Hoʻomaka: He maikaʻi anei nā ʻīlio Bea Tahltan me nā pōpoki?
ʻO Tahltan Bear Dogs kahi ʻano ʻīlio hana ʻino i hoʻohana mua ʻia e ka Tahltan First Nation o British Columbia, Kanada, no ka hahai ʻana i nā bea grizzly. I kēia mau lā, mālama nui ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he mau hoa a ua ʻike ʻia no ko lākou kūpaʻa, naʻauao, a me ke ʻano pale. Eia naʻe, inā he ʻīlio pipi ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ana e kiʻi i kahi Tahltan Bear Dog, e noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe inā hiki i kēia mau holoholona ʻelua ke noho pū me ka maluhia. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i ke ʻano a me nā ʻano o Tahltan Bear Dogs a me nā pōpoki, nā mea e noʻonoʻo ai i ka wā e hoʻolauna ai iā lākou, a me kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kāu ʻīlio e noho pū me kāu hoa puaʻa.
Hoomaopopo i ka Tahltan Bear Dog Lai
ʻO Tahltan Bear Dogs he ʻano liʻiliʻi ka nui ma waena o 40 a me 60 paona a kū ma kahi o 22 a 24 iniha ke kiʻekiʻe ma ka poʻohiwi. He ʻaʻahu pōkole ko lākou, ʻeleʻele, a me ke keʻokeʻo. ʻO kēia mau ʻīlio he haʻuki loa a makemake lākou i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau e noho olakino a hauʻoli. He akamai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻi lākou, kahi e koho maikaʻi ai lākou no nā mea nona nā ʻīlio ʻike e makemake e hoʻokomo i ka manawa a me ka hoʻoikaika e hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻopili pono i kā lākou ʻīlio. Mālama ʻo Tahltan Bear Dogs i ko lākou ʻohana a hiki ke makaʻala i nā malihini, kahi e lilo ai lākou i mau ʻīlio kiaʻi maikaʻi loa. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke hana ʻino i nā ʻīlio a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole pili pono.