An kafa ranar giwaye ta duniya a cikin 2012 ta Canadian Patricia Sims da Gidauniyar Reintroduction Giwa ta Thailand, ƙarƙashin jagorancin HM Sarauniya Sirikit. Manufarta ita ce ta hada mutane da kungiyoyi a duniya don magance barazanar da giwaye ke fuskanta.
Al’ummomin duniya sun gudanar da bikin ranar giwaye ta duniya a ranar Litinin, inda suka wayar da kan jama’a game da kare giwaye daga barazana daban-daban.
A wurin shakatawa na Adventures with Elephants a Bela Bela, Afirka ta Kudu, wani taron shekara-shekara na baje kolin garken giwaye da aka ceto yayin da suke kiwo da sanyi da ruwa a karkashin rana mai zafi.
Muhimmancin Ranar Giwa ta Duniya
Manufar wannan rana ita ce hada mutane da kungiyoyi a duniya domin magance barazanar da giwaye ke fuskanta. Babban hangen nesanta yana ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwa a kan iyakoki da akidu ta hanyar barin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban da daidaikun mutane su fara kamfen a ƙarƙashinsa. Wannan yunƙuri yana ba kowa damar faɗar albarkacin bakinsa a duniya, yana ba ‘yan ƙasa, ‘yan majalisa, masu tsara manufofi, da gwamnatoci damar ƙirƙira da tallafawa dabarun kiyayewa waɗanda za su kiyaye makomar giwaye, sauran dabbobi, da wuraren zama.
Manajan daraktan Sean Hensman ya ce giwaye na fuskantar matsin lamba kan mazauninsu, “… Ina tsammanin rana ce kawai don yin bikin giwaye gaba ɗaya tare da yin tunani game da babban hoto idan ya zo ga kiyaye su. Giwaye suna fuskantar matsi mai yawa daga mahallin ƙasa. Don haka, yawan mutane suna fashewa. Afirka za ta ninka yawan al’ummarta zuwa kusan mutane biliyan 3 zuwa 4 nan da shekarar 2050, kuma ko shakka babu filayen giwaye na raguwa.”
Mai kula da giwayen David Mupupu ya bayyana cewa yawan giwayen Afirka ya ragu matuka tun shekarar 1920, “Idan aka duba 1920, a Afirka kadai muna da giwaye miliyan 4, kuma a yau, 400,000 ne kawai suka rage. Wanda shine raguwar kashi 90 cikin 100 na lambobi. Don haka dole ne mu kula da giwayen mu.”
Ya kara da cewa, “Dole ne mu kula da giwayen mu.”
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Kungiyar Ranar Giwa ta Duniya ta ba da rahoton cewa giwayen Afirka da Asiya na kara fuskantar barazana ta hanyar farauta da lalata muhalli.
Kungiyar ta kudiri aniyar hada kai da sauran kungiyoyin kiyayewa domin aiwatar da ingantattun tsare-tsare da za su yaki farauta da kare muhallin wadannan dabbobi.
An kafa ranar giwaye ta duniya a shekarar 2012 kuma ana bikin kowace shekara a ranar 12 ga watan Agusta.