Mary Allen
Introduction
ʻO ka mokupuni ʻo Sable, aia ma waho o ke kapakai o Nova Scotia, Kanada, he home ia no ka lehulehu o nā lio feral i kapa ʻia ʻo Sable Island Ponies. Ua noho kēia mau poni ma ka mokupuni no nā haneli mau makahiki a ua hoʻololi ʻia i ko lākou kaiapuni ma nā ʻano hoihoi. Ma waho aʻe o nā ponies, he home hoʻi ka mokupuni no nā holoholona hihiu like ʻole, e like me nā sila hina, nā sila awa, nā coyotes, a me nā ʻano manu a me nā ʻōpala. E ʻimi ana kēia ʻatikala pehea e launa pū ai nā Ponie Sable Island me kēia mau ʻano ʻē aʻe ma ka mokupuni.
Ka Moolelo o Sable Island Ponies
Ua manaʻo ʻia ua iho nā Sable Island Ponies mai nā lio i lawe ʻia i ka mokupuni e nā poʻe ʻEulopa mua i ka makahiki 18. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua hoʻololi ʻia nā ponies i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka mokupuni, e hoʻomohala ana i nā hiʻohiʻona kino a me nā ʻano ʻano. I kēia mau lā, ua manaʻo ʻia nā pony he mau holoholona hihiu, ʻo ia hoʻi, he holoholona hihiu lākou i hoʻololi ʻia i ke ola ma ka nahelehele a ʻaʻole mālama ʻia.
Ka Holoholona o Sable Island
Ma waho aʻe o ka Sable Island Ponies, ʻo ka mokupuni kahi home o nā ʻano holoholona hihiu. ʻO nā sila hina hina ka mea maʻamau maʻamau ma ka moana ma ka mokupuni, me ka heluna kanaka ma mua o 400,000. Aia pū nā sila awa, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi nā helu. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Coyotes i ka mokupuni i ke kenekulia 20 a ua lilo ia i mea hoʻomake nui i nā holoholona hihiu o ka mokupuni. He ʻāina hoʻohua koʻikoʻi ka mokupuni no kekahi mau ʻano manu, me ka Ipswich Sparrow a me ka Roseate Tern.
ʻO ke kuleana o nā poni i loko o ke kaiaola
He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka Sable Island Ponies i ka ʻōnaehana kaiaola o ka mokupuni. He poʻe hānai lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻai lākou i ka mauʻu a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā mauʻu a me nā puʻu ma ka mokupuni. Hoʻokumu ʻia kā lākou ʻai ʻana i kahi mosaic like ʻole o nā mea kanu, kahi e noho ai no nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole. Hāʻawi pū ka ʻōpala o nā ponies i nā meaʻai no ka lepo o ka mokupuni a kākoʻo i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu.
Pehea e noho like ai na Ponies a me Grey Sila
ʻO nā ponies a me nā sila hina ma Sable Island kahi pilina kūikawā. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā sila e kau ana ma kahakai i ka wā e ʻai ana nā ponies ma kahi kokoke. ʻOiai ke noiʻi nei nā pony i nā sila, noho pū lākou me ka maluhia. He kōkua nō hoʻi ka ʻai ʻana o nā ponies i ka mālama ʻana i ke kahakai e pono ai nā sila no ka hānau ʻana.
Ka hopena o nā poni i ka heluna manu
He paʻakikī ka hopena o ka Sable Island Ponies i ka heluna manu. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, hana ka ʻai ʻana o nā ponies i nā mosaic like ʻole o nā mea kanu e hoʻolako i kahi noho no nā ʻano manu he nui. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hiki i nā ponies ke hehi i nā pūnana a hoʻopilikia i nā manu hānai. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ua manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi ka hopena o nā ponies i ka heluna manu, no ka mea, hoʻonui lākou i kahi noho ma mua o ka luku ʻana.
Ka Pili o na Poni me na Sila Awa
ʻAʻole maopopo ka pilina ma waena o nā Sable Island Ponies a me nā sila awa ma mua o ko lākou pilina me nā sila hina. Manaʻo ʻia hiki i nā ponies ke hopu i nā sila o ke awa ʻōpio, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi i ka lehulehu holoʻokoʻa.
Ka launa pū ʻana o nā Poni me nā Coyotes
He mea ʻaihue koʻikoʻi ʻo Coyotes ma ka mokupuni ʻo Sable a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e pio i nā ponies. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā ponies ke pale aku iā lākou iho i nā coyotes a ua ʻike ʻia ke alualu ʻana iā lākou.
ʻO nā Ponie a me nā ʻano ʻano Invasive
ʻO ka mokupuni ʻo Sable ka home o nā ʻano ʻano invasive, me ka mauʻu kahakai ʻEulopa a me ka knotweed Iapana. Ua ʻike ʻia ka Sable Island Ponies e ʻai ana ma luna o kēia mau mea kanu invasive, e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou laha ʻana a pale iā lākou mai ka hoʻokūkū ʻana i nā mea kanu maoli.
ʻO nā Ponie a me nā Mokupuni Sable
ʻO ka Mokupuni ʻo Sable ka home o kahi heluna kanaka kūʻokoʻa o nā spiders i kapa ʻia ʻo Sable Island Spiders. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kēia mau spider ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua a manaʻo ʻia ua ulu aʻe ma ka mokupuni. ʻAʻole maopopo ka pilina ma waena o nā pūnana a me nā ponies, ʻoiai ua manaʻo ʻia e hopu nā ponies i kekahi manawa.
ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā Poni Sable Island a me ko lākou mau hoalauna holoholona hihiu
Ke kū nei nā Sable Island Ponies a me ko lākou mau hoalauna holoholona i nā mea hoʻoweliweli, e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ka nalowale ʻana o ka noho ʻana, a me ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā ʻano ʻano invasive hou. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiaola kūʻokoʻa o ka mokupuni a me ka hōʻoia i hiki ke hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana o nā poni a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe.
Panina
ʻO ka Sable Island Ponies kahi hiʻohiʻona hoihoi o ka hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā holoholona i ko lākou kaiapuni i ka manawa. ʻO kā lākou pilina me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe ma ka mokupuni ʻo Sable he paʻakikī a he nui nā ʻano, me nā hopena maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou e aʻo hou e pili ana i kēia kaiaola kūʻokoʻa, pono mākou e hana e pale iā ia no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.