Husky Togo: kare wanda ya ceci birnin daga diphtheria

Muna magana ne game da lokacin sanyi na shekara ta 1925, sa’ad da wata mummunar cutar diphtheria ta barke a tashar jirgin ruwa mai nisa ta Nome a Alaska ta yi barazana ga rayukan mutane fiye da 10. Tashar jirgin kasa mafi kusa inda za a iya isar da maganin kashe kwayoyin cuta shine mil 674 daga tashar jiragen ruwa. Sadarwar iska tare da Nome a wancan lokacin ya gagara saboda tsananin guguwar dusar ƙanƙara. Hanya daya tilo don isar da maganin an gane shi azaman macijin kare.

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A sakamakon haka, 20 teams aka sanye take, daya daga cikin wanda aka kora daga sanannun cynologist Leonard Seppala. Marubucin labarin ya tuna cewa wani husky mai suna Balto shine shugaban kungiyar da ta tsallake matakin karshe na tseren mil 53. Yayin da mafi yawan hanyar - 264 mil - kwanta a kafadar wani kare mai suna Togo. Abin lura shi ne cewa duka karnuka sun fito ne daga gidan ajiyar Seppala.

Shekaru da yawa, masu kula da karnuka a duniya suna bikin cancantar Balto na ceton mutane: har ma ya gina wani abin tarihi a Central Park a New York. A lokaci guda kuma, masu binciken sun dauki Togo a matsayin "gwarzon da ba a yi wa waka ba." Masana tarihi sun dage cewa kare ya sami rabonsa na girmamawa: a cikin 2001, an gina wani abin tunawa a Seward Park na New York, kuma a cikin 2019, Disney ya saki fim ɗin Togo, wanda ya fito daga zuriyar jarumin kare mai suna Diesel.

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An san cewa an haifi Togo a shekara ta 1913. A matsayin ɗan kwikwiyo, kare ya yi rashin lafiya sosai. Seppala ya lura cewa da farko bai ga yuwuwar a takaice ba kuma da farko kallo bai dace da kare tawagar ba. Mai kiwon ya taba bai wa wani makwabcin kasar Togo, amma kare ya tsere wa mai shi ta taga. Sai Seppala ya gane cewa yana mu'amala da kare "marasa gyarawa". A lokacin da yake da shekaru 8 watanni, Togo ta fara amfani da kayan aiki. Bayan ya yi gudun mil 75, ya tabbatar da kansa ga Seppala a matsayin jagora na kwarai. A cikin ƴan shekaru, Togo ya zama sananne saboda tsayin daka, ƙarfinsa, juriya, da hankali. Karen ya zama zakara a gasa daban-daban. A lokacin barkewar cutar diphtheria a Alaska, kare yana da shekaru 12 da mai shi - 47. Mutanen gari sun san tsufa amma sun dandana duo - fatansu na karshe. Tun da yawan mutuwar cutar ya karu a kowace rana, an yanke shawarar yin aiki nan da nan. Dog sleds dole ne su isar da allurai 300 na magani daga tashar jirgin ƙasa zuwa Nome, mai nisan mil 674. A ranar 29 ga Janairu, Seppala da manyan 20 na Siberian Huskies, karkashin jagorancin Togo, sun bar tashar jiragen ruwa don saduwa da ayari da magani.

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Karnukan sun yi gudu a cikin sanyi-digiri 30, amma a cikin kwanaki uku kacal sun yi tafiyar mil 170. Bayan ya katse maganin, Seppala ya koma baya. A kan hanya, tawagar ta fada cikin kankara. Togo ya ceci kowa da kowa: a zahiri ya ciro takwarorinsa daga cikin ruwa. An mika wannan kaya mai daraja ga tawagar, karkashin jagorancin Balto, a garin Golovin, mai nisan mil 78 daga Nome.

Togo ya ƙare rayuwarsa yana ɗan shekara 16 a wani ɗakin kwana a Poland wanda Seppala ya shirya. Shi kansa makiyayin ya rasu a shekarar 1967 yana da shekaru 89 a duniya.

13 May 2020

An sabunta: 14 Mayu 2020