Nyama zopitirira khumi ndi ziwiri zalumala kuyambira m’chiuno mpaka pansi, ndipo zambiri zikuchira kuvulala koopsa (miyendo, makutu, maso, ndi mphuno zadulidwa), koma zonse zikuthamanga, kuuwa, kusewera mosangalala, podziwa kuti zimakondedwa ndiponso zili zotetezeka.
Wabanja watsopano
Zaka zinayi zapitazo, Shrestha atalimbikitsidwa kwambiri ndi mwamuna wake, anavomera kukhala ndi kagalu. Pamapeto pake, adagula ana agalu awiri, koma Shrestha adaumirira kuti agulidwe kwa woweta - sanafune kuti agalu am'misewu azikhala m'nyumba mwake.
Mmodzi wa ana agaluwo, galu wotchedwa Zara, mwamsanga anakhala wokondedwa wa Shrestha: “Anali woposa wachibale kwa ine. Anali ngati mwana kwa ine.” Zara ankadikirira pachipata tsiku lililonse kuti Shrestha ndi mwamuna wake abwere kuchokera kuntchito. Shrestha adayamba kudzuka m'mamawa kuti aziyenda agalu ndikucheza nawo.
Koma tsiku lina, kumapeto kwa tsiku, palibe amene anakumana ndi Shrestha. Shrestha anapeza galu ali mkati, akusanza magazi. Anamuthira chiphe ndi mnansi wina yemwe sankakonda kuuwa kwake. Ngakhale adayesetsa kumupulumutsa, Zara adamwalira patatha masiku anayi. Shrestha anakhumudwa kwambiri. “M’chikhalidwe cha Ahindu, wachibale akamwalira, kwa masiku 13 sitidya chilichonse. Ndinapangira galu wanga izi. "
Moyo watsopano
Nkhaniyo itatha ndi Zara, Shrestha adayamba kuyang'ana agalu amsewu mosiyana. Anayamba kuwadyetsa, atanyamula chakudya cha galu kulikonse. Anayamba kuona kuti agalu angati akuvulala ndipo ankafunika chisamaliro chamankhwala. Shrestha anayamba kulipira malo ku khola lapafupi kuti apatse agalu pogona, chisamaliro ndi chakudya chanthawi zonse. Koma posakhalitsa anazale anasefukira. Shrestha sanakonde zimenezo. Sanakondenso kuti sanali woyang’anira kusunga ziweto m’khola, choncho, mothandizidwa ndi mwamuna wake, anagulitsa nyumbayo n’kutsegula malo ogona.
Malo agalu
Malo ake okhalamo ali ndi gulu la akatswiri a zinyama ndi akatswiri a zinyama, komanso odzipereka ochokera padziko lonse lapansi omwe amabwera kudzathandiza agalu kuti apeze nyumba zatsopano (ngakhale nyama zina zimakhala pa malo ogona nthawi zonse).
Agalu opuwala pang'ono amakhalanso m'nyumbamo. Nthawi zambiri anthu amafunsa Shrestha chifukwa chake sakuwagoneka. “Bambo anga anali olumala kwa zaka 17. Sitinaganizepo za euthanasia. Bambo anga ankatha kundifotokozera kuti akufuna kukhala ndi moyo. Mwinanso agaluwa amafuna kukhala ndi moyo. Ndilibe ufulu wowakhululukira,” akutero.
Shrestha satha kugulira agalu aku Nepal akuma wheelchair, koma amawagula kunja: “Ndikaika agalu ofoola pang’ono panjinga za olumala, amathamanga kwambiri kuposa amiyendo inayi!”
Vegan ndi womenyera ufulu wa zinyama
Masiku ano, Shrestha ndi wosadya nyama komanso m'modzi mwa omenyera ufulu wa nyama ku Nepal. Iye anati: “Ndikufuna kukhala mawu kwa anthu amene alibe. Posachedwapa, Shrestha adachita kampeni bwino kuti boma la Nepal likhazikitse lamulo loyamba lachitetezo cha zinyama mdzikolo, komanso miyezo yatsopano yogwiritsira ntchito njati m'malo ovuta ku India ku Nepal.
Womenyera ufulu wa zinyama adasankhidwa kukhala "Chithunzi Chachinyamata 2018" ndipo adalowa m'ma XNUMX apamwamba kwambiri azimayi ku Nepal. Ambiri mwa odzipereka ake ndi othandizira ake ndi azimayi. “Akazi ndi odzala ndi chikondi. Ali ndi mphamvu zambiri, amathandiza anthu, amathandiza nyama. Akazi angapulumutse dziko.”
Kusintha dziko
"Nepal ikusintha, anthu akusintha. Sindinaphunzitsidwe kukhala wachifundo, koma tsopano ndikuwona ana akumaloko akuchezera malo osungira ana amasiye ndikupereka ndalama zawo m'thumba. Chofunika kwambiri ndi kukhala ndi umunthu. Ndipo si anthu okha amene angakuphunzitseni umunthu. Ndinaphunzira kuchokera ku zinyama,” akutero Shrestha.
Kukumbukira za Zara kumamulimbikitsa: “Zara anandilimbikitsa kumanga nyumba ya ana amasiyeyi. Chithunzi chake chili pafupi ndi bedi langa. Ndimamuona tsiku lililonse ndipo amandilimbikitsa kuti ndizithandiza nyama. Ndiye chifukwa nyumba ya ana amasiyeyi ilipo.”
Chithunzi: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Zinyama