Anofarira mhuka dzemusango Srilal Miththapala anopa mutero kuna Tilak, iconic uye mukuru-akanyanya tusker weYala National Park, akafa nezuro.
Manheru ekupedzisira mitsara yerunhare yevashoma vanofarira nzou yaipururudza sezvo nhau dzinosiririsa dzekufa kwakangoerekana kwaita Tilak, mutsara mukuru weYala.
Mashoko ekutanga airatidza kuti nzou iyi yakakuvara mukurwisana nerimwe nzou.
Kusiyana neaimbove "shamwari" yake yechidiki Gemunu, Tilak haana kumbobvira aita mukurumbira. Muchokwadi, Tilak ndiye aive antithesis chaiyo kuna Gemunu.
Hunhu hwaTilak hushamwari uye hunyoro hwakabvumira zviuru zvevashanyi mukana unoshamisa wekuona imwe yemakuru tusker muSri Lanka, munzvimbo dzepedyo, uye mifananidzo yake yakawanda, sezvakaonekwa muzvinyorwa zvakawanda paFacebook mushure mekufa kwake. Iko hakuna chiitiko chimwe chete chakanyorwa chekudyidzana kupi zvako kwehasha nemhuka iyi nyoro, kune ruzivo rwangu.
Tilak airatidzika kunge anga aripo muYala "nokusingaperi," sezvatinorangarira vazhinji vedu vashanyi venguva dzose kuYala. Anofanira kunge aiva nemakore anenge 55 uye sezvingabvira akanga ari mukuru uye mukurusa mupaka yacho. Nzondo dzake hombe dzaive dzakakombamira mukati, kurudyi zvishoma kudarika yeruboshwe. Nekukura, Tilak aigara achionekwa munzvimbo yekunze yekupinda mupaki, padyo nemugwagwa mukuru, pamwe nekuti aive nemakwikwi mashoma kubva kune dzimwe nzou munzvimbo ino kwete mukati mepaki.
Munyori wekupedzisira kuona Tilak, rinenge gore rapfuura, kunze kwemusuwo wepaki padivi pemugwagwa mukuru. Mufananidzo © Srilal Miththapala
Nekuda kwehunyoro hwenzou, vazhinji vedu vanodyidzana nekudzidza nezvenzou dzemusango tinobatikana nechiitiko ichi.
Chekutanga, kashoma kuti nzou dzakura dzive nekunetsana kwakanyanya, zvichipihwa hungwaru hwadzo hwepamusoro uye hupenyu hwemagariro hwakasimukira. Kechipiri, kupihwa ruremekedzo rwakajairwa rwehumambo muhumambo hwenzou dzesango, kashoma kuti imwe "junior" nzou itore tusker hombe saTilak. Chechitatu, kunofanira kunge kwaiva kurwisa kwehutsinye uye nekukurumidza kuti mhuka yakakura kudaro ikundwe nekukurumidza mukukuvara kwayo.
Akange aonekwa nevashanyi vachipinda mupaki mambakwedza ezuro (Chikumi 14, 2017), uye akawanikwa akafa pavakanga vachibuda mupaki nguva dza6:30 pm.
Zvichida mufananidzo wekupedzisira wakatorwa waTilak nenguva dza3 pm musi waChikumi 14, 2017, maminetsi mashoma chiitiko ichi chisati chaitika. / Mufananidzo nerubatsiro rweGayan kubva kuCinnamon Wild
Mishumo inoratidza kuti murwi anogona kunge ari nzou isingazivikanwe, ine nyanga imwe chete iyo yakamboonekwa munzvimbo iri kunze kwepaki inogarwa naTilak. Paive, ndaudzwa, angangoita matatu maronda akadzika (mavanga ega ega airatidza kuti inogona kunge iri tuzi rimwe chete rakakonzera kukuvadzwa, kusiyana nemaburi ekuboora maviri emapatya), rimwe kana anopfuura angave auraya.
Imwe yemaronda akadzika ekubaya. / Mufananidzo nerubatsiro rweGayan kubva kuCinnamon Wild
Pashure pokunge nzou yafa, setsika yokufa kwenzou kunzvimbo iri kure, vakuru vemhuka dzesango vakadimbura musoro wenzou ndokuenda nawo kuhofisi huru kuti unovigwa panzvimbo yakachengeteka. Dai izvi zvisina kuitwa, vanhu vasina kutendeseka vaizochera zvakasara voba akakosha uye akasiyana mazino eTilak. Ndinotenda kuti mutumbi waTilak wasara uchavigwa pakafira nzou.
Post mortem iri kuitika. / Mufananidzo nerubatsiro rwaRoshan Jayamaha
Kazhinji mushure memwedzi inenge 6-8 guva rinogona kucherwa uye mapfupa anogona kutorwa, kubva kune iyo skeleton yose yemhuka inogona kuvakwazve.
Patove nemafoni kubva kune akawanda kuti imwe chimiro chechiyeuchidzo cheTilak chinofanirwa kuvakwa pamusuwo wepaki. Ndingafunga pachinzvimbo chekuisa skeleton risingazivikanwe, zviremera zvinofanirwa kuedza kugadzira patsva modhi yakakura yehukuru hweiyi nzou yakanakisa kuti ionekwe pamusuwo wepaki mukumurangarira.
Zvimwe zvingave zvisingaite kunonoka kuongorora nekuchimbidza nzira dzekuyedza kuwana chaiyo taxidermist rubatsiro kuchengetedza zvakasara nenzira kwayo yekuzoratidzwa mune ramangwana.
Saka, iyo "Gentle Giant yeYala" haisisiri. Paki ichave yakasurukirwa pasina iye, uye vashanyi venguva yemberi kupaki pasina mubvunzo vachapotsa mukana wekuona iyi nzou yakaisvonaka, asi nzira dzechisikigo dzimwe nguva dzine utsinye uye dzine utsinye. Upenyu hwomusango hunopfuurira mukutenderera kwahwo kusinganeti.
Tinogona kunyaradzwa kuti Tilak akararama kusvika achembera (nzou dzemusango dzinorarama kusvika makore makumi matanhatu), uye akasangana nerufu rwake rusingatarisirwi nerumwe rudzi rwake, uye kwete kubva kune imwe bara remuvhimi.
Rara murugare mudiwa wedu, uye ndinokutendai nenguva dzinofadza dzawakatipa. Dai ivhu rekumba kwako Yala rimbozorora pauri.
Munyori, Srilal Miththapala, anowedzera kuonga kwake kuna Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya, Gayan, Senior Naturalist paCinnamon Wild; Chamara, Senior Naturalist paJet Wing Yala; naRoshan Jayamaha nekupa ruzivo rwezvesaiti pamwe nemifananidzo.
MUFANANIDZO: Tilak akakundwa nekukuvara kwake munaChikunguru 14, 2017.
