Mary Allen
No ka ʻohana pōpoki ka leopadi hau. ʻO ia ka pōpoki liʻiliʻi a māmā loa. ʻAʻole ka leopadi hau he leopadi kūikawā, ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei ka inoa. He ʻano ʻokoʻa ʻo ia. Noho ʻo ia ma nā mauna ma mua o ka leopadi.
ʻO kona hulu he hina a ʻeleʻele paha me nā kiko ʻeleʻele. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia i ka hau a me nā pōhaku. ʻOi loa kona hulu a hāʻawi i ka pale maikaʻi loa i ke anu. Ke ulu nei ka lauoho ma nā kapuaʻi. Nui loa nā wāwae. Ua emi iho ʻo ia i ka hau me he mea lā e komo ana ʻo ia i nā kāmaʻa hau.
Noho nā leopards hau ma nā mauna Himalaya a puni. He nui ka hau a me nā pōhaku, akā, ʻo nā ʻāina ʻōpala a me nā ululāʻau coniferous. Noho kiʻekiʻe loa kekahi o lākou, a hiki i 6,000 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Pono ke kanaka e hoʻomaʻamaʻa liʻiliʻi i hiki ke hoʻomanawanui ma muli o ke ea lahilahi o luna.
Pehea ka noho ʻana o nā leopard hau?
He maikaʻi loa nā leopard hau i ka piʻi ʻana ma luna o nā pōhaku. Hoʻokele lākou i nā lele lōʻihi loa, no ka laʻana i ka wā e lanakila ai lākou i kahi māwae o ka pōhaku. Akā hoʻokahi mea hiki ʻole iā lākou ke hana: uwē. ʻAʻole hiki i kona ʻāʻī ke hana pēlā. Hoʻokaʻawale kēia iā lākou mai nā leopadi.
He mehameha ka leopards hau. He ʻāina nui ka leopadi hau nona iho, ma muli o ka nui o nā holoholona pio. Eia kekahi laʻana, ʻekolu wale nō leopards hau hiki ke hoʻokomo i kahi ʻāpana e like me ka nui o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Luxembourg. Hōʻailona lākou i ko lākou ʻāina me nā ʻōpala, nā ʻōpala, a me kahi ʻala kūikawā.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka leopards hau e hele i waho a i ka pō. I kēia mau lā, ʻike mākou e hele pinepine lākou i ka hahai holoholona i ke ao, a me ka manawa ma waena, ʻo ia hoʻi i ke ahiahi. ʻImi lākou i ke ana pōhaku e hiamoe ai a hoʻomaha paha. Inā hoʻomaha pinepine lākou ma kahi hoʻokahi, e hana ʻia kahi papa palupalu a mehana o ko lākou lauoho e like me ka moena.
Huli nā leopard hau i nā kao hihiu a me nā hipa, ibex, marmots, a me nā lapiti. Aka, o na puaa hihiu, na dia a me na gazelle, na manu, a me na holoholona e ae kekahi o lakou. Ma kahi kokoke i na kanaka, hopu pu lakou i na hipa a me na kao, na ioka, na hoki, na lio, a me na bipi. Ma waena naʻe, makemake lākou i nā ʻāpana o nā mea kanu, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lālā o kekahi mau lāʻau.
Ua hui wale nā kāne a me nā wahine i ka male ma waena o Ianuali a me Malaki. He ʻokoʻa kēia no nā pōpoki nunui no ka mea ʻaʻole makemake nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kahi kau. I mea e loaʻa ai kekahi i kekahi, hoʻonoho lākou i nā hōʻailona ʻala a kāhea kekahi i kekahi.
Mākaukau wale ka wahine e male no hoʻokahi pule. Hāpai ʻo ia i kāna mau holoholona ʻōpio i loko o kona ʻōpū no ʻekolu mahina. Hānau ʻo ia i ʻelua a ʻekolu ʻōpiopio. ʻO ke kaumaha o kēlā me kēia ma kahi o 450 grams, e like paha ke kaumaha me ʻehā a ʻelima mau pahu kokoleka. I ka hoʻomaka, inu lākou i ka waiū mai ko lākou makuahine.
Pilikia anei ka hau leopards?
ʻO nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe koʻikoʻi o nā leopards hau he ʻīlio, a ma kekahi mau wahi he leopards. Hakaka laua no ka ai. ʻO nā leopard hau i kekahi manawa e loaʻa i ka rabies a i ʻole i loaʻa i nā parasites. He mau holoholona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi kēia i hiki ke hoʻomoe i ka hulu a i ʻole ma ka ʻāpana ʻai.
Eia naʻe, ʻo ke kanaka ka ʻenemi ʻino loa. Makemake nā poachers e hopu i nā ʻili a kūʻai aku. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kālā nui me nā iwi. Manaʻo ʻia lākou he lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa ma Kina. I kekahi manawa, pana nā mahiʻai i nā leopa hau no ka pale ʻana i kā lākou mau holoholona.
No laila, hāʻule nui ka nui o nā leopards hau. A laila mālama ʻia lākou a mahuahua hou. I kēia lā aia ma kahi o 5,000 a 6,000 hau leopards hou. Ua emi iho ia ma kahi o 100 makahiki aku nei. ʻAʻole pilikia nā leopards hau, akā ua helu ʻia lākou he "Vulnerable". No laila aia nō ʻoe i ka pilikia.