Umtsalane ngeeGorila
Ukususela ebuntwaneni, uDian Fossey watyhila uthando olunzulu lwezilwanyana kunye nendalo. Kodwa yayikuhambo lwakhe lokuqala lokuya eAfrika ngowe-1963, apho wavuselelwa umdla wakhe ngeegorila zasezintabeni. UDian waba nomdla onzulu ngezi nkawu kangangokuba wagqiba kwelokuba anikele ubomi bakhe kufundisiso lwazo nokulondoloza.
Emva kohambo lwakhe, uDian wabuyela eUnited States, apho waqalisa ukuqokelela imali yohambo olwaluza kumvumela ukuba ahlale neegorila kwindawo yazo yendalo. Ukungoyiki kwakhe kwamkhokelela ekubeni ajongane nazo zonke iintlobo zemingeni kunye nemiqobo, etshintsha ngonaphakade indlela ihlabathi elizijonga ngayo ezi zidalwa zimangalisayo.
Ukuqala uhambo lwakho phakathi kweeGorila
Uhambo lokuya kuhlala neegorila lwalungelula kwaphela. UDian kwafuneka angene kwintshinyela yehlathi laseRwanda aze amise inkampu awayeza kuqalisa kuyo uphando. Phezu kwazo nje ezo ngxaki, ukuthanda kwakhe iigorila nomnqweno wakhe wokuzikhusela kwamenza wajamelana nazo zonke iingxaki ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo.
Ukufezekisa injongo yakhe, uDian wamkela amaqhinga angaqhelekanga. Walinganisa indlela yokuziphatha kweegorila kwaye wazama ukudibanisa kwiqela, ehlala ehlonipha indawo yazo kwaye ejonge kumgama okhuselekileyo. Ekugqibeleni, ukuzingisa kwakhe kwaba nemiphumo emihle waza uDian wamkelwa ziigorila, zamenza wathenjwa waza wamvumela ukuba azifundele ngokusondeleyo.
Igalelo kwisayensi kunye nokugcinwa kweegorila
UDian Fossey Wanikela phantse iminyaka engama-20 yobomi bakhe ekufundeni nasekukhuseleni iigorila zaseNtabeni eRwanda. Uphando lwakhe lwayiguqula indlela uluntu kunye noluntu lwenzululwazi oluzijonga ngayo ezi zidalwa.
- Kubonelelwe ulwazi oluxabisekileyo isayensi kwibhayoloji, ukuziphatha kunye nezakhiwo zentlalo gorila.
- Wasebenza ngokuzimisela ukulwa ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nokurhweba ngokungekho mthethweni kweegorila, kuthatyathwa amanyathelo aqatha ukuzikhusela.
- Waseka i-Karisoke Research Centre eRwanda, eqhubeka nokusebenza namhlanje njengeziko lophando lwegorila kunye neziko lolondolozo.
Ilifa likaDian Fossey
Kubo bonke ubomi bakhe, uDian Fossey wasifundisa ubuntu obumangalisayo obukhoyo kwiigorila kunye nokubaluleka kokukhusela ezi zidalwa kunye nendawo yazo yendalo. Ubomi bakhe kunye nomsebenzi wakhe uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza abantu kwihlabathi liphela ukuba baqhubeke nokulwela ukulondolozwa kolu hlobo lumangalisayo.
Ngaphandle kokubhubha kwakhe kabuhlungu ngo-1985, ilifa likaDian liyaqhubeka kwaye umlo wakhe wokukhusela iigorila uyaqhubeka ngeDian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
Iigorila: Izidalwa ezinomdla nezisengozini
Los iigorila entabeni Zezinye zezona ntlobo zinomdla kakhulu eMhlabeni. Ubukrelekrele babo, indlela abaziphatha ngayo ekuhlaleni, kunye nokuphila ixesha elide kubenza bafane ngendlela emangalisayo nathi bantu. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kokubaluleka kwazo, iigorila zasezintabeni ngoku zisengozini enkulu, ngenxa yokuzingela ngaphandle kokuzimela kunye nokonakala kwendawo yokuhlala.
Yiyo loo nto kubalulekile ukuba sikhumbule kwaye siqhubeke nomsebenzi wabantu abanjengoDian Fossey, ukuzinikela kwabo kunye nokuzinikela kwabo kuncede ukwazisa ngezi zidalwa zimangalisayo, kwaye kuqaqambise ukubaluleka kolondolozo lwabo kwimpilo kunye nokwahluka kweplanethi yethu.