UMary Allen
I-greyhound iyisibonelo se-sighthound futhi ingesinye sezilwane zasemhlabeni ezishesha kakhulu emhlabeni. Inja yokuzingela yangaphambili yazuza impumelelo enkulu emjahweni we-greyhound, kodwa ngeshwa, indawo yokubheja yaba yingozi ezinjeni eziningi. I-greyhound ende, ezondile ingaphezu nje komsubathi. Ngenxa yemvelo yayo ezolile nobungane, i-Briton ingumngane ovumelana nezimo kanye nenja yomndeni ekahle.
#1 I-greyhound akuyona nje enye yezilwane zasemhlabeni ezisheshayo emhlabeni, kodwa futhi ingesinye sezinja ezindala kakhulu zozalo.
Umlando wayo ungalandelelwa emuva ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu. Izinja ezinomusa nezinamandla zivezwe ematsheni amathuna, ezinhlamvu zemali, ezitsheni, noma emidwebeni yomhume evela eMpumalanga Ephakathi eseneminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa ubudala. Ofaro baseGibhithe babenze bacwiliswa izidumbu futhi ngisho nasenganekwaneni kaHomer i-Odyssey, u-Odysseus (800 BC) ubonwa i-greyhound ngemuva kokulwa kwakhe noTroy.
#2 Okhokho benja yozalo, eyavela eGreat Britain, yavela ngekhulu le-4 BC.
BC, ephelezelwa abokufika baseCeltic, baya eBritish Isles. Lapho, izinja ezihlonishwa kakhulu zazigcinelwe izicukuthwane kuphela. Inkosi yaseNgilandi uCanute yakhipha izijeziso ezinzima kunoma yimuphi umuntu ovamile owayebanjwe ne-greyhound. Inkosi yaseWales uHowel yaze yakhipha isigwebo sentambo ngokubulala i-greyhound ekhulwini le-10. Izicukuthwane zamaNgisi zatshala imali eningi nesikhathi ekuzaleni lezi zingwevu ezizingelayo ezihehayo. I-Greyhound ingenye yezinhlobo ezimbalwa zezinja eziye zakhuliswa ngokuhlelekile amakhulu eminyaka.
#3 Lapho uhlelo lwezicukuthwane lwamaNgisi lushintsha kakhulu ekhulwini le-16 futhi abacebile abangezona izikhulu bakwazi ukugcina nokuzalanisa izinja ezibalulekile, ukuzalanisa kwandiswa nakakhulu.
Eyakhelwe ukujaha imidlalo ebukhoma, ama-greyhound nawo asetshenziselwe imijaho yezinja kusukela phakathi nekhulu le-16. Nakuba izinja ziqala ukugijima endaweni evulekile, kamuva zagijima emijahweni emise okweqanda eyayinikeza izethameli ithuba lokulandela izinja kuwo wonke umjaho. Ekuqaleni okwakuhloselwe ukuzijabulisa okudumile, umjaho we-greyhound washeshe wakhula waba imboni yemijaho yezigidigidi zamadola aneziteki zokubheja ezesabekayo.