Ikati elidala layishintsha kanjani impilo yowesifazane oyedwa

Ngokusho kwe-American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), cishe amakati ayizigidi ezingu-3,4 agcina esezindaweni zokukhosela minyaka yonke. Uma ama-kittens namakati amancane asenethuba lokuthola umndeni, khona-ke izilwane eziningi ezindala zihlala zingenamakhaya kuze kube phakade. Ukubonakala kwekati elidala endlini ngezinye izikhathi kuhlotshaniswa nezinkinga ezithile, kodwa uthando nobungane obuthola ngokubuyisela kuzodlula bonke ubunzima. Sizokutshela indaba yowesifazane oyedwa owanquma ukuthola ikati elikhulile.

UMelissa kanye no Clive

Umqondo wokwamukela ikati elikhulile wafika kuMelissa ngemva kokusebenza eMassachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) njengevolontiya. “Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ngabona ukuthi amakati namakati amancane athola abanikazi, kanti amakati amadala ahlala ezindaweni zokukhosela kaningi,” kusho uMelissa. Kunezizathu eziningi zokuthi kungani kube lula ezilwaneni ezincane ukuthola ikhaya elisha. Bahle, bayakhanga futhi banempilo ende phambi kwabo. Kodwa ngisho namakati amadala anezinzuzo zawo. Bathambekele ekubeni ngabaqeqeshelwe ukuya endlini yangasese, bazole, futhi bazimisele ukuzuza uthando nokunakwa.

UMelissa wakujabulela ukuzithandela futhi wayefuna ukuyisa elinye lamakati ekhaya, kodwa okokuqala kwakudingeka abonisane nomyeni wakhe. “Ngike ngaxhumana namakati amaningi ngesikhathi ngisebenza - umsebenzi wami bekuwukuchaza isimilo sekati ngalinye - kodwa ngavele nganamathela kuClive ngokushesha. Abanikazi bakhe bangaphambili bamkhumula izinzipho bamshiya nomfowabo, owathola ikhaya elisha ngaphambili. Ekugcineni, ngaqinisekisa umyeni wami ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokuthatha ikati.”

Ngolunye usuku umbhangqwana waya endaweni yokukhosela ukuze ukhethe isilwane esifuywayo. UMelissa uthi: “Endaweni yokukhosela, umyeni wami naye wabona uClive ngokushesha, ehlezi ngokuzola ekamelweni lokuphumula namanye amakati ayengenalo ulaka noma esabi. "Kanjani ngalo mfana?" kubuza umyeni. Ngamamatheka ngoba ngithemba ukuthi uzokhetha uClive.”

Esinye sezizathu ezenza abantu bangabaze ukuthatha ikati elikhulile ukwesaba ukuthi lizobabiza ngaphezu kwekati. Kwezinye izimo, badinga ukuvakashelwa kaningi kudokotela wezilwane, kodwa lokhu akufanele kwethuse abanikazi abazoba khona. UMelissa uthi: “I-MSPCA ikhokhisa imali encishisiwe yezilwane ezindala, kodwa saxwayiswa ngokushesha ukuthi ngenxa yobudala (iminyaka engu-10) isilwane sizodinga ukukhishwa, okungasibiza amakhulu amaningana amaRandi. Saxwayiswa nokuthi singase sibhekane nezinye izinkinga zempilo maduze. Lokhu kwethuse abangaba abanikazi.

Umbhangqwana wanquma ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali okubalulekile kokuqala kuzokhokha kakhulu ngobudlelwano noClive. “Naphezu kwezinkinga zakhe zamazinyo, uClive ubonakale engumqemane futhi esesimweni esigculisayo, ngisho namanje eneminyaka engu-13.”

Umndeni ujabule! UMelissa uthi: “Ngiyakuthanda ukuthi ‘uyindoda ekhulile’ futhi akalona ikati elishintshashintshayo ngoba uyikati elizolile nelinobudlelwane kunawo wonke kwengake ngalibona! Ngike ngaba namakati ngaphambili, kodwa alikho kuwo elalinothando njengoClive, ongabesabi nhlobo abantu, amanye amakati nezinja. Ngisho nabangane bethu abangewona amakati bathanda uClive! Ikhwalithi yakhe eyinhloko ukwanga wonke umuntu ngangokunokwenzeka.”

Kukhona isibopho esiqinile phakathi kwezilwane ezifuywayo nabanikazi bazo, kanti uMelissa noClive nabo bayahluka. “Angikwazi ukucabanga ukuphila ngaphandle kwakhe! Kusho uMelissa. “Ukuthatha ikati elikhulile kwaba yisinqumo sethu esingcono kakhulu.”

Kunoma ubani ocabangela ukutholwa ikati elidala, uMelissa uyeluleka: “Ungawashayi indiva amakati amadala ngenxa nje yobudala bawo. Basenamandla amakhulu nothando olungakaqedi! Ilungele labo abaphupha ukuphila okunokuthula nezindleko ezincane zesilwane esifuywayo.”

Ngakho-ke, uma uhlose ukuthatha ikati, woza endaweni yokukhosela ukuze uxhumane nezilwane ezindala. Mhlawumbe ufuna ubungane amakati amadala azokunikeza ngabo. Futhi uma ufuna ukubagcina benomdlandla ekubeni abantu abadala, cabanga ukuthenga ukudla kwekati okufana ne-Hill's Science Plan Senior Vitality. I-Senior Vitality yakhelwe ngokukhethekile ukulwa nezinguquko ezihlobene nobudala kanye nokugcina ikati lakho elikhulile lisebenza, linomdlandla futhi lihamba.