Nyama zambiri zakuthengo zimathawa zikangomva mawu a msaki akudutsa m'nkhalango zowirira za mitengo ya tiyi. Koma kum'mwera kwa boma, nguluwe zakuthengo ndi nswala zowononga sizinkaopa kuti ndani kapena kuti ndani amene analowa m'malowa.
Nkhumba zakuthengo zinali pafupi kwambiri; tinkatha kuzimva fungo lawo, kumva kulira kwawo, ndipo nthawi zina ngakhale phokoso la nthambi zosweka zomwe zinkamveka m'mitsinje. Koma popanda chithunzi chotentha, kuona nyama zimenezi, zomwe zimaonedwa ngati tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, pa tsiku limodzi lotentha kwambiri pachaka kukanakhala kotheka kwambiri.
"Pali njira za nswala kuzungulira damu lililonse. Kwa nthawi yayitali, panali ziweto zochepa kwambiri pamalowa, ndipo mahekitala 90 (maekala 220) anali ouma kwambiri," anatero mlimi wa Tindell Leonard Sanders.
Kwa zaka makumi awiri, damu lomwe lili pafupi ndi Mtsinje wa Queanbine silinkagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati msipu, koma chifukwa cha chilala chachikulu, a Sanders adawona damulo litatsala pang'ono kuuma, ndipo kupanikizika kwa nswala zakuthengo, nkhumba zakuthengo ndi kangaroo kunali kuwonjezeka.
Iye anati, “M’mbuyomu, madamu awa anali ndi madzi ambiri, koma tsopano ndi ouma kwambiri. Inde, tinali ndi nyengo youma, koma izi zinali chifukwa chakuti nyama zinkamwa madzi amenewo.”
"Madamu amenewa adapangidwa kuti azizimitsa moto, kupereka madzi kwa ziweto, komanso kuthirira nthaka ikafunika, koma kwenikweni alibe madzi, zomwe zikusonyeza bwino kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe nyama zakuthengo zimadya m'derali."
Bambo Sanders anati zakhala zosatheka kukonzanso famuyo ndikuipangitsa kukhala yopindulitsa kuyambira pomwe adasamukira ku malowo kwamuyaya chaka chapitacho.
"Chifukwa chakuti nswala zambiri ndi kangaroo zimadya m'minda, palibe udzu wotsala. Ndipo nthawi iliyonse mvula yamphamvu ikagwa, nkhumba zakuthengo zimabwera ndikuwononga dzikolo," adatero.
"Sitingathe kubwezeretsa nthaka ku moyo. Mukatuluka panja ndikuona maso 30 akuyang'ana msipu, mukufuna kuupumitsa, koma sungathe."
Popeza ng'ombe zitatu zokha za ku Galloway ndi ng'ombe imodzi yamphongo zinali pamalo okwana mahekitala oposa 90, kukonza udzu womwe ungawonongedwe ndi tizilombo kunali kovuta kwambiri.
A Sanders anati: “Ulimi wobwezeretsa udzu umadalira kwambiri udzu wozungulira, koma mwayi wochuluka ndi wochepa. Mukayika ng'ombe pamalo odyetserako ziweto, kenako a kangaroo, nswala, ndi nkhumba zakuthengo zochokera m'dera lonselo zimabwera kudzazidya, kodi zimenezo sizikutanthauza kutaya mphamvu?”
"Nthaka yonse yachonde yawonongedwa, ndipo chiwonongeko chonsechi chikuchokera kumalo amodzi - kuchokera kudera lotetezedwa ndi boma."
A Sanders anati njira zowongolera m'dera lapafupi, lomwe lili pansi pa ulamuliro wa NSW National Parks and Wildlife, ndi zochepa, chifukwa kupha nyama m'mlengalenga kumachitika kamodzi pachaka ndipo mapulogalamu opha nyama sachitika kawirikawiri.
Iye anati: “Amafunikadi kufunsa eni malo, koma mapaki a dziko sachita zimenezo. Amangochita zinthu m’njira yawoyawo ndipo saganizira za wina aliyense.”
"Inangothetsa vutoli m'dera laling'ono limenelo, koma sinathetse vuto lomwe linafalikira kumadera ena. Sindikudziwa kuti yankho lake ndi lotani."
A Sanders anati zoopsa zokhudzana ndi kubweretsa asodzi achinsinsi zingangowonjezera vutoli, kuyambira pa nkhani za udindo mpaka nkhawa za chitetezo m'madera akuluakulu okhala ndi mapiri.
"Aliyense amafuna kuthetsa vutoli, koma muyenera kusamala kwambiri ndi amene mukupempha thandizo," adatero.
"Mumalowetsa munthu m'modzi, kenako amatuluka ndi anzawo, ndipo anzawo a anzawo amatuluka nawo. Mwadzidzidzi, anthu ambiri akubwera."
Anthu osaka nyama, kuphatikizapo alenje osaloledwa okhala ndi mfuti ndi agalu osaka nyama, apezeka m'nkhalango. Anthu ena osaka nyama afika powoloka misewu ya anthu onse kuti akawombere m'mafamu achinsinsi.
A Sanders anati: “Chodetsa nkhawa n’chakuti nthawi zambiri timamva kulira kwa mfuti koma sitikudziwa komwe kukuchokera.”
"Zonsezi ndi mbali ya kasamalidwe ka nyama zakuthengo. Ngati boma likanagwirizana bwino, anthu sakanalola asodzi achinsinsi awa kupita kukasaka kawirikawiri, chifukwa vutoli, kwenikweni, lingathe kuthetsedwa."
Mneneri wa Dipatimenti Yoona za Kusintha kwa Nyengo ku NSW (yomwe imayang'anira mapaki a dziko lonse m'boma lonse) adati nyama zakuthengo zoposa 2,803 zawomberedwa posachedwapa m'chigawo cha kum'mwera kwa NSW National Parks, kuphatikizapo m'malo otetezedwa pafupi ndi malo ozungulira nyumba ya a Reynolds.
"Mu 2024-2025, bungwe la National Park Service and Wildlife Service linagwira nyama zakuthengo 2,803 kuchokera mlengalenga, kuphatikizapo nswala 2,123 ndi nguluwe zakuthengo 429," linatero lipotilo.
Bungwe la New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) limachita pulogalamu yowunikira mlengalenga kumapeto kwa chilimwe chilichonse, makamaka pofuna kuwongolera nswala, nguluwe zakuthengo, ndi mbuzi zakuthengo. NPWS imachitanso mapulogalamu owunikira nthaka nyengo ndi nyengo ngati pakufunika kuwongolera kuchuluka kwa nguluwe zakuthengo m'malo otetezedwa awa.
Mneneri wa bungweli anati bungwe la National Parks and Wildlife Service nthawi zonse limagwira ntchito ndi eni malo oyandikana nawo komanso mabungwe osamalira malo m'deralo kuti athetse kuchuluka kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda.
"Bungwe la National Parks and Wildlife Service lipitiliza kugwira ntchito ndi anthu ammudzi pa mapulogalamu owongolera tizilombo m'madera osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo kuwadziwitsa za mapulani owongolera tizilombo omwe akubwera," adatero.
"Bungwe la National Parks and Wildlife Service limagwira ntchito ndi mayiko oyandikana nawo, oyang'anira malo, Dipatimenti Yoona za Mafakitale Oyamba ndi Chitukuko cha Zigawo, ndi mabungwe ogwirizanitsa dziko lonse kuti ayang'anire nyama zakuthengo ndi udzu m'malo omwe ali a anthu payekha."
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.
Nthawi yotumizira: Januwale-12-2026