I-Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) Kenya yasungulwa ngo-1979 ngu-Jock Leslie-Melville ongasekho, isakhamuzi saseKenya esidabuka e-British, kanye nonkosikazi wakhe owazalelwa eMelika, uBetty Leslie-Melville. Baqala
Isikhungo Sendlulamithi ngemva kokuthola usizi oludabukisayo lweNdlulamithi yaseRothschild. I-subspecies yendlulamithi etholakala kuphela ezindaweni ezinotshani zaseMpumalanga Afrika.
Isikhungo Sendlulamithi isiphinde yaduma emhlabeni wonke njengeSikhungo Semfundo Yezemvelo, esifundisa izinkulungwane zezingane zesikole zaseKenya minyaka yonke.
Ngaleso sikhathi, lezi zilwane zase zilahlekelwe indawo yazo eNtshonalanga yeKenya, kanti ezingu-130 kuphela zazo ezazisele ku-Soy Ranch engamahektare angu-18,000 XNUMX eyayihlukaniselwa ukuhlalisa kabusha abafokazana. Umzamo wabo wokuqala wokusindisa lezi zinhlobo ezincane kwaba ukuletha izindlulamithi ezimbili ezisencane, uDaisy noMarlon, emzini wabo osesigodini saseLang’ata, eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeNairobi. Lapha bakhulisa amathole baqala uhlelo lokuzalanisa izindlulamithi ezithunjiwe. Yilapho isikhungo sisekhona kuze kube manje.
Itholakala eKaren, amakhilomitha angu-16 nje ukusuka eSifundazweni Sebhizinisi Esimaphakathi saseNairobi, uzothola ipharadesi labathandi bezilwane: Isikhungo Sendlulamithi. Le phrojekthi yasungulwa ngo-1979 ukuvikela abasengozini Indlulamithi yaseRothschild subspecies kanye nokukhuthaza ukongiwa kwazo ngemfundo.
Le ndawo iphenduke enye yezindawo esizikhonzile eNairobi, hhayi nje ngoba sithole ithuba lokusondela kwezinye izindlulamithi, kodwa futhi ngoba siqabule eziningi zazo, sina!
Izinsiza zalesi sikhungo zinakekelwa kahle kakhulu futhi zinenkundla yokudlalela ephakanyisiwe (eyinde yezindlulamithi ezinde!), lapho izivakashi zingabhekana khona ngqo nezindlulamithi; ihholo elincane, lapho kuxoxwa khona ngemizamo yokongiwa kwemvelo; isitolo sezipho kanye nekhefi elula. Ungakhohlwa ukuvakashela indawo yemvelo etholakala ngaphesheya komgwaqo, efakwe nemali yokungena yeGiraffe Centre.
