Ookrebe kunye neMitha yeeNtsuku ezingama-31

Umzobi uJen Richards, uthe phithi bubomi baselwandle ixesha elide njengoko ekhumbula. Ngethamsanqa, siye safumana ithuba lokuthetha naye kwaye sithethe ngeprojekthi yakhe yamva nje neqhubekayo, Ookrebe kunye neMitha yeeNtsuku ezingama-31. U-Jen uye wazicela umngeni ukuba abonise uhlobo olwahlukileyo lukakrebe okanye imitha yonke imihla kwinyanga kaJulayi ukuze aqokelele imali yokulondoloza. Uya kuba ifandesi phuma kwezi ziqwenga zobugcisa zikhethekileyo kwaye sinikele ngayo yonke ingeniso kwenye yeeprojekthi zethu esizithandayo, Abathetheleli bakaShaka bamazwe ngamazwe. 

Masiqale ngobugcisa bakho. Uqale nini ukuba nomdla kubugcisa? Kwaye kutheni ugxile kwizilwanyana zasendle, ngakumbi izilwanyana zaselwandle?

Kuvakala i-cliche, kodwa bendinomdla kubugcisa kuba ndikhumbula! Ezinye zeenkumbulo zam zokuqala ziquka ukuzoba iidinosaur kuyo yonke into endinokuyifumana. Bendisoloko ndinomdla kwindalo, ngoko okukhona ndifunda ngezilwanyana kokukhona ndifuna ukuzizoba. Ndandineminyaka esibhozo ubudala xa ndibona i-orca okokuqala kwaye bonke bendinokuzoba iminyaka emva koko - uxolo, iidinosaurs! Ndandinomdla wokwazi ngezilwanyana kangangokuba ndandifuna ukuzizoba ukuze ndibonise abanye abantu; Ndandifuna ukuba wonke umntu abone indlela abamangalisa ngayo.

Uyifumana phi inkuthazo yakho? Ingaba unaso isidibaniso osithandayo?

Ndifumana inkuthazo rhoqo kwizilwanyana ngokwazo – kangangokuba kukho iintsuku apho ndingakwaziyo ukuqonda ukuba ndifuna ukupeyinta ntoni kuqala. Ukusukela ndimncinci bendisoloko ndingumlindi okhutheleyo wayo yonke into nayo yonke into esuka kwi-BBC Natural History Unit, endenze ukuba ndibone iintlobo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo kunye neendawo ezisingqongileyo kwihlabathi liphela ukusuka kwidolophu yam encinci yolwandle yaseTorquay, eNgilani. UMhlekazi uDavid Attenborough useyenye yezona zinto zindikhuthazayo. Indawo endiyithandayo yi-acrylics kuba ndiyakonwabela ukuguquguquka kwazo, kodwa ndingumzobi omkhulu, nam.

Yiyiphi indima kunye/okanye iimpembelelo ocinga ukuba ubugcisa bunabo kulondolozo lwendalo esingqongileyo?

Phantse iminyaka esibhozo ngoku ndisebenza ngokufanelekileyo kwimfundo yendalo kumacala omabini eAtlantiki, nto leyo eye yandivumela ukuba ndifundise uluntu ngezilwanyana (enye into endiyithandayo), kwaye ndinethuba lokudibana nezidalwa ezimangalisayo. ngobuso. Ukukwazi ukuzazi izilwanyana kunye nobuntu bazo, kunye nokuzibonela ngawakho uphando kunye nemigudu yokulondoloza, kuyakhuthaza ngokungapheliyo.

Amagcisa amabini endiwathandayo nguDavid Shepherd kunye noRobert Bateman, bobabini abasebenzise ubugcisa babo obumangalisayo ekufikeleleni, kwaye ndiyithanda kakhulu loo nto. Ndiziva ndiwongekile ngokubona umsebenzi wam udlala indima efana nale; kuba ndithanda ukubonisa ezinye iintlobo “ezingaqondakaliyo” endiye ndafumana abantu abalandela ubugcisa bam bandixelela ukuba ndibakhuthazile ukuba bafumanise ngakumbi ngesi silwanyana – kwaye ndiyayithanda loo nto! Enye yezinto endizithandayo endinokuzenza ngomsebenzi wam wobugcisa kukusasaza ulwazi ngemiba ethile, efana neendawo ezikhuselweyo zeedolphin zaseMaui kunye nentlekele yokuhlasela ookrebe eNtshona Ostreliya kwaye banxibelelanise abatyeleli ngeendlela abanokuthi bancede ngazo. Ndandingumxhasi osemthethweni wephulo likaShark Saver eliqaqambileyo elithi “Shark Stanley” elanceda ukubona iindidi ezininzi zookrebe kunye nemitha yongezwa kukhuseleko lweCITES. Ukongeza, ndiyakuthanda ukufaka isandla ngokuthe ngqo kulondolozo ngokuthatha inxaxheba kwimisitho eyodwa. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ndigqibezele umzobo wemikhombe emnyama yeBowling for Rhinos fundraiser eLos Angeles kwaye ndiza kube ndisenza okufanayo nangomhla wama-22 kaJulayi eGeorgia (zombini ezi ziganeko zibekwe nguMbutho waseMelika wabagcini bezilwanyana kunye ne-100% yemali efunyenweyo. ukhuliswe ukuya kulondolozo lwemikhombe nengwenkala eAfrika).

Ngoku umngeni weentsuku ezingama-31. Kutheni ookrebe kunye nemitha? Ngaba ukhe waba namava asondeleyo kunye nokrebe okanye imitha?

Ookrebe bebesoloko bekhethekile kum. Xa iNational Marine Aquarium yavulwa ePlymouth, e-UK ngo-1998 ndandibatsalela apho abazali bam ngalo lonke ithuba ndize ndibethwe ngookrebe besanti kunye ne-blacktip reef. Kwakukho nje into eyayimangalisa ngenkangeleko yazo kunye nendlela ezazihamba ngayo; Bendicaphukile. Ndikhawuleze ndaba ngumthetheleli wabo ngokwam, nditsiba ngalo lonke ithuba ukulungisa umntu malunga nokungaqondi okunxulumene nokrebe (into endingazange ndikhule kuyo). Nangona kukho umdla woluntu ngokubanzi kookrebe ngoku kunokuba ndakha ndawubona, ndisaziva ngathi kusekude ukuba ndihambe malunga nokulungisa igama labo elibi. Kwaye imitha ayifuni nokujonga ngaphakathi! Kukho iintlobo ezininzi zokufunda kunye nokuqonda ukuba ndiziva ngathi ndinoxanduva lokunceda abantu bafunde - kwaye ubugcisa bunokundinceda ukuba ndenze oko.

Ngomsebenzi wam wemfundo yendalo esingqongileyo ndiye ndanenyhweba yokufumana ookrebe abaninzi kunye nemitha ekufutshane. Awona mava angalibalekiyo kuxa ndabona ukrebe wasendle xa ndiqhuba ukhenketho oluncinci lwe-eco-tour kumanzi asekhaya kumzantsi weDevon. Ndandichulumancile kukubona umntu emntwini ndakhubeka kwisitebhisi sentsimbi ndaza ndabhabha, kodwa ndaqhubeka ndisiya nje ukufota iifoto ezimbalwa ezimfiliba. Ukugruzuka kwakufanelekile! Ndikhe ndantywila kwindawo ehlala emanzini kunye nookrebe, imitha ye-manta, i-sand tiger sharks kunye nezinye iintlobo ezininzi, kwaye ndiphethe ukhozi olubonakalayo kunye nemitha yenkomo. Eyona njongo yam iphambili ibandakanya ukubona ookrebe kulwandle oluvulekileyo kunye nokuntywila nge-oceanic whitetips - kodwa eneneni, naliphi na ithuba lokubona ukrebe okanye i-ray emntwini liphupha elizalisekileyo. Kunzima kakhulu kum ukuyicutha ukuya kutsho kolona hlobo ndiluthandayo – ithande ukuba yiyo nayiphi na into endiyijongileyo ngoku! Kodwa bendisoloko ndinendawo ethambileyo kookrebe abaluhlaza, i-oceanic whitetips, i-whale sharks, kunye ne-wobbegongs, kunye nemitha ye-manta kunye nemitha yesathana encinci.

Kwakutheni ukuze ukhethe i-Shark Advocates International? Kwaye yintoni eyakukhuthaza ukuba wenze le projekthi?

Ndaqala ndafumanisa Abathetheleli bakaShaka kwi-Twitter; Ndilandela uninzi lwezazinzulu zaselwandle kunye nemibutho yolondolozo apho ngoko bekungenakuphepheka. Ndinomdla ngakumbi kugqaliselo lwe-SAI kumgaqo-nkqubo wolondolozo nokuba lilizwi kookrebe kunye nemitha apho ibaluleke kakhulu: kwimithetho nemimiselo ekufanele ibakhusele kwixesha elide.

Ndibe ngumxhasi wemibutho emininzi kule minyaka idlulileyo kodwa eli lixesha lam lokuqala ndidala kwaye ndenza umngeni ukuxhasa unobangela. Bendicinga ixesha elide malunga nokwenza into kwibhlog yam yobugcisa ngexesha leVeki yeShark ukubhiyozela iintlobo “ezingeyombonakalo” ezinokuthi zingafumani sikrini, kodwa ukucinezela uthando lwam ngookrebe ngeentsuku nje ezisixhenxe bekungenakwenzeka. Emva koko ndiye ndacinga malunga nokuba kukangaphi ndizoba ookrebe ngokubanzi, kwaye ndacinga kum “Ndibheja ukuba ndingazoba enye ngosuku ngalunye lwenyanga.” Ngokukhawuleza kakhulu oko kwajika kwaba luluvo lokuzibekela eyona njongo yam yokwenene yeentlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-31, kwaye emva koko ndithengise ezo zikhutshiweyo ukuxhasa i-SAI. Inyanga kaJulayi ihlala iyinyanga elungileyo kookrebe kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ngoko ke ndiyathemba ukuba iinzame zam ziya kunceda ukudala umdla omtsha kwezinye zezi ntlobo zezilwanyana kunye nokunyusa imali yokuzilwela. Ookrebe kunye neMitha yeeNtsuku ezingama-31 zazalwa!

Ngaba ulindele nayiphi na imingeni? Kwaye unethemba lokufezekisa ntoni ngale projekthi?

Owona mqobo mkhulu ngalo mceli mngeni uza nokukhetha iintlobo zokuqaqambisa kwindawo yokuqala. Ndide ndenze uluhlu lokuvavanywa ekupheleni kukaJuni kunye nezo bendifuna ukuzenza, kodwa ndihlala ndicinga ngakumbi ukuzongeza! Ndiye ndaqinisekisa ukuba ndishiya amabala evulekile ukuze abantu bacebise abo bangathanda ukuzibona-baza kubhida kwimvelaphi, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, kwaye inika umdla kum ukubona ukuba zeziphi iintlobo ezithandwa ngumntu wonke. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndine "izinto zakudala" ezicwangcisiweyo, njengokrebe omhlophe kunye ne-whale shark, kodwa ndijonge phambili ekuboniseni ezifana ne-dogfish prickly kunye ne-longcomb sawfish. Oku kukwangumceli mngeni omnandi kum njengegcisa - kuyakhuthaza ngokwenene ukuba nomsebenzi omele uwugqibe suku ngalunye kunye nethuba lokuphonononga izitayile ezininzi kunye nezangaphakathi. Ndikonwabele kakhulu ukuzoba nokupeyinta iintlobo endingazange ndizame ukuzenza ngaphambili. Iqhekeza ngalinye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku lahluke kancinane kwaye ndizimisele ukuyiqhuba yonke loo nto inyanga yonke. Ngezinye iintsuku ndiyazi ukuba ndiza kuba nexesha lokwenza umzobo okanye umsebenzi wepensile, kwaye ngezinye iintsuku ndizibekele bucala ukugxila kumzobo. Logama nje ndiyakwazi ukubambelela kwisibophelelo sam sohlobo oluthile ngosuku ndiya kube ndilufezile usukelo lobuqu ubuncinci! Olona gxininiso, ewe, kukufumana abantu abaninzi ababandakanyekayo kumsebenzi we-SAI kunye nendlela abanokunceda ngayo ookrebe nemitha naphi na apho bakhoyo ehlabathini. Ukuba indlela abenza ngayo oko kukufumana ubugcisa bam nokubuthanda ngokwaneleyo ukuxhasa injongo, ngoko ndiya kuvuya ngokwenene!

Kwaye uza kwenza ntoni ngokulandelayo? Kuba ngokuqinisekileyo sinomdla!

Ewe, ndiyazi ukuba ndiza kuhlala ndizoba ookrebe kunye nemitha! Ndiza kuphehlelela uthotho lweencwadi ezifundisayo ezinemibala ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Ndidale amaphepha ombala ngaphambili njenge-tie-ins kwimisitho efana noSuku lweHlabathi lwe-Whale Shark kwaye baye babetha kakhulu. Baninzi abantwana abanomdla kwihlabathi lendalo - ngakumbi ubomi baselwandle - ngaphaya kweentlobo eziqhelekileyo ezibonakaliswa kolu hlobo lweemveliso (hayi ukuba kukho into engalunganga ngookrebe abamhlophe okanye idolphin zebhotile!), kwaye ndingathanda ukuyila into yokubhiyozela loo mdla wokwazi. Mhlawumbi laa ntombazana incinci ifaka imibala kumfanekiso endiwuzobileyo weflamboyant cuttlefish iya kukhula ibe yingcali yeteuthologist. Kwaye ngokwendalo ... kuya kubakho ukrebe kunye ne-ray-centric!

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