou i hoʻokahi ʻāpana i ka manawa, no ka mea ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa, a pale ʻoe i ka nahu ʻia.

Inā ʻaʻa ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke kau i kekahi o nā ʻāpana ma waena o kou mau lehelehe a hoʻokokoke i ka giraffe i hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi honi pulu nani! Ma hope o ka paʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi he nui me kēia mau holoholona nani, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā warthogs (pumba) a me nā honu, kūʻai i kekahi mea ma ka hale kūʻai souvenir a i ʻole e hopu i kahi meaʻai ma ka cafe. Ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i Nairobi, e hoʻomanaʻo e leʻaleʻa a maikaʻi ka hele ʻana i loko o ka hale kapu kūlohelohe ma waena o ke kikowaena.

Ma laila ʻoe e ʻike ai i kekahi mau mea kanu kūloko, nā manu a me nā ala hele wāwae maikaʻi kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i ka manawa e like me kou makemake.

0900 Nā hola: Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ʻo Giraffe center & manor day mai kou hōkele ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka a hoʻokele i nā kaona ʻo Karen kahi e kū ai ka hale kapu.

E hōʻea a hoʻomaka i ka hānai ʻana i nā giraffes ʻoiai ʻoe e puliki iā lākou a paʻi kiʻi kokoke me kēia mau pilikua haʻahaʻa.

1200 Nā hola: Hoʻopau ka huakaʻi ʻo Giraffe center a me ka manor center me kahi hāʻule i kou hōkele ma ke kūlanakauhale.

ʻO ke kikowaena giraffe a me ka hōkele manor center kahi mau wahi maikaʻi e noho ai a puni nā giraffes a aʻo e pili ana i kā lākou mau hana mālama ma Kenya.

Ka pau ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi lā kikowaena giraffe ma Nairobi