nguDenise Oliver Velez, Januwari 21, 2018, I-Daily Kos.
Inqwaba yamagobolondo ezikhali kanye nodaka esiqhingini saseVieques, ePuerto Rico (Isibambiso, i-Al Jazeera.)
Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi ingxenye ehlala abantu base-United States of America yayisetshenziswa njengendawo yemidlalo yempi yezempi kanye nanjengebanga lokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu amashumi amaningi eminyaka. Lesi kwakuyisiphetho sezakhamuzi zaseziqhingini zase Vieques futhi Culebra, okungomasipala bendawo yase-US yasePuerto Rico, izakhamuzi zakhona ziyizakhamuzi zase-US.
Ngo-Okthoba 19, 1999, owayengumbusi wasePuerto Rico, UPedro Rosselló wafakaza ngaphambi a Ukulalelwa kwekomiti leSenate Armed Services Committee futhi waphetha amazwi akhe anamandla ngala mazwi:
Thina, abantu basePuerto Rico, asilona neze iqembu lokuqala lezakhamizi zaseMelika ezidlule esikoleni sentando yeningi lokungqongqoza kabuhlungu futhi zafunda leso sifundo esibuhlungu. Mnu. Sihlalo, sifisela iNavy yethu okuhle kodwa. Siyabazisa ubuchwepheshe bayo.Siyakwamukela njengomakhelwane wethu. Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngezinkulungwane ngezinkulungwane zabantu basePuerto Rican abaphendule ucingo lwabo lokusiza ukuvikela imbangela yenkululeko emhlabeni jikelele. Futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi imizwa yami yabelwa abantu abaningi basePuerto Rican yonke indawo, okuhlanganisa nama-Vieques. Angiqiniseki kancane, nokho, ukuthi thina, abantu basePuerto Rico, sithweswe iziqu kubukholoniyali. Ngeke siphinde sikubekezelele ukuxhashazwa kobukhulu kanye nobubanzi obufana nakho okungekho mphakathi kunoma yisiphi izifundazwe ezingama-50 oyoke ucelwe ukubekezelela.
Ngeke siphinde sikubekezelele ukuhlukunyezwa okunjalo. Hhayi iminyaka engama-60, futhi hhayi izinyanga ezingama-60, noma izinsuku ezingama-60, amahora angama-60, noma imizuzu engama-60. Lokhu kungase kube indaba yakudala yokuthi kungase kuqhathanise kwesokudla. Futhi thina bantu basePuerto Rico sizinike amandla okusekela isizathu esilungile.
Sithembela kuNkulunkulu, futhi sithembele kuNkulunkulu, sizokwenza ukuthi omakhelwane bethu e-Vieques babusiswe ekugcineni ngesithembiso saseMelika sempilo, inkululeko kanye nokuphishekela injabulo.
Imibhikisho yaqeda imidlalo yempi eCulebra ngo-1975, kodwa imisebenzi yezempi yaqhubeka e-Vieques kwaze kwaba nguMeyi 1, 2003.
I-Vieques, iCulebra, nePuerto Rico ziyaphinde zihlukunyezwe. Kulokhu, abazange baqhunyiswe ngamabhomu amasosha ase-US. Esikhundleni salokho, bahlaselwa yiziphepho ezibuyela emuva u-Irma noMaria, futhi ukuhlukunyezwa kube yimpendulo yobudedengu kahulumeni wase-US oholwa nguDonald Trump.
Uma kubhekwa ukusakazwa obala kwesiphepho sasePuerto Rico ngabezindaba bethu abakhulu, ukwehluleka ukubeka lokho okutholakala kumongo womlando, kanye nokuntuleka kwemfundo jikelele mayelana nomlando wasePuerto Rico nowasePuerto Rico lapha ezweni, namuhla sizodingida kabanzi. Vieques—isikhathi sayo esidlule, samanje nekusasa layo.
Kuvidiyo engenhla, uRobert Rabin uyanikeza umlando omfushane we-Vieques.
Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi i-Vieques yahlalwa okokuqala aboMdabu baseMelika abavela eNingizimu Melika eminyakeni engaba ngu-1500 ngaphambi kokuba uChristopher Columbus abeke unyawo ePuerto Rico ngo-1493. Ngemva kwempi emfushane phakathi kwamaNdiya endawo nabaseSpain, abaseSpain bathatha izintambo kulesi siqhingi, bashintsha abantu bendawo. ezigqileni zabo. Ngo-1811, uDon Salvador Melendez, owayengumbusi wasePuerto Rico ngaleso sikhathi, wathumela umkhuzi wamasosha uJuan Rosello ukuthi aqale lokho kamuva okwaba ukunqotshwa kweVieques ngabantu basePuerto Rico. Ngo-1816, uVieques wavakashelwa uSimón Bolívar. UTeofilo Jose Jaime UMaria Gillou, owaziwa njengomsunguli weVieques njengedolobha, wafika ngo-1823, okuphawula isikhathi soshintsho lwezomnotho nezenhlalo esiqhingini saseVieques.
Engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu le-19, iVieques yathola izinkulungwane zabokufika abamnyama abafika bezosiza emasimini oshukela. Abanye babo beza njengezigqila, abanye beza ngokwabo ukuze bathole imali eyengeziwe. Iningi labo lalivela eziqhingini eziseduze zaseSt Thomas, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Croix nezinye izizwe eziningi zaseCaribbean.
Ngawo-1940 amasosha ase-United States athenga u-60% wendawo yase-Vieques okuhlanganisa amapulazi nezitshalo zikashukela kubantu bendawo, nabo abasala bengenazo izinketho zokuqashwa futhi abaningi baphoqeleka ukuba bathuthele ezweni lasePuerto Rico naseSt. Croix ukuze babheke. ezezindlu nemisebenzi. Ngemva kwalokho, amasosha ase-United States asebenzisa i-Vieques njengezizathu zokuhlola amabhomu, imicibisholo nezinye izikhali.
Abaningi benu bake babona izithombe zempi yamasosha ase-US ebonisa ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu "kwezitha." Kodwa-ke, lesi siqeshana sibonisa ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwe-Vieques phakathi "nemidlalo yempi," ngokuvamile kusetshenziswa bukhoma ammo. "E-Vieques, i-Navy iqhuba i-North Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, enye yezindawo ezinkulu zokuqeqesha izikhali emhlabeni."
60 Amaminithi (bona ividiyo exhunyiwe) wenze okukhethekile okubizwa ngokuthi “Ukuqhuma kwe-Vieques. "
I-Vieques ngokuvamile iyindawo ethule. Ngasogwini olusempumalanga yePuerto Rico, iyisiqhingi esincane esinabantu abangaba ngu-9,000, ikakhulukazi izakhamizi zaseMelika.
Kodwa konke akukhona ukuthula: Amasosha Asolwandle aphethe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zesiqhingi futhi kule minyaka engu-50 edlule sisebenzisa ingxenye yalelo zwe njalo njengendawo yokuzilolonga ukuze aqeqeshe amasosha alo ukuthi asebenzise izikhali.
Ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba weNavy iyindawo eyisivikelo phakathi kwezakhamuzi kanye nohlu lwamabhomu endaweni esempumalanga. Lelo phuzu ukuphela kwendawo e-Atlantic lapho Ibutho Lempi Lamanzi lingazijwayeza khona ukuhlasela okuhlanganisa ukuhlala olwandle, ukuqhuma kwezibhamu zasolwandle kanye nokuhlasela komoya.
Kodwa izakhamuzi zakulesi siqhingi zithi ukuhlala endaweni eyi-quasi-war zone kuyilimaze kakhulu indawo nempilo yabo.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ukube lokhu bekwenzeka eManhattan, noma ukube bekwenzeka eSivini sikaMartha, izithunywa zalezo zifundazwe bezizoqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu ngeke kuqhubeke," kusho uMbusi wasePuerto Rican uPedro Rossello.
Kodwa ngaphandle kwe-Vieques, i-Navy ngeke ikwazi ukuqeqesha amasosha ayo ngendlela efanele, kusho u-Rear Admiral William Fallon, umkhuzi we-Atlantic Fleet. “Kumayelana nobungozi bokulwa,” kusho yena.
“Isizathu esenza ukuthi senze izifundo zokucisha umlilo yingoba sidinga ukulungiselela abantu bakithi leli thuba, lokhu okwenzekayo,” eqhubeka.
“Uma singakwenzi, sibabeka engcupheni eqondile kakhulu,” kusho yena. "Kungakho kubaluleke kakhulu kuButho Lamasosha Amanzi nasesizweni."
IPuerto Rico yagunyaza ucwaningo ngomonakalo futhi yaqasha ochwepheshe beziqhumane uRick Stauber noJames Barton ukuba bahlole isiqhingi. La madoda amabili athi kukhona “uxhaxha olubanzi” lwezikhali ezingaqhunyiswanga ezisabalele esiqhingini naphansi kolwandle nxazonke zaso.
Le dokhumentari ichaza ngenguquko yenhlangano yokubhikisha. Inesihloko I-Vieques: Ifanele Yonke Ingxenye Yomzabalazo, kusukela UMary Patierno on Vimeo.
Ngawo-1940 i-US Navy yaphuca ingxenye enkulu yesiqhingi esincane sase-Vieques, e-Puerto Rico futhi yakha indawo yokuhlola neyokuqeqesha izikhali. Iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayisithupha izakhamizi bezihlale zibambene ku-23% kuphela wesiqhingi, ziphakathi kwedepho yezikhali nohla lwamabhomu.
Iminyaka eminingi, iqembu elincane lezishoshovu liphikisana nokuhlolwa kwamabhomu okuvamile kweNavy kanye nokuhlola kwabo ngezinhlelo zezikhali ezintsha e-Vieques. Kodwa umzabalazo wokulwa noMbutho Wamasosha Amanzi awuzange udonse amehlo abantu abaningi kwaze kwaba ngu-April 19, 1999 lapho u-David Sanes Rodríguez, unogada esizindeni, ebulawa lapho amabhomu amabili ayengamaphawundi angu-500 ayedubule kabi eqhuma endaweni yakhe. Ukushona kukaSanes kwavuselela umnyakazo owawumelene nezempi futhi kwavutha izinkanuko zabantu basePuerto Rican kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila.
I-Vieques: Ifanele Yonke Ingxenye Yomzabalazo ibhala indaba efana nekaDavide noGoliyati yezakhamuzi zase-Vieques kanye nokuguqulwa okunokuthula komphakathi ngokumelene nezingqinamba ezinkulu.
I-Christian Science Monitor ibe nale ndaba echaza ukuthi kanjani "I-Pentagon Isebenzise Isiqhingi SaseVieques Ukuqeqeshelwa Amashumi Amashumi Amashumi Eminyaka, Kodwa Ukufa Kwebhomu Ngengozi Kubangele Ukuthukuthela.":
I-US Navy ingase ilahlekelwe inkundla yokuqeqesha uNdunankulu ngemuva kokwehluleka ukushweleza kuhulumeni nezakhamuzi zasePuerto Rico. Umasipala wasesiqhingini wase-Vieques, owathengwa yi-US ngeminyaka yawo-1940 ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-1.5, uthathwa njengendawo ekahle yokuhlasela okulingisa komhlabathi nomoya ngamabhomu aphilayo. Kepha kulandela ukushona ngengozi kulo nyaka kwesakhamuzi sasesiqhingini, izikhulu zasePuerto Rican kungenzeka zivimbe i-Navy and Marines ekwenzeni izivivinyo ezengeziwe. Ingxabano iphakamisa izinsolo zokuthi iPentagon ihlukumeze iPuerto Rico, izakhamizi zase-US ezingenalo ilungelo lokuvota noma lokumelwa eWashington.
UCharles Kamasaki weNational Council of La Raza, okuyinhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu eWashington, uthi: “Akukho ndawo ezifundazweni ezingu-50 lapho ungavivinya khona amasosha njengaseVieques.
Abagxeki basola iNavy ngokusebenzisa izimiso ezibukhoma eduze kakhulu nezakhamuzi kanye nokwephula isivumelwano sango-1983 sokunciphisa ukuzivocavoca endaweni yokudubula. I-Pentagon ivumile ukuthi isebenzisa i-uranium-depleted bullets, i-napalm, namabhomu eqoqo. Okungenani ucwaningo olulodwa lubike ukuthi izakhamuzi zaseVieques zinezinga eliphezulu kakhulu lomdlavuza kunabanye abantu basePuerto Rican - icala iNavy eliphikayo.
Okubalulekile esihlokweni yilokhu:
Ukunyakaza kwe-Vieques akuzange kugqugquzelwe kwaze kwaba ngu-Ephreli 19, lapho umshayeli weNavy elahla amabhomu amabili angama-500, kwashona unogada ongaziwa esisekelweni kwalimala abane. Ingozi isolwa ngamaphutha omshayeli wendiza nezokuxhumana.
Kusukela lapho, ababhikishi bakanise ohlangeni kanti iNavy kudingeke ukuthi imise ukusebenza. Njalo ngoMgqibelo, ababhikishi abangaba ngu-300 baba nomlindelo ngaphandle kwendawo eyodwa yamasosha. “Lapho Umbutho Wamasosha Asolwandle uthatha isinyathelo esilandelayo, sizothatha isinyathelo sethu esilandelayo,” kusho u-Oscar Ortiz, isisebenzi senyunyana. “Uma befuna ukusibopha, sizilungiselele. Kuzofanele babophe bonke abantu basePuerto Rico.”
Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe, ngiphakamisa ukuthi ufunde Amandla Ezempi Nombhikisho Odumile: Ibutho Lamanzi Lase-US e-Vieques, e-Puerto Rico, ngu-Katherine T. McCaffrey.
Izakhamuzi zase-Vieques, isiqhingi esincane esingasogwini olusempumalanga ye-Puerto Rico, zihlala zibambene phakathi kwedepho yezinhlamvu kanye nohla lwamabhomu olwenziwa bukhoma e-US Navy. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1940 lapho umbutho wezempi wasolwandle uthatha indawo engaphezu kwezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zesiqhingi, izakhamuzi ziye zazabalaza ukuphila phakathi kokuduma kwamabhomu kanye nokuduma komlilo wezikhali. Njengesizinda samasosha e-Okinawa, e-Japan, lesi sikhungo sidonse imibhikisho evuthayo yabahlali abaphonsele inselelo ukuphepha kwe-US phesheya kwezilwandle. Ngo-1999, lapho isisebenzi sendawo esingaphansi kwesizinda sibulawa ibhomu elahlekile, i-Vieques yaphinde yaqhuma emibhikishweni ehlanganise amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu futhi yashintsha lesi siqhingi esincane saseCaribbean saba yisilungiselelo sembangela yamazwe ngamazwe i-célèbre.
U-Katherine T. McCaffrey unikeza ukuhlaziywa okuphelele kobudlelwane obunzima phakathi kwe-US Navy nezakhamuzi zasesiqhingini. Uhlola izihloko ezinjengomlando wokubandakanyeka kwezempi zase-US e-Vieques; ukugqugquzelwa ngabadobi okwaqala ngeminyaka yawo-1970; indlela umbutho wezempi wasolwandle owathembisa ngayo ukuthuthukisa ukuphila kwezakhamuzi zasesiqhingini futhi wehluleka; kanye nokuvela kwanamuhla kwesishoshovu sezombangazwe esiye saphonsela inselelo amandla asolwandle.
Udaba lwase-Vieques luveza ukukhathazeka okukhulu ngaphakathi kwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US edlulela ngale kwePuerto Rico: izizinda zamasosha phesheya zisebenza njengezinduku zombani zokuzwelana namaMelika, ngaleyo ndlela zisongele lesi sithombe nezintshisekelo zamazwe aphesheya. Ngokuhlaziya lobu budlelwano obuthile obuphikisanayo, le ncwadi iphinda ihlole izifundo ezibalulekile mayelana nekoloniyalizim kanye ne-postcolonialism kanye nobudlelwano be-United States namazwe lapho igcina khona izisekelo zezempi.
Ngokushesha phambili emiphumeleni yeminyaka yokusebenza kwezempi. Ngo-2013 u-Al Jazeera wathumela lesi sihloko, ebuza ukuthi “Ingabe umdlavuza, izinkinga zokuzalwa, nezifo kuyifa elihlala njalo lokusetshenziswa kwezikhali zase-US esiqhingini sasePuerto Rican?”
Abantu baseziqhingini bahlushwa amazinga aphezulu kakhulu omdlavuza nezinye izifo kunayo yonke iPuerto Rico, into abathi ibangelwa amashumi eminyaka okusetshenziswa kwezikhali. Kodwa umbiko okhishwe ngoMashi yi-US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), inhlangano yombuso ephethe ukuphenya ngezinto ezinobuthi, uthe ayikutholi ukuxhumana okunjalo.
“Abantu baseVieques bagula kakhulu, hhayi ngoba bezalwa begula, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi umphakathi wakubo wawugula ngenxa yezizathu eziningi, futhi okunye okubaluleke kakhulu ukungcola ababekukhona iminyaka engaphezu kuka-60. Laba bantu banezinga eliphezulu lomdlavuza, umfutho wegazi ophakeme, ukwehluleka kwezinso,” uCarmen Ortiz-Roque, udokotela wezifo eziwumshayabhuqe kanye nodokotela wokubelethisa, etshela i-Al Jazeera.” ePuerto Rico…. Amaphesenti angu-27 abesifazane baseVieques esibafunde babene-mercury eyanele ukubangela ukulimala kwezinzwa enganeni yabo engakazalwa,” wengeza.
I-Vieques inezinga eliphezulu elingamaphesenti angu-30 lomdlavuza kunalo lonke elasePuerto Rico, futhi cishe izikhathi ezine izinga lomfutho wegazi ophakeme.
“Lapha kukhona lonke uhlobo lomdlavuza – umdlavuza wamathambo, izimila. Umdlavuza wesikhumba. Konke. Sibe nabangane abaxilongwa futhi ezinyangeni ezimbili noma ezintathu kamuva, bayashona. Lena imidlavuza ehlasela kakhulu,” kusho uCarmen Valencia, weVieques Women’s Alliance. I-Vieques inokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuyisisekelo kuphela nomtholampilo wokubeletha kanye negumbi eliphuthumayo. Azikho izinsiza zokwelapha ngamakhemikhali, futhi abagulayo kufanele bahambe amahora ngamahora ngesikebhe noma ngendiza ukuze bathole ukwelashwa.Ukudla kwasolwandle, okuyingxenye ebalulekile yokudla - okwenza cishe amaphesenti angama-40 okudla okudliwa esiqhingini, nakho kusengozini.
“Sinezinsalela zamabhomu nezinto ezingcolisa amakhorali, futhi kusobala ukuthi lolo hlobo lokungcola ludlulela kuma-crustaceans, ezinhlanzini, luye ezinhlanzini ezinkulu esizidlayo ekugcineni. Lezo zinsimbi ezisindayo ezigcwala kakhulu zingadala umonakalo kanye nomdlavuza kubantu,” kuchaza u-Elda Guadalupe, usosayensi wezemvelo.
In 2016 I-Atlantic kwadingeka lolu hlelo lokusebenza"Inkinga Yezempilo Engabonakali YasePuerto Rico":
Ngenani labantu ezungeze i-9,000, i-Vieques iyikhaya lamanye amazinga aphezulu okugula e-Caribbean. NgokukaCruz María Nazario, udokotela wezifo eziwumshayabhuqe e-University of Puerto Rico’s Graduate School of Public Health, abantu abahlala e-Vieques basengozini ephindwe kasishiyagalombili yokufa ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi kanye namathuba aphindwe kasikhombisa okubulala isifo sikashukela kunabanye basePuerto Rico, lapho ukwanda kwalezo zifo kuncintisana namazinga ase-US. Amazinga omdlavuza esiqhingini ephakeme kunalezo ezikunoma yimuphi omunye umasipala wasePuerto Rican.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inani lemibiko noma izifundo, inqobo nje uma uhulumeni wase-US egcina isimo sokufihla nokuphika, ubulungiswa bezemvelo ngeke bube khona.
I-Vieques inezinye izakhamuzi, ikakhulukazi inani lamahhashi asendle.
Izikhulu esiqhingini sasePuerto Rican, i-Vieques, zilwa impi engajwayelekile yokulawula indawo eheha izivakashi osekusondelene nobhubhane esiqhingini, esaziwa kakhulu njengendawo okwakuqhunyiswa kuyo amabhomu ezempi yase-US. Lesi siqhingi esincane sithandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezivakashi, njengoba izivakashi zithutheleka endaweni edume ngayo emanzini aluhlaza acwebezelayo, amahlathi emihlume namahhashi amahle azulazula mahhala. Endaweni engenalutho eduze kwe-500 US dollar-a-night W Retreat & Spa, indoda ephethe isibhamu icupha ezinye zezinsikazi zasendle isiqhingi esidume ngazo. Uhamba kancane uya eqeqebeni lamahhashi ansundu namhlophe, aphakamise ivolovolo nomlilo. Imbila ensundu ikhahlela imilenze yangemuva bese igijima ihambe.
URichard LaDez, umqondisi wezokuphepha we-The Humane Society of the United States, ucosha umcibisholo wokuvimbela inzalo owawa esinqeni sehhashi futhi unika leli qembu isithupha. Amahhashi aqala ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe ngamakholoni aseSpain, asetshenziswa izakhamuzi eziningi zaseVieques's 9,000 ukwenza imisebenzi ethile, ukuyisa izingane esikoleni, ukuthutha abadobi ezikebheni zabo, ukuncintisana emijahweni engekho emthethweni phakathi kwabafana abancane kanye nokuletha abaphuza ebusuku ekhaya. 'bathandwa izivakashi, ezithanda ukuthatha izithombe zabo bedla umango futhi bekitaza emabhishi. Abantu abaningi bendawo bagcina amahhashi abo ezindaweni ezivulekile eduze nolwandle, lapho eklaba khona aze adingeka ngokulandelayo. Ukondla kanye nokukhoselisa ihhashi elivalekile esiqhingini elineholo elimaphakathi elingaphansi kwezi-20,000 zamadola aseMelika ngonyaka akulula ukufinyelela kwabaningi. Amanye amahhashi anezimpawu, amaningi awekho kanti ambalwa avele agijime. Izikhulu zithi ngenxa yalokho, cishe akunakwenzeka ukulawula inani lamahhashi futhi wenze abanikazi bawo balandise uma kwenzeka izinkinga.
Inani labantu selikhule lafinyelela ezilwaneni ezilinganiselwa ku-2,000 2000 ezigqekeza amapayipi amanzi ukuze ziqede ukoma, zishaye amathini kadoti zifuna ukudla futhi zishone ezingozini zezimoto eziye zanda njengoba izivakashi zithutheleka eVieques, eyakhula idumela ngemuva kokuba umbutho wezempi waseMelika uvale amasosha. imisebenzi ekuqaleni kwawo-160. Ephelelwe yithemba, uMeya waseVieques uVictor Emeric wabiza i-Humane Society, eyavuma ukwethula uhlelo lweminyaka emihlanu lokuthumela amaqembu esiqhingini ehlome ngezibhamu ezicindezelwe, izibhamu kanye namakhulu emicibisholo egcwele i-PZP yokuvimbela inzalo. Lolu hlelo luqale ngoNovemba futhi lwadlondlobala ngokuphusha izinsuku ezimbili ngamavolontiya acishe abe yishumi nambili nabasebenzi beHumane Society ngempelasonto yoSuku lukaMartin Luther. Zingaphezu kuka-200,000 izimbila zithutha kanti izikhulu zeHumane Society zithi zilindele ukujova cishe zonke izimbila zithutha ngohlelo lokuvikela ukukhulelwa ekupheleni konyaka. Lolu hlelo luzobiza kufika ku-XNUMX US dollars ngonyaka ukuze luqhube futhi luxhaswa ngokuphelele ngeminikelo.
Abantu abaningi abaye bavakashela i-Vieques babekhathazekile ngesiphetho samahhashi ngemva kwesiphepho, njengoba kuchazwe kule ndatshana enesihloko esithi “Ukusiza amahhashi esiphepho: Amahhashi akhethekile e-Vieques asePuerto Rico asindile. "
Amahhashi amaningana agxile ohlelweni lokulawula inzalo esiqhingini sase-Vieques e-Puerto Rico alahlekelwe ukuphila kwawo kulandela ukucekelwa phansi kweSiphepho u-Maria.
Amahhashi angaba ngu-280 amahhashi angu-2000 esiqhingi ayekade ijovwe nge-PZP ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule ngomzamo wokunqanda amanani akhulayo amahhashi kulesi siqhingi esincane. Lesi siqhingi saziwa ngelinye lamatheku e-bioluminescent aphawuleka kakhulu emhlabeni, kanye namahhashi aso amahle, azulazulayo mahhala e-paso fino. Kodwa amanzi ayivelakancane kulesi siqhingi futhi eminyakeni yamuva isomiso sesibulale abantu abaningi.
Ithimba le-HSUS eliletha usizo esiqhingini selikuqinisekisile ukuthi amanye amahhashi alahlekelwe izimpilo zawo, abulawa ukuqhuma kwesiphepho noma ukulimala okuvela kumfucumfucu, futhi inani elifanelekile lezilwane lalidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha. Kodwa baphinde bathi inqwaba yamahhashi ibonakala yasinda kulesi siphepho.
"Sibahlinzeka ngokudla okungeziwe ngoba izihlahla zikhunyuliwe futhi ifolishi namanzi ahlanzekile ayashoda, futhi sizohlinzeka ngosizo lwezokwelapha oluningi ngangokunokwenzeka," kusho isikhulu se-HSUS uWayne Pacelle.
Uthe uDkt Dickie Vest, udokotela wezilwane wamahhashi waseCleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, ubesiza ekuholeni impendulo, nochwepheshe bokuphatha nokuphendula izilwane zasendle uDave Pauli noJohn Peaveler. “Ngosizo lwezakhamizi zendawo, ithimba lethu liphinde linakekele inqwaba yezinja, amakati, nezinye izilwane emtholampilo ongumahamba nendlwana abawusungule ukuze uhlinzeke ngosizo lwezokwelapha oluqhubekayo ezilwaneni ezifuywayo abantu abalangazelela ukuzithola,” kusho uPacelle.
Nasi isixhumanisi ku- Ithimba le-HSUS Animal Rescue ukusekela imizamo yabo
Njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, i-Vieques nayo iyindawo yesinye sezimangaliso zemvelo zomhlaba, i-bio-luminescent bay ehlanganiswe kule ndaba ye-NPR.
Silapha kulobubusuku ukuze sibheke phansi emanzini ukuze sithole ukuphila kolwandle okukhanyayo okubizwa ngokuthi ama-dinoflagellate. Lawa maplankton aneseli elilodwa ayakhanya lapho ephazanyiswa. Uma ama-plankton emaningi futhi izimo zizinhle, ukugijima isandla sakho emanzini kushiya umzila wokukhanya okulokozayo.
Uhlobo lapha lukhanya ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokuluhlaza. Kubizwa I-Pyrodinium bahamense, noma “umlilo ovunguzayo waseBahamas.” U-Hernandez nomunye umhlahlandlela bathi lapho itheku likhanya ngamandla, ungakwazi ngempela ukusho ukuthi hlobo luni lwezinhlanzi ezihamba ngaphansi kwamanzi ngokusekelwe ekumiseni kokukhanya. Izinhlanzi ezigxuma ngaphezu komhlaba zishiya umzila wokuchaphaza okukhanyayo. Uma izulu lina bathi kuyakhanya yonke indawo emanzini. U-Edith Widder, uchwepheshe we-bioluminescence kanye nomsunguli we- I-Ocean Research and Conservation Association, ithi ukucwebezela kuyindlela yokuzivikela yalezi zidalwa, ezabelana ngezici kokubili izitshalo nezilwane. Ukubaneka kungase kuxwayise izilwane ezidla ezinye ezinkulu ukuba khona kwanoma yini ephazamisa i-plankton.
Uthi: “Ngakho-ke, ukuziphatha okuyinkimbinkimbi kwesidalwa esinengqamuzana elilodwa kungamangalisa.
Kodwa izivunguvungu zonakalisa umbukiso wokukhanya. Imvula iphazamisa ukusebenza kwetheku ngamanzi amaningi ahlanzekile. Isiphepho uMaria sonakalisa imihlume ezungeze itheku, ehlinzeka ngevithamini ebalulekile kuma-dinoflagellate, kusho uWidder. Futhi imimoya enamandla ingaphushela izidalwa ezikhazimulayo olwandle oluvulekile. "Imimoya ibingaphusha amanzi echwebeni, aphume emlonyeni wetheku," kwengeza uHernandez. Ngemuva kwezinye izivunguvungu, kubikwa ukuthi kuthathe izinyanga ngaphambi kokuthi leli chweba liphinde likhanye, usho kanje
Kuzoba khona Umhlangano wansuku zonke we-Kos e-Puerto Rico ngo-Jan. 29 noChef u-Bobby Neary, owaziwa ngokuba yi-newpioneer. "I-Daily Kos ithumela u-Kelly Macias ovela ku-Editor Staff yethu kanye noChris Reeves ovela ku-Community Building Staff yethu ukuthi bayobika okuthile ngePuerto Rico okuhambisana nekheli le-SOTU."
Ngiyaqonda ukuthi bazoya eVieques, futhi babheke ngabomvu ukufunda imibiko yabo.
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