Mary Allen
Introduction: The Sable Island Ponies
ʻO ka Mokupuni ʻo Sable, he mokupuni ʻano like ʻole ma ka Moana ʻAkelanika, aia ma kahi o 300 km hema hikina o Halifax, Nova Scotia, ua ʻike ʻia no kāna mau lio hihiu, i kapa ʻia ʻo Sable Island Ponies. Ua lilo kēia mau pony i hōʻailona hōʻailona o ka mokupuni, me ko lākou nani a me ke kūpaʻa i ke alo o nā kūlana paʻakikī.
He Moolelo Pokole no ka Mokupuni Sable
He moʻolelo lōʻihi a hoihoi ka mokupuni. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ia e ka poʻe ʻEulopa i ka makahiki 1583 a ua lilo ia i kahua o nā moku moku he nui, a loaʻa iā ia ka inoa kapakapa "Graveyard of the Atlantic." ʻOiai ʻo kona inoa hoʻopunipuni, ua noho ʻia ka mokupuni i nā makahiki he nui, me nā hui like ʻole e hoʻohana ana ia mea no ka lawaiʻa, sila ʻana, a me nā hana ʻē aʻe. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hiki i ke kenekulia 19 ka hiki ʻana mai o nā poni i ka mokupuni.
Hiki mai na Ponie ma ka Mokupuni Sable
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu maoli o ka Sable Island Ponies, akā ua manaʻo ʻia ua lawe ʻia lākou i ka mokupuni i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 18 a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 19 e nā poʻe Acadian a i ʻole nā kolepa Pelekane. Ma waho o ko lākou kumu, ua hoʻololi koke nā ponies i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi o ka mokupuni, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻino nui, ka palena o ka meaʻai a me ka wai, a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea.
Ke Ola o na Poni Mokupuni Sable
He ʻano paʻakikī ka Sable Island Ponies i ulu ʻia e kū i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi o ka mokupuni. He ʻuʻuku lākou akā paʻa, me nā ʻaʻahu mānoanoa e pale iā lākou mai ka makani a me ka ua. He mau holoholona pilihua nō hoʻi lākou, e noho ana i loko o nā holoholona nui i alakaʻi ʻia e nā lio nui. ʻOiai ko lākou ʻano ʻāhiu, ua lilo kēia mau poni i wahi punahele o ka kaiaola o ka mokupuni.
Ka Home o na Poni Mokupuni Sable
ʻO ka nīnau inā he ʻāhiu a hānai ʻia paha ka Sable Island Ponies i kumu hoʻopaʻapaʻa no nā makahiki he nui. Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei kekahi poʻe he holoholona hihiu ʻaʻole lākou i hānai piha ʻia, a ʻōlelo kekahi he mau lio liʻiliʻi wale lākou i hānai ʻia akā ua hoʻi i ko lākou kūlana maoli.
Nā hōʻike o ka Home
ʻO kekahi o nā kumu nui no ka mālama ʻana i nā Poni Sable Island ʻo ko lākou ʻano kino. He ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā ʻano lio ʻē aʻe a he ʻano "blocky" ʻokoʻa ko lākou ʻano like me ko nā lio home. Eia kekahi, loaʻa iā lākou nā ʻano kala a me nā ʻano like ʻole, kahi ʻano i ʻike pinepine ʻia i nā ʻano ʻohana.
Hoʻopaʻapaʻa no ka Wildness
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka poʻe kākoʻo o ka "wild" theory e hōʻike ana nā ponies i nā ʻano he nui i ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā lio kūloko. No ka laʻana, loaʻa iā lākou kahi hoʻolālā pilikanaka ikaika e pili ana i ka mana a me ka hierarchy, ʻaʻole maʻamau i nā lio home. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi mana kūʻokoʻa e ʻimi ai i ka meaʻai a me ka wai i loko o ka ʻāina paʻakikī o ka mokupuni, e hōʻike ana ua ulu lākou e ola ma o lākou iho.
ʻO ke kūlana hou o nā Ponie Mokupuni Sable
I kēia mau lā, ua manaʻo ʻia ka poʻe Sable Island Ponies he poʻe ʻāhiu, ʻoiai ua noho lākou ma ka mokupuni me ke ʻano ʻole o ke kanaka no hoʻokahi haneli. Eia nō naʻe, ke nānā pono ʻia nei lākou e ke aupuni Kanada, nāna i hoʻokumu i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻokele e hōʻoia i ko lākou ola lōʻihi.
Na Hooikaika Hoomalu no na Poni Sable Island
ʻO nā hana hoʻomalu no nā Sable Island Ponies e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka nui o ka heluna kanaka, ke aʻo ʻana i kā lākou ʻano a me nā genetics, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana e pale ai i ko lākou wahi noho. Pono kēia mau hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana o kēia heluna nui o nā lio ma ka mokupuni.
Ka hopena: Wild or Domesticated?
I ka hopena, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka nīnau inā he ʻāhiu a hānai ʻia ka Sable Island Ponies. ʻOiai lākou e hōʻike nei i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o nā lio hale, hōʻike pū lākou i nā ʻano ʻano ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā holoholona hānai. ʻO ka hope loa, ʻo ko lākou kūlana ma ke ʻano he heluna hihiu he hōʻike i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻololi a holomua i kahi ʻano paʻakikī.
Heluhelu hou aku
- "The Wild Horses of Sable Island: He Moʻolelo o ke Ola" na Roberto Dutesco
- "Sable Island: The Wandering Sandbar" na Wendy Kitts
- "Sable Island: The Strange Origins and Surprising History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic" na Marq de Villiers