I-Husky Togo: inja esindise idolobha ku-diphtheria

Sikhuluma ngobusika buka-1925, lapho ukugqashuka okubulalayo kwe-diphtheria echwebeni elikude laseNome e-Alaska kusongela ukuphila kwabantu abangaphezu kwe-10. Isiteshi sikaloliwe esiseduze lapho i-antitoxin yayingalethwa khona yayingamamayela angu-674 ukusuka echwebeni. Ukuxhumana emoyeni noNome ngaleso sikhathi kwakungenakwenzeka ngenxa yesiphepho esinamandla seqhwa. Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokulethwa komuthi yaqashelwa njengemashi yesihlibhi sezinja.

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Ngenxa yalokho, kwahlonyiswa amaqembu angu-20, elinye lawo laliqhutshwa isazi samacynologist esidumile uLeonard Seppala. Umbhali walesi sihloko ukhumbula ukuthi u-husky ogama lakhe lingu-Balto wayengumholi weqembu elinqobe isigaba sokugcina somjaho wamamayela angu-53. Ngenkathi iningi lomzila - Amamayela angu-264 - walala emahlombe enja okuthiwa iTogo. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi zombili izinja zivela esibayeni saseSeppala.

Sekuyiminyaka eminingi abaphathi bezinja emhlabeni wonke bebungaza ukufaneleka kuka-Balto ekusindiseni abantu: waze wamisa itshe lesikhumbuzo eCentral Park eNew York. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ongoti bebelokhu bebheka iTogo “njengeqhawe elingaziwa.” Izazi-mlando zaphikelela ngokuthi inja ithole isabelo sayo sokuqashelwa: ngo-2001, kwakhiwa itshe lesikhumbuzo eSeward Park yaseNew York, kwathi ngo-2019, abakwaDisney bakhipha ifilimu ethi Togo, eyayinenkanyezi inzalo yenja yeqhawe okuthiwa uDiesel.

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Kuyaziwa ukuthi iTogo yazalwa ngo-1913. Njengomdlwane, inja yayigula kakhulu. U-Seppala waphawula ukuthi ekuqaleni akazange abone amandla ngamafuphi futhi ekuboneni kokuqala okungafaneleki inja yeqembu. Umfuyi wake wanikeza umakhelwane iTogo, kodwa inja yabalekela kumnikazi wayo ngefasitela. Khona-ke uSeppala waqaphela ukuthi wayebhekene nenja "engenakulungiseka". Lapho eneminyaka eyizinyanga eziyisi-8, iTogo yaqala ukungena emahhanisini. Ngemva kokugijima amakhilomitha angu-75, wazibonakalisa eSeppala njengomholi ofanelekayo. Phakathi neminyaka embalwa, iTogo yaziwa ngokuzimisela, amandla, ukukhuthazela, nokuhlakanipha. Inja yaba ngumnqobi emiqhudelwaneni eyahlukene. Ngesikhathi kuqubuka isifo sohudo e-Alaska, inja yayineminyaka engu-12 ubudala nomnikazi wayo - 47. Abantu bendawo babazi ukuthi i-duo ekhulile kodwa enolwazi - ithemba labo lokugcina. Njengoba izinga lokufa kwabantu ngenxa yalesi sifo landa nsuku zonke, kwanqunywa ukuba kuthathwe isinyathelo ngokushesha. Izihlibhi zezinja kwadingeka zilethe imithamo engama-300 ye-serum ukusuka esiteshini sesitimela ukuya eNome, eqhele ngamamayela angu-674. NgoJanuwari 29, uSeppala kanye namaHuskies akhe aphezulu angama-20, eholwa yiTogo, basuka echwebeni bayohlangana nendlwana yemithi.

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Izinja kwadingeka zigijime ku-30-degree frost, kodwa ezinsukwini ezintathu nje zahamba amakhilomitha angu-170. Ngemva kokubamba i-serum, u-Seppala wahlehla. Endleleni, iqembu lawela eqhweni. I-Togo yahlenga wonke umuntu: wakhipha abanye abantu emanzini eyedwa. Umthwalo obalulekile wanikezwa ithimba, eliholwa nguBalto, edolobheni laseGolovin, amakhilomitha angu-78 ukusuka eNome.

UTogo waqeda impilo yakhe eneminyaka engu-16 endlwana yasePoland eyayihlelwe yiSeppala. Umfuyi ngokwakhe washona ngo-1967 eneminyaka engu-89.

13 May 2020

Kubuyekezwe: 14 May 2020