Amaphoyisa asuse izingwenya ezimbili ezigcinwe ngokungemthetho ekhejini eliyinsimbi nelinechibi elincane emuva kwendlu eseSprings, ezigcinwe sengathi ziyizilwane ezifuyiwe.
Kubikwa ukuthi izilwane ezihuquzelayo ezingamamitha angu-1.48 nangu-1.7 sezigcinwe kulo muzi iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili ngaphandle kwezimvume ezidingekayo.
Amaphoyisa athi athole izingwenya ezimbili zaseNale ngesikhathi amaphoyisa egasele khona ngoMsombuluko.
Ukugasela kwamaphoyisa kwenziwe wuphiko lwamaphoyisa ezinja i-K9 eTshwane, uMnyango wezeMvelo waseGauteng, i-Vereeniging Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit, kanye neJohannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital.
AbakwaSprings SPCA nabo balekelelile.
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Kubikwa ukuthi amaphoyisa abenencwadi egunyaza ukuyokusesha evela eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseSprings.
Izingwenya zihanjiswe eJohannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital ukuze zihlolwe ziphinde zinakekelwe.
Amaphoyisa avule icala esiteshini samaphoyisa saseSprings ngokusolwa ngokwephula uMthetho, i-National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act.
Lowo mthetho uhlanganisa ukugcina izilwane ezisengcupheni noma ezivikelwe ngaphandle kwemvume.
“Abantu abahlose ukugcina noma yiluphi uhlobo lwezilwane ezifuywayo noma izilwane zasendle ezingavamile bayakhuthazwa ukuba bazijwayeze nemithetho evikela nelawula izinhlobo ezithile, kanye nokuthi izimvume ezisemthethweni ziyatholakala yini,” kusho amaphoyisa.
