I-Pet Ferrets ivinjelwe egameni lokulondoloza
I-ferret yisidalwa esincane nesibhakabhaka esinompheme owenziwe nge-cone, umsila omude nomzimba omude, owuphakathi kwezinyawo ezinemilenze emifushane nemifino ende. AmaFerrets ahlotshaniswa nama-wolverines, ama -ermermines, ama-mink, nama-weasel e- Mustela genus. Zithandwa, nakuba zivame ukuphikisana, izilwane ezifuywayo.
Ochwepheshe bacabanga ukuthi bavuthwa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-2 500 eyedlule kusuka kwamanye ama-polecats aseYurophu (Mustela putorius) noma ama-polecats ase-steppe (Mustela eversmanii).
Lezi polecats akufanele zidideke ngama-skunks, ngezinye izikhathi abizwa nge-polecats ngekolloqui.
AmaFerrets eNew Zealand
AmaFerrets aziswa eNew Zealand evela eYurophu ngawo-1880, kanye nezigqoko nezinyosi, ukulawula onogwaja ababeletha. Ngo-1900, i-ferrets yasungulwa kahle endle futhi yadlala indima ekunciphiseni kwezinyoni zasendulo ezifana ne-kiwi, i-weka ne-blue duck, nokuqothulwa kwe-kakapo enyakatho. I-kakapo manje itholakale kuphela eziqhingini ezingenalutho.
AmaFerrets Avinjelwe eNew Zealand
Imithethonqubo yaseNew Zealand ku-ferrets nabanikazi be-ferret ekugcineni ihloselwe ukwenza i-ferrets yezilwane, nayo yonke i-ferrets, ephele eNew Zealand.
Esikhathini esidlule, ilayisensi yayidingeka ukuba ibele noma idayise ama-ferrets noma ukugcina ama-ferrets angaphezulu kuka-3 njengezilwane ezifuywayo (kwakukhona neminye imikhawulo yangakini ekutheni ubunikazi be-ferret). Ngaphansi kwezimiso ezintsha, abanikazi bazokwazi ukugcina ama-ferrets awo wamanje.
Kodwa-ke, kuyobe kungekho emthethweni ukuthi i-ferrets "ithengwe, ithengiswe noma ibhalwe." Amapulazi asebenzayo athengisa ama-ferrets angaphandle kwezilwandle azokhululwa futhi avunyelwe ukuqhubeka nokuthengisa kwamanye amazwe (akukho friji okumele ithengiswe eNew Zealand), futhi akukho mafama amasha azovunyelwa. Ngokukhiqiza nokuthengisa ama-ferrets wema lapho kuzoba khona ukuhla kwezinga lezintambo zezilwane kuya ku-zero eminyakeni eminingana elandelayo.
Isizathu sokuvinjelwa yiyona ndlela eyingqayizivele yenani labantu baseNew Zealand yokuphila zasendle - izinyoni eziningi ezingenakubalwa zisemkhawulweni wokuqothulwa kanye nezinhlobo ze-ferrets ezimilayo zifaka isandla ekunciphiseni. Ngokusho kwephepha loMnyango Wezokugcinwa kwezingxoxo, i-ferrets (kanye nezigqoko nezinyosi) zafakwa endle eNew Zealand eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu edlule ukulawula onogwaja. Izilwane zasendle zasendle, ikakhulukazi izinyoni ezingenazi ndege ezifana ne-kakapo ne-kiwi, azikwazanga ukubhekana nalezi zilwane ezintsha ezintsha. Futhi, ukulima kwe-ferret (ngoboya babo) kwadumile ngasekupheleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlule, kanti ababaleki bevela emapulazini banikela emphakathini wasendle, wandisa ububanzi bawo. Ngakho-ke uhulumeni uvimbele i-ferrets yezilwane njengengxenye yomzamo wayo wokuqeda.
"Kunengqondo ukuchitha imali eningi yabakhokhi bentela ngokuvikela izinhlobo zomdabu uma singabe sithatha isinyathelo sokususa izinsongo ezikhunjulwa kulezi zilwane njengengozi yokuphunyuka kwezilwane zasendle" - "Izilwane ezifuywayo zeFerts zizovinjelwa" - eNew Zealand Umnyango we-Conservation Media Release
Akukhona umbuzo omncane wokuthi izilwane zasendle zaseNew Zealand eziyingqayizivele zidinga izinyathelo ezinzulu zokongiwa kwemvelo, njengoba ukulahlekelwa kwanoma yiziphi izinhlobo ezilimazayo.