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Kevin Richardson (mai kula da namun daji)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Johannesburg, 8 Oktoba 1974 (51 shekaru)
ƙasa Afirka ta kudu
Karatu
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a darakta, zoologist (en) Fassara da animal protectionist (en) Fassara
IMDb nm3095690
lionwhisperer.co.za

Kevin Rene Richardson (an haife shi a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 1974), wanda aka fi sani da "The Lion Whisperer", [1] mutum ne na Afirka ta Kudu a YouTube, mai kare namun daji kuma mai mallakar wurin ibada wanda ke aiki da zakuna, damisa baƙi, kuraye masu launin ruwan kasa da kuraye masu launin ruwan kasa .

Rayuwar farko

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An haifi Kevin Richardson a Asibitin Nightingale da ke Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu, a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 1974. Ya yi yarintarsa a unguwar Orange Grove . [2] Mahaifiyarsa, Patricia, ta yi aiki a Barclays Bank kuma an haife ta a Afirka ta Kudu. Mahaifin Richardson, wanda ke aiki a wani kamfanin harhada magunguna, an haife shi a Burtaniya kuma ya koma Afirka ta Kudu daga Reading, Berkshire . Kevin Richardson shi ne ƙarami a cikin yara huɗu: yana da babban ɗan'uwa da 'yan'uwa mata biyu waɗanda tagwaye ne. [3] Mahaifinsa ya mutu lokacin da Richardson yake da shekaru 13. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, ya haɗu da Stan Schmidt kuma ya fara aikinsa a matsayin "mai koyar da kai ɗabi'u." [2]

Richardson ya je kwaleji ya yi karatun ilmin dabbobi, amma ya daina bayan shekaru biyu na darussa kan ilmin halittun ruwa maimakon dabbobi masu shayarwa. Tun yana babba, Richardson ya yi imanin cewa ba zai taɓa yin aiki da dabbobi ba kuma zai ci gaba da zama abin sha'awa a gare shi. Ya fara ɗaukar darussa a fannin ilimin halittar jiki da kuma ilimin halittar jiki a kwaleji kuma ya fara aiki a fannin ilimin halittar jiki[4] kuma ya zama masanin ilimin motsa jiki . Lokacin da yake da shekaru ashirin da uku, ya sami damar yin aiki a matsayin mai kula da yara kuma ya kula da 'ya'yan zaki biyu 'yan watanni shida, Tau da Napoleon wanda daga baya ya cece su. Shekarunsa na farko sun faru ne a Lion Park kusa da wajen gidansa da ke Johannesburg. Har yanzu yana aiki tare da 'ya'yan da suka girma a daji.[5] Mai wurin, Rodney Fuhr, ya fara shi da aikin ɗan lokaci a Lion Park. [6]

Richardson da tawagarsa suna aiki da dabbobi don masana'antar yin fim na kasuwanci kuma suna yin shirye-shiryen bidiyo don samar da kuɗi don tallafawa wurin. Suna kuma da shirin sa kai wanda ke samar da kuɗi, da kuma masu sa kai waɗanda ke taimakawa wajen gudanar da wurin.

Richardson ya yi aiki a cikin filin shakatawa na Lion Park 650 hectares (1,600 acres) a Broederstroom, wani gari mai nisan mil 35 a arewacin garinsu, Johannesburg, a Afirka ta Kudu. Duk da cewa ya ƙware a fannin zakuna, ya kuma yi mu'amala da kuraye da dabbobin baƙaƙe . [7] [8] Wurin shakatawa, wanda aka kafa tare da taimakon Rodney Fuhr, yana da 800 hectares (2,000 acres) kuma an gina shi ne don saitin fim ɗin White Lion na 2010.[8] Richardson yana kula da zakuna talatin da tara a wannan wurin. [9] As of 2011 Cibiyar sirri ce, amma akwai shirin buɗe ta ga jama'a.[10] Shafin yanar gizon mafakar ya ce a shekarar 2020 an buɗe ta ne don yawon shakatawa na rukuni kuma tana da shirin sa-kai.[11]

A shekarar 2015, wurin ajiye namun daji na Kevin Richardson ya koma Welgedacht Private Game Reserve kusa da Pretoria. [11]

Kula da zaki

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Kevin Richardson tare da zakuna

Ya yi barci kusa da shi, ya ciyar da shi, kuma ya zauna tare da zakoki. Ya kuma yi aiki da cheetahs, damisa, da kuraye. Yana fifita zaki fiye da kowace babbar kyanwa. [12] Duk da haka, dangantakarsa da dabbobin ba ta kasance nan take ba. Ya san dukkan zakunan da yake aiki da su tun suna 'yan mata.[4] Har yanzu yana ci gaba da alaƙarsa da Tau da Napoleon, 'yan'uwan zaki waɗanda suka kasance farkonsa ga manyan kuraye.

Duk da cewa ya taɓa shiga harkar kula da ɗan zaki a baya, Richardson ya ƙi ra'ayin gargajiya cewa ya kamata a ƙware kuma a mamaye zakoki, yana fifita ƙulla dangantaka a kan lokaci, bisa ga ƙauna da girmamawa. "Zaki ba mallakar mutum ba ne; halitta ce mai hankali, don haka dole ne ka kula kuma ka haɓaka alaƙarka kamar kowace dangantaka."

An yi wa Richardson kaifi, an huda shi, an kuma ciji shi amma bai hana shi da waɗannan haɗarin ba. A cikin wata hira, ya ambaci, "Babu shakka mutum ya fahimci haɗarin da ke tattare da aiki da dabbobi masu irin wannan ƙarfin, na auna ribobi kuma na auna ribobi, kuma ribobi sun fi ribobi." Duk da haka, ya yi gargaɗi game da bin sawunsa. Duk hotunan abubuwan da ya faru ba sa nuna shekarunsa na gogewa da haɗin kai. "Mutane suna son ɗaukar abubuwa daga mahallinsu. Ba su san dangantakar da nake da ita da wannan zakin ba." A matsayinka na mai mulki, Richardson yana hulɗa ne kawai da zakunan da yake tare da su tun lokacin haihuwarsu.[4]

Richardson ya kuma bambanta aikinsa da na masana dabbobi da ke mu'amala da dabbobin daji gaba ɗaya da ba su yi kiwon su ba, ko na masu horar da dabbobinsu waɗanda ake buƙatar dabbobinsu su yi wasa a kan dandamali kowace rana.

Richardson ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da zakunan wurin shakatawa na zaki wanda aka nuna a cikin wani ɓangare na shirin CBS na 60 Minutes na 2014, wanda ya bayyana cewa Wurin shakatawa na Zaki da ke Lanseria yana kiwon zakunan don tabbatar da wadatar 'ya'yan itatuwa a duk shekara. Lokacin da zakunan suka girma, an tura su zuwa ayyukan farauta na gwangwani saboda suna da haɗari sosai don kusantar masu yawon buɗe ido.[13] An soki Wurin shakatawa na Zaki saboda barin dabbobin su yi ta lalata da zakunan da kuma samar da zakunan ga masana'antar zakunan gwangwani. Haka kuma mutane da yawa a cikin al'ummar kiyayewa sun soki shi, waɗanda membobinsu suka bayyana cewa abubuwan da ke haɗa mutane da zakunan a "tafiya" suna da haɗari saboda yanayin da ba a iya faɗi ba na dabbobin daji. An kuma yi wa Richardson tambaya a matsayin mai kula da kiyayewa tare da ƙwararru suna cewa ana buƙatar ƙarin kulawa a wuraren ajiyar masu zaman kansu don tabbatar da cewa suna kwaikwayon abin da aka haɓaka a wuraren shakatawa na ƙasa. Masu kare muhalli Luke TB Hunter, Paula White, Philipp Henschel, da Laurence Frank, a cikin wani kasidar 2012 mai taken "Tafiya da zakuna: me yasa babu wani rawa ga zakuna na asali da aka kama Panthera leo a cikin dawo da nau'ikan halittu", sun kammala da cewa wuraren shakatawa a Afirka da ke da shirin sake dawo da zakuna cikin daji, ciki har da na Richardson, har yanzu ba su yi hakan ba har zuwa 2013 kuma sun sami ƙarancin darajar kiyayewa wanda ya ba da hujjar amfani da zakuna na asali da aka kama don sake gabatar da su.

Hari mai muni na watan Fabrairun 2018

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A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, wata matashiya ta mutu a wurin ajiye namun daji na Dinokeng da zakin da ke ƙarƙashin kulawarsa. Richardson ya rasa inda zakin yake lokacin da ta bi wata ginshiƙi na tsawon 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), inda zakin ya kai hari ga baƙon da ya ziyarci wurin ajiyar namun daji a ranar. Masanin ilimin halittu na namun daji Luke Dollar ya mayar da martani ga kisan a cikin wani labarin da National Geographic ta wallafa, yana mai cewa "halaye da shirye-shiryen da suka kauce wa gaskiyar matsayinmu a cikin sarkar abinci sun zama kamar haɗari ne da ke jiran faruwa."

Ayyuka/wallafe-wallafe

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Lakabi Minti/Shafuka Siffofi An Shirya/An Buga Ranar fitarwa
Abokan Haɗari Minti 52 Zakuna Ba a sani ba 2005
Girman Kuraye Sashe na Jerin Girma Kuraye masu tabo Duniyar Dabbobi 5 ga Agusta 2008 (DVD)
Neman Tatsuniya Minti 52 Baƙar damisa Graham Wallington Ba a sani ba
Farin Zaki: Gida Tafiya Ce Minti 88 Zaki fari Kamfanonin Peru 19 Fabrairu 2010
Wani ɓangare na Alfahari: Rayuwata Tsakanin Manyan Kurayen Afirka Shafuka 256 Kevin Richardson Ma'aikatar Labarai ta St. Martin 1 Satumba 2009
Haske, Kyamara, Zakuna! Minti 52 Zakuna Masu Rarraba Ƙasa 2010
Jerin Masu Ranger na Zaki Minti 3 x 60 Daban-daban Renegade Productions Maris 2010
Zakuna a Motsi Minti 2 x 53 + Minti 1 x 90 Daban-daban Terra Mater Factual Studios 2012
Safari na Afirka na 3D Awa 1 Minti 25 Daban-daban StudioCanal 2013
GoPro: Zakuna - Sabon Nau'in Da Ke Fuskantar Barazana? Minti 14 Zaki, Kuraye GoPro Nuwamba 2013
Mai Killer IQ – Zaki vs Kure Minti 2 x 46 Zaki, Kuraye Tashar Smithsonian 2014
Kurayen Daji 3D Minti 39 Daban-daban Rarraba Hotunan NWAve 2015
Tafiya ta Hanyar Predator Kashi 2 na Shirye-shirye Daban-daban Tashar Smithsonian 2016
Kevin Richardson tare da kuraye

An nuna Richardson a cikin shirye-shiryen fina-finai da dama, fina-finai, da tallace-tallace. A lokacin da yake aiki a Lion Park ne Michael Rosenberg ya yanke shawarar amfani da Richardson a cikin shirye-shiryen fina-finai kamar Dangerous Companions da In Search of a Legend. Growing Up Hyena wani shiri ne na gaskiya wanda Richardson ya shirya don canza kuskuren fahimtar kuren a matsayin mai ɓoyewa da ake tsoro da ƙyama. [14] Aikin Richardson a Okavango Delta da Lydenberg sun fito da shirin gaskiya game da damisa baƙi mai suna In Search of a Legend . Saboda yawan ɗaukar fim, Richardson ya kwashe dukkan dabbobin zuwa wani wuri a cikin kadarar Kingdom of the White Lion.

Richardson ya shirya fim ɗin White Lion: Home is a Journey na shekarar 2010,[15] game da ƙaramin zaki fari, "Letsatsi," wanda ke tsira daga duk wani ƙalubale.[3] Wannan fim ɗin shine na farko da ya fito a cikin jerin zakunan 'yan asalin ƙasar maimakon waɗanda ake shigo da su akai-akai. Rodney Fuhr da matarsa, Ilana, sun ba da kuɗin fim ɗin da kansu kuma sun yi aiki a matsayin manyan furodusoshi. An ɗauki fim ɗin a Kingdom of the White Lion, SA Lion Park, gonar Nash, Glen Afric, da Entabeni Game Reserve . Fim ɗin farko na kamfanin Peru Productions Pty. Ltd. da ke Afirka ta Kudu shine White Lion.[8]

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  13. "Lion Park's canned hunting 'exposé'". The Lion Park expose. Johannesburg: IOL. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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