Anton Mzimba

Anton Mzimba (11 ga Fabrairu, 1980 - 26 ga Yuli, 2022) wani ma'aikacin gandun daji ne na Afirka ta Kudu wanda ya shafe shekaru 25 yana aiki a Timbavati Private Nature Reserve . An kashe shi a wani hari da ake kyautata zaton yana da alaƙa da aikinsa na mai kula da gandun daji da ke hana farautar karkanda a yankin Kruger National Park . 

 Sana'a 
A watan Yunin 1997, Mzimba ya fara aikinsa na kare muhalli a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar aikin zaizayar ƙasa a Timbavati Private Nature Reserve . A watan Afrilun 1998, ya kammala horon sa na kula da gandun daji kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin rukunin. A shekara ta 2003, an ɗaukaka shi zuwa cikakken Kocin Kofur, yana kula da shirin horo don kula da lafiyar jiki da ta kwakwalwa na ƙungiyarsa. A shekara ta 2008, an ɗaukaka Mzimba zuwa Shugaban Sabis na Kula da Gandun Daji na Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, yana kula da ƙungiyar kula da gandun daji da ayyukan tsaro na dukkan gandun daji, inda ya ci gaba da zama har zuwa mutuwarsa. 

Mzimba ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan fasaha ga Hukumar Kula da Kare Muhalli ta Duniya (GCC)  tana ba da gudummawa ga haɓaka Shirin Masu Kula da Kare Muhalli na Future, wanda ke ba da ilimin kiyayewa da hanyoyin aiki. 

 Mutuwa 
A ranar 26 ga Yulin 2022, bayan watanni da aka yi ana yi masa barazana, 'yan bindiga sun bayyana a gidan Mzimba. A cewar 'yan sanda, sun ce motarsu ta lalace suka nemi taimako. Lokacin da suka kusanci Mzimba, sun harbe shi da matarsa. Mzimba bai tsira daga raunukan da ya samu ba, amma matarsa ta warke sarai.  Ya zuwa ranar 27 ga Agusta 2024, babu wanda aka kama dangane da kisan nasa.

Mutuwar Mzimba ta jawo yabo da kira ga mutane da yawa a fannin kiyaye muhalli, ciki har da Barbara Creecy, Ministar Kula da Daji, Kamun Kifi da Muhalli ta Afirka ta Kudu a wancan lokacin,  da Yarima William na Wales, wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban United for Wildlife, wanda ya yi kira da a yi adalci a wani sakon Twitter. 

 Fim 
An rubuta tarihin rayuwar Mzimba, mutuwarsa, da kuma aikinsa a matsayin mai kula da gandun daji a cikin Rhino Man, wani fim da ke ba da labarin rikicin farautar karkanda da kuma rawar da masu kula da gandun daji suka taka a Afirka ta Kudu. Kisan Anton ya faru ne a lokacin da aka fara shirya shi, kuma daga baya aka haɗa shi cikin labarin.  An fara nuna shi a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 2023, a wani shiri na musamman da United for Wildlife ta shirya a Cinema a Tashar Wutar Lantarki ta Battersea, London, wanda Yarima William, Yarima Wales da Duchess Sophie na Edinburgh suka halarta. 

 Kyaututtuka 
A shekarar 2016, Mzimba ta lashe kyautar Mafi Kyawun Filin Ranger a Gasar Kare Rhino Conservation Awards da Kungiyar Masu Rage Wasan Kwaikwayo ta Afirka (GRAA) ke gudanarwa. 

Bayan rasuwarsa, Mzimba ta lashe kyautar Best Game Ranger a lambar yabo ta GRAA 2022 African Conservation Awards,  kuma a shekarar 2023 ta lashe kyautar IUCN /WCPA International Ranger Award. 

 Podcasts 
An gabatar da Anton Mzimba da labarinsa a cikin shirye-shiryen rediyo da dama.

 2024 - Ja Zaren - Rayuwar Daji, Kashi na 1, Kashi na 4: Ba ta lalacewa 
 2022 - Wurin Shakatawa na Ƙasa Bayan Duhu - 92: Mutanen Wuraren Shakatawa - Mutumin Karkano tare da John Jurko II 
 2022 - The Rhino Man Podcast - Kashi na 6: Anton Mzimba - Rayuwar mai kula da gandun daji a Timbavati Private Nature Reserve 
 2022 - Muryoyin Yanayi - Kashi na 22: Mutumin Karkara a Bayan Fage tare da Masu Zama da Masu Shirya Fina-finai 
 2021 - Muryoyin Yanayi - Kashi na 2: Anton Mzimba da Rayuwar Mai Ranger 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2022
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1980