Indawo yokuPhumela eMzantsi Texas iHome kwi-Ocelot kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezininzi
Efumaneka kufuphi neLaguna Madre ezantsi eMzantsi Texas, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-25 kumntla weBrownsville, iLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife Resfuge inike iindwendwe ithuba lokubona ubuninzi bezilwanyana zasendle kwiindawo ezikhethekileyo. Ngenxa yokuba sisondele kumda we-US oseningizimu kunye nomxube weendawo eziphantsi komhlaba, unxweme kunye neentlango, iihektare eziyi-45,000 zamaLakayi zihlala kwiintlobo zezilwanyana ezingenakufumaneka kwezinye iindawo zokuhlala kunye neepaki.
Ngaphandle kokungathandabuzeki, i-ocelot yinto ephezulu yeLANWR. Olu luhlu lwezilwanyana ezinobungozi luye lwaba luhlu lwezilwanyana olusengozini ukusuka ngowe-1972 kwaye ngasekupheleni kuka-1995, kwakukho iikati ezingama-120 eziseleyo zasendle, malunga nama-35 awo ahlala ngaphakathi kweLaguna Atascosa NWR. Namhlanje abahlobo baseLaguna Atascosa NWR bancedisa inkqubo ye-Adopt-An-Ocelot, ukuvumela iindwendwe ukuba "zithathe" ikati yomnikelo omncinci.
I-LANWR inezibini ezimbini zokuqhuba ukuhamba "kunye nezilwanyana ezilwanyana zasendle kunye neendlela zokubukela indalo ezihlala ubude ukusuka kwi-1/8 mile ukuya kwi-3 1/10 miles ubude. Le mizila ingahamba, ihamba ngebhayisikili okanye ihambe. Ukongezelela, "i-Alligator Pond," ii-resacas eziliqela kunye nxalenye yeLaguna Madre Bay ziwela kwimida yokuzimela, ukunika iindwendwe iintlobo ezahlukahlukeneyo zokujonga iinyoni nezilwanyana.
Ukuzingela i-Whiter kuvunyelwe ngexesha lokuwa kwexesha lokugqibela kunye nobusika. Abazingeli kufuneka bafake izicelo kwaye bakhethwe kwimvume ukuze bazingele.
Ukumisa amatye kunye nokuloba akuvunyelwe ngaphakathi kwiphephelo, kodwa zombini izinto zifumaneka kude kufuphi ne-Adolph Thomae Park (956-748-2044), eyingxenye yeCameron County Park kwaye ifumaneka kwiibhanki ze-Arroyo Colorado e Arroyo City.
Ukongeza, iLaguna Atascosa iqhuba iinkqubo zemfundo rhoqo ukususela ngoNovemba ukuya kuApreli kwaye inikezela ngamathuba amaninzi okuzithandela kulabo abafuna ukubandakanyeka ekusebenziseni isiphephelo.
Kwaye, ngenxa yabo abathandi bemvelo abangenako ukufumana ixesha elaneleyo entsimini, iNtaba yaseRio Grande Valley iNational Wildlife Refuge kunye neSanta Ana National Wildlife Resfuge zombini ziphakathi kokuhamba kweLANWR.