Ukuqonda kunye nokuxabisa iHlathi laseDolophini laseBenicia
UJeanne Steinmann
Phambi kokugityiselwa kwegolide ngo-1850, iinduli neeflethi zaseBenicia zenza indawo engumqwebedu. Ngowe-1855, irharha uGeorge H. Derby, uLieutenant womkhosi, kuthiwa wayebathanda abantu baseBenicia, kodwa kungekhona loo ndawo, njengoko “yayingekabi yiparadesi” ngenxa yokungabikho kwemithi. Ukunqongophala kwemithi kwakhona kubhalwe kakuhle ngeefoto ezindala kunye neerekhodi ezibhaliweyo. Ubume bethu belizwe butshintshe kakhulu ngokutyalwa kwemithi emininzi kule minyaka iyi-160 idlulileyo. Ngo-2004, isiXeko saqalisa ukujonga nzulu ukukhathalelwa nokugcinwa kwemithi yethu. IKomiti yeMithi ye-ad-hoc iye yasekwa kwaye yanikwa umsebenzi wokuhlaziya umthetho okhoyo wemithi. Lo mmiselo uzame ukulinganisa phakathi kwamalungelo epropathi yabucala kunye nokukhuthaza ihlathi ledolophu elisempilweni, kwaye ulawule ukugawulwa nokuthenwa kwemithi kwipropati yabucala ngokunjalo nomhlaba kawonke-wonke.
Kutheni sifuna ihlathi eliphilileyo lasezidolophini? Uninzi lwethu lutyala imithi ukuhombisa amakhaya ethu, ubumfihlo kunye / okanye umthunzi, kodwa imithi ibalulekile ngezinye iindlela. Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi malunga Benicia Trees Foundation kunye nendlela onokunceda ngayo.