UMary Allen
Ngokuqhelekileyo, xa ucinga ngezinja ezindlongondlongo, ucinga ngeentlobo ezifana ne-Pit Bulls, i-American Staffordshire Terriers, okanye i-Rottweilers - kodwa amaxesha amaninzi siphawula ukukhonkotha okukhohlakeleyo okanye ukuluma kwezinja ezincinci. Kodwa kutheni oku kunjalo?
Wonke umntu uyabazi - amagxolo anezothe, apho kunye nezinja ezinkulu epakini zigcina ngentlonelo. Kwaye inokungqinwa ngokwesayensi: Kuphononongo luka-2008, abaphandi babuza abanini bezinja ezingaphezu kwe-30 iintlobo ezahlukeneyo malunga nobundlongondlongo babahlobo babo abanemilenze emine. Isiphumo: I-Chihuahuas kunye ne-Dachshunds zibonise i-avareji engaphezulu kwe-avareji yokuziphatha ndlongo ebantwini nakwezinye izinja.
Kodwa kutheni izinja ezincinci zihlala zindlongondlongo? Izazinzulu nazo zixhalabile ngoku. Akukho mpendulo inye kulo mbuzo, kodwa kukho iingcamango ezahlukeneyo.
Ngaba izinja ezincinci ziyoyika ngakumbi?
Enye ingcaciso isekelwe kwingcinga yokuba izinja ezincinci zinokuziva zisengozini ngenxa yobukhulu bazo obuncinci kwaye ngoko ke zixhalabile ngokukodwa, kuchaza uJames Serpell weYunivesithi yasePennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine to Live Science.
Baza kuba nemvakalelo yokuba bafuna ukuzikhusela, kwaye ke baya kugquma kwaye bagqume ngakumbi ekuzikhuseleni kunabalingane babo abakhulu.
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Enye ithiyori icebisa ukuba izinja ezincinci zinoburhalarhume ngenxa yokuziphatha kwabaninizo. “Abanini bazala izinja zabantwana kwaye bazibona njengeentsana ezingenakuzinceda,” utsho uSerpell. Abanini abaninzi baya kukhusela abahlobo babo abancinci abanemilenze emine kakhulu.
Kodwa yiloo nto ebenza babe ndlongondlongo. Ukuba izinja azifundi ukuziphatha kakuhle kwezinye izinja, aziyi kukwazi ukumelana neemeko ezinoxinzelelo kunye nezinye izinja - kwaye ziya kuqalisa ukugxusha xa ziva uxinzelelo.
Ngaba izinja ezincinci zinoburhalarhume ngakumbi ngenxa yohlobo?
Nangona kunjalo, ukuzala ezinye iintlobo kunokwenza umahluko xa kuziwa kubundlobongela bezinja ezincinci, utshilo uSerpell. Isazinzulu sithi: “Ukuba uhlaselwa yiChihuahua, ngokuqinisekileyo imiphumo iba mibi kakhulu kunokuba uhlaselwe yi<em>Great Dane okanye iHusky yaseSiberia.
Ngamanye amazwi: Ekubeni izinja ezincinci ziyingozi kakhulu kunezinja ezinkulu, thina bantu asizange sikhathalele ukuzala iimpawu ezinobundlobongela ezivela kwizinja ezincinci kwiwaka leminyaka - kodwa sinazo ezinkulu.
Ngaba Ubundlongondlongo Kwimfuza?
Kodwa izazinzulu zirhanela ukuba ubundlongondlongo bezinja busenokuba bubangelwa yimfuza. Ngoko kutheni izinja ezincinci zihlala zindlongondlongo? Kwi-2016, uSerpell kunye noogxa ababini bakwazi ukubonisa ukuba kukho unxibelelwano phakathi kokuziphatha okukhohlakeleyo kunye ne-gene yokukhula ejongene nokugcina ubukhulu bezinja. Ubudlelwane bunokuthi bube ngengozi, kodwa uphando lubonise ukuba izinja ezincinci zidla ngokuba ndlongondlongo ekuziphatheni.
Xa kuthelekiswa nezinja ezinkulu, izinja ezincinci zoyika kakhulu ukwahlukana, zikhonkotha ngakumbi, kwaye ziyakwazi ukungahambi. Oku kuxhasa ithiyori yokuba ukuziphatha ngobundlobongela kunokuba yimfuza, utshilo uSerpell. Ngokomgaqo, nangona kunjalo, zone iithiyori nazo zinokudlala indima.
Ngendlela: ubungakanani ayisiyiyo yodwa impawu zomzimba ezinxulumene nobundlongondlongo. Uphononongo luka-2013 lubonisa ukuba izinja ezinemilenze emifutshane zinokuboyika abantu abangabaziyo kwaye ziyakwazi ukuziphatha ndlongondlongo kubanini bazo.