UMary Allen
Okwaqala ngempela njengesixazululo sokumisa phakathi nezinkinga zomnotho sekuthuthuke kwaba yibhizinisi elinenzuzo lika-Leslie Citroen eminyakeni eyishumi edlule: uthengisa izinkukhu. Kodwa hhayi epulazini ezweni, kodwa maphakathi neSilicon Valley, isikhungo somkhakha wezobuchwepheshe eCalifornia. Engxoxweni, utshela uPetReader ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani.
Uma ufaka i-hashtag ethi #backyardchickens ku-Instagram, uzothola okuthunyelwe okucishe kube yisigidi - isilinganiso esihle sokuthi into ethile iwumkhuba wangempela.
Izinkukhu ziyi-All Rage eCalifornia
U-Leslie Citroen, kanye nenkampani yakhe "i-Mill Valley Chickens", ebambe ngokugcwele i-zeitgeist, ufake isandla ekwenzeni izinkukhu engadini yakho ethandwa kakhulu kunangaphambili. U-Leslie, ophinde abizwe ngokuthi “I-Chicken Whisperer”, uzalanisa futhi udayise izinkukhu endaweni yase-San Francisco Bay Area - khona kanye lapho abantu abasemikhakheni ye-IT kanye nezobuchwepheshe obuphezulu benza izigidi. Kuhlangana kanjani lokho?
“Abantu balapha bafunde kakhulu futhi bayazi kahle imiphumela emibi yokulima efekthri, bafuna ukulawula ukudla kwabo futhi bazizwe benecala elincane,” kuchaza uLeslie engxoxweni noDeineTierwelt. Amaqanda aphuma ezinkukhuni zakho ezijabulile ahambisana kahle.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yesomiso, akuseyona i-chic ukuchelela utshani obuluhlaza, futhi abantu baseCalifornia manje basebenzisa indawo ezungeze indlu yabo ngokuhlukile - njengendlu yezinkukhu, isibonelo.
Inkukhu ewubukhazikhazi nge-$500
Uma usuqalile, lo mkhuba usakazeka ngokushesha - manje, ngokusho kuka-Leslie, cishe kuyinto evamile ukugcina izinkukhu ngemuva kwendlu. Futhi ibhizinisi lakhe, aliqhuba kanye nezingane zakhe ezimbili, lizuza kakhulu kulokhu ... Amanani awabizayo ngezilwane akunzima ukuwakholelwa.
Nakuba itshwele lithengiswa cishe ngama-dollar angu-50, muva nje lithole okuphindwe kashumi kwenkukhu ekhule ngokugcwele: Izinkukhu zalo eziwubukhazikhazi manje sezibiza ama-dollar angu-500 ngokuziqhenya!
“Iningi lamakhasimende ami anemali eningi kunesikhathi,” kusho uLeslie – yingakho encamela ukuthenga izilwane ezindala kunokuzikhulisela wona. Bathanda nezinkukhu ezingavamile, ezingavamile ezibekela amaqanda anombala. Futhi banayo inani labo.
Kodwa lokhu kungaphezu nje kophawu lwesikhundla: “Abantu banezinto ezibonakalayo eziningi ezindlini zabo, bafuna ukuphinde bathole okuthile okungokoqobo.”
“Izinkukhu ziyizidalwa ezinobungane ezinobuntu obunamandla”
Ngaphambi kokuthi abantu baseSilicon Valley banqume ukugcina izinkukhu, noma kunjalo, kufanele bacabangele izinto ezimbalwa futhi uLeslie Citroen unombono webhizinisi olungele nalokhu: ama-workshops abanikazi besikhathi esizayo bezilwane ezibalulekile, lapho bafunda khona konke mayelana nezinkukhu kanye nelungelo. ukugcina izimo.
Abantu abanesithakazelo bahlale bemangala ukuthi hlobo luni lwezilwane ezinobungane ngendlela emangalisayo izinkukhu zigcwele ubuntu, uhleka uLeslie. Isihloko esingajabulisi kakhulu izilwane eziningi ezidla ezinye zemvelo ezikhona e-California: ama-coyotes, ama-raccoon, oklebe, nama-lynx. Ngakho-ke, izinkukhu zidinga indawo ephephile futhi evikelekile ebusuku.
Yiqiniso, kukhona nesixazululo salokhu: izindlu zezinkukhu zikanokusho ezivame ukubiza izinkulungwane zamaRandi enguqulweni yazo yokunethezeka. Ngaphandle kwaleli bhizinisi elihle, izinkukhu zicebisa uLeslie nomkhaya wakhe kwamanye amazinga amaningi: “Izinkukhu ziyizilwane ezifuywayo ezimangalisayo, ezihlakaniphile, ukusebenza nazo kwangenza ngalizwela kakhulu iqiniso lokuthi akulungile ngathi bantu, izilwane ezimbi ukwelapha.”
Ngakho-ke ibhizinisi elisha kanye nothando olusha lwezilwane nendawo ezungezile kuyimiphumela yombono ophambene owaqala ndawana thize engadini eCalifornia…