I loko o ka Spanish Valdeserrillas Wildlife Sanctuary, ua loaʻa i nā limahana ke kino i oki ʻia o kahi kāne bison ʻEulopa, ke alakaʻi mua o ka pūʻā. ʻO ka mākaʻi Valencia ka mea mālama i kēia manawa.
Ua akaka i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i kau palena ʻia ka hewa i hoʻokahi pepehi kanaka ʻana o ke kāne nui, ʻoiai ua hoʻouka kaua ʻia nei ka pūʻulu holoʻokoʻa o ka bison hou i hoʻopuka hou ʻia. ʻO ka hopena, ua nalowale ʻekolu mau holoholona, ua hoʻopau ʻia kekahi a ʻo kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe paha, ua ʻawahia.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokolokolo ma ka Pōʻalima, i ka manawa i loaʻa ai ke kino o kahi alakaʻi kāne i hōʻoki ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo Sauron, akā i ka manawa mua ʻaʻole hoʻolaha nui ʻia kēia hanana. Ua alakaʻi ke kāne make i kahi pūʻulu bison i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Sepania hikina i ka makahiki i hala.
Wahi a nā mākaʻi, aia ke kumu e manaʻoʻiʻo ai ua ʻona nā holoholona, a ʻoki ʻia ko lākou poʻo a kūʻai ʻia aku he mea hoʻomanaʻo. Wahi a ka luna o kahi mālama, ua kānalua mua ʻo Carlos Alamo iā ia i kona nānā ʻana i nā holoholona i ka Pōʻakolu i hala. ʻAʻole wale ka bison ma kahi a lākou e hānai pinepine ai, akā makaʻu nui hoʻi lākou a nalowale ke makemake ka luna e hoʻokokoke. Ua kuhi ka limahana i kēlā ʻano hana ʻano ʻē i ka wela i hoʻihoʻi ʻia mai, akā ʻelua mau lā ma hope mai, ua loaʻa ke kino ʻoki o Sauron.
Wahi a ka lunamakaʻāinana o ka mālama mālama ʻo Rodolfo Navarro, ua loaʻa i ke alakaʻi o ka bipi he inoa e like me ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kekahi o nā mea nui o ka "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea mana a nui loa. He kāne nani loa ia e kaupaona ana ma kahi o 800 kilokilo. Mahalo i kona nani, ua lilo ia i ʻano hōʻailona o ka mālama.
I kēia manawa ua lawe nā mākaʻi i nā laʻana o ka hulu a me ke koko o ka holoholona i pepehi ʻia e ʻike pehea a pehea i inu ʻia ai ʻo Sauron. ʻAʻole i loaʻa kahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā mea kaua. Wahi a Navarro, ʻo Sauron, ma ke ʻano he kāne koʻikoʻi, ua lilo paha ia i mea mua i loaʻa i ka lāʻau make, ʻoiai ʻo ia i hoʻomaka e ʻai mua a ʻai i nā meaʻai he nui ma mua o nā kānaka ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia ʻoiai he pā kā ka reserva e ʻae ʻole ai i nā holoholona e hele i waho, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pale aku i nā mea ʻaihue mai loko mai.
Ua ʻōlelo hou aʻe ʻaʻole nō hoʻokahi kanaka i hana, akā he hui holoʻokoʻa, no ka mea hiki ʻole ke hana i kahi hana weliweli wale nō. I kēia manawa no ka mākaʻi nā manaʻolana.
Ke ʻimi nei nā limahana mālama i ʻekolu bison i nalowale. No ka hana ʻana i kēia, pono lākou e ana i kahi ʻāpana o 900 eka, a he manawa nō ia, ʻoiai e hiki wale nō i kekahi mau wahi ke hele wāwae. Ua huhū nui kekahi mau holoholona i ka ʻōpū ma muli o ka lāʻau make. Aia kahi manaolana e hiki nō iā lākou ke ola.
Pono e ʻōlelo ʻia ua lawe ʻia ka bison ʻEulopa i ke kahakai o ka make ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki i hala ma muli o ka huli ʻana a me ka nalo ʻana o nā wahi noho. Akā i loko o nā makahiki he hala i hala aku nei, ke hoʻāʻo nei ko lākou lehulehu e ola. No laila ua lawe ʻia lākou i nā wahi mālama Sepania ʻo Valdeserrillas mai Pelekane Nui, ʻIlani a me Nekelana.
Wahi a Rodolfo Navarro, ʻo ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka pipi i hoʻopau ʻia he ʻehiku mau makahiki o ka hana ikaika a hoʻoweliweli i ka wā e hiki mai ana o kahi mālama. ʻO kēlā mau hana e hōʻino nui i ke kiʻi o nā Valencia ʻelua a me ke kiʻi Sepania i ka nui.
