- Colin Church, o se tasi o lauiloa lauiloa o faasao a Aferika i Sasaʻe, na maliu i le 81 o ona tausaga.
- O ia o se fautua i luma o le lautele mo le Black Rhino sa avea ma Taitaifono o le Rhino Ark Charitable Trust.
- Ekalesia o le a manatuaina foi mo le maeʻaina o le 250-maila-umi pa eletise poloketi o loʻo siʻomia ai le atumauga i Kenya e taofia ai le faʻataga pepelo.
"Sa ou maua le fiafia ma le faʻamanuiaga o le iloaina o le Colin Church ia te ia lava ae o lona ofisa i le lautele, Church Orr & Associates, na fai ma sui o Seychelles i Kenya ma le atoa o Aferika i Sasaʻe.
"O ia o se go-getter ma sili atu i tagata uma na faia ma ni aitia fou e tuu ai ana paaga muamua i le ato," fai mai Alain St.Ange, sui o le Komiti o Turisi a Aferika sa avea foi ma Minisita o Turisi a le Seychelles.
Colin Church, o se tasi o lauiloa i sisifo o Aferika i Sasaʻe, sa avea foi ma fautua lautele mo le Black Rhino sa avea ma Taitaifono o le Rhino Ark Alofa Moni Trust (2002 - 2012) a o ia galue e puipui foi isi mataaga o le Aberdare Park o Kenya faʻapea foi ma manu feʻai a Kenyan ma ona vao.
O le Colin Church o le a manatuaina mo le maeʻaina o le 250-maila-umi pa eletise poloketi o loʻo faʻataʻamilomiloina le atumauga i Kenya lea na fuafuaina e taofia ai le au faʻatau manu ma manu i totonu.
Rhino Ark na faʻatuina i le 1988 o se fesoasoani faʻameaalofa e fesoasoani laveaʻi Kenya o Black Rhino faitau aofai i le Aberdare siosiomaga. O le rhino na i lalo o le taufaʻamataʻu mataʻutia i lena taimi mai le tele o le faʻatauga mo le latou sili taua-pu.
E osofaʻia e manu feʻai le faʻatoʻaga e tuaoi ma le paka, faʻaleaga mea totō ma fasiotia tagata i isi taimi. O lenei mea na mafua ai le fefefe ma le le fiafia i meaola o le vao lea na galue mo le fiafia i le au faomea oe na faigofie ona maua talu ai o le lotoifale o le nuu na leai se taua i le puipuia a le o manu feai po o le vaomatua nofoaga.
O le faʻatulagaina o le Rhino Ark sa faʻapitoa lava e fesoasoani i le Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) e fausia se pa eletise i vaega o le Aberdare National Park i luga o lona Salient i Sasaʻe lea e maualuga lona faʻasologa o meaola ma tuaoi faʻataʻamilomilo i fanua faʻatoʻaga.
Colin Church na fanau i Nairobi i le 1940, ma na maliu o ia i nai vaiaso talu ai i le 81 o ona tausaga.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- Colin Church, one of East Africa's renowned conservationists, had also been the public advocate for the Black Rhino serving as the Chairman of the Rhino Ark Charitable Trust (2002 – 2012) as he worked to also protect other attractions of the Aberdare Park of Kenya and also Kenyan wildlife and her forests.
- O le Colin Church o le a manatuaina mo le maeʻaina o le 250-maila-umi pa eletise poloketi o loʻo faʻataʻamilomiloina le atumauga i Kenya lea na fuafuaina e taofia ai le au faʻatau manu ma manu i totonu.
- This resulted in fear and aversion towards wildlife which worked in favor of poachers who then had easy access since the local community saw no value in protecting either the wildlife or the forest habitat.