Lio Lio

He mea maʻamau nā lio Shire ma nā mahiʻai a me nā kūlanakauhale, akā ua hōʻole ko lākou hoʻohana ʻana me ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mīkini. I kēia lā, ʻuʻuku ka poʻe e holo ana ma muli o ko lākou nui a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻano lio ʻē aʻe.

ʻO ka Lio Shire, kekahi o nā ʻano nui loa o ka honua, ʻo ke kaumaha ma waena o 1,800 a 2,200 paona. ʻIke ʻia kēia mau pilikua haʻahaʻa no ko lākou ikaika kupaianaha a me ka nui nui, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho kaulana no ka hana mahiʻai a me nā hōʻike. ʻOiai ko lākou nui, ʻike ʻia nā lio Shire no ko lākou ʻano mālie a palupalu, e lilo ai lākou i hoa hana aloha a hilinaʻi.

ʻO ka ʻai o nā lio shire ka mea nui i ka mauʻu a me ka mauʻu, me nā mea hoʻohui o nā kīʻaha a me nā minela. Pono lākou i ka nui o nā meaʻai e mālama ai i ko lākou nui a me ke kaumaha, a he mea koʻikoʻi ka lawe ʻana i ka wai i ko lākou olakino. He mea nui e hoʻopaʻa pono i kā lākou meaʻai e pale aku i nā pilikia olakino e like me ka momona a me ka colic.

Hiki i nā lio Shire, i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou ikaika a me ka nui, hiki ke lawelawe i nā kumu like ʻole mai ka mahiʻai a hiki i ka halihali. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia mau pilikua haʻahaʻa no ka palau ʻāina, huki kaʻa, a me ke kālai lāʻau. Me ko lākou ʻano maʻalahi a me ka makemake e hana, ua lilo nā lio shire i mea waiwai nui i ka poʻe mahiʻai, nā mea kālai lāʻau, a me nā ʻoihana halihali no nā kenekulia.

ʻO nā lio Shire kekahi ʻano o nā lio huki i puka mai ʻEnelani. Ua kaulana lākou no ko lākou nui a me ka ikaika, me ke kaumaha o kekahi poʻe a hiki i 2,000 paona. He mau hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa ko kēia mau lio e like me ko lākou mau wāwae hulu, ka lae ākea, a me ke ʻano ikaika akā akahai. Ua hoʻohana mua ʻia lākou no ka hana mahiʻai a me ka halihali ʻana, akā i kēia lā ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia lākou no ka leʻaleʻa a me nā hana leʻaleʻa. Hōʻike pinepine ʻia nā lio Shire i nā parade a me nā hōʻikeʻike, a ʻo ko lākou ʻano akahai e kaulana ai lākou no nā holo kaʻa a me nā papahana lapaʻau. ʻOiai ko lākou nui, maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana i nā lio shire a loaʻa ke ʻano aloha, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i ʻohana aloha i waena o ka poʻe hauʻoli lio.

ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā lio Shire no ko lākou hiki ke lele ma muli o ko lākou nui nui a me ke kaumaha. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke lele i nā pilikia haʻahaʻa a me ka hoʻokele maʻalahi i ka ʻāina like ʻole.

Hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ka lio shire mai $5,000 a i $20,000, ma muli o nā kumu like ʻole e like me ka makahiki, ka pua, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, a me ka hanauna. ʻOiai paha he mea kūʻai nui lākou, mahalo nui ʻia nā lio shire no ko lākou ikaika, nui, a me ka versatility. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia mau pilikua haʻahaʻa no ka hana mahiʻai, logging, a me ka hoʻokele kaʻa. Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei e kūʻai i ka lio shire, he mea nui e hana i kāu noiʻi a hana pū me kahi mea hoʻohua kaulana a mea kūʻai aku paha.

ʻO ka Lio Shire kekahi o nā ʻano lio nui loa o ka honua. Ma ka awelika, ʻo ko lākou kiʻekiʻe mai 16.2 mau lima a 17.3 mau lima, me kekahi poʻe a hiki i 18 mau lima. ʻOiai ko lākou nui, ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou ʻano haʻahaʻa a me ka versatility, e kaulana ai lākou e like me ka hana a me ka holo lio.

ʻO ka nui o ka meaʻai i ʻai ʻia e ka lio Shire e like me kona mau makahiki, ke kaumaha, a me ka pae hana. Eia naʻe, ma ka awelika, pono ka lio Shire makua ma kahi o 20-30 paona mauʻu a me 6-8 paona palaoa i kēlā me kēia lā. He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai kaulike e mālama ai i ke olakino a me ka holomua o ka lio.

ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke ola o ka lio shire ma waena o 20-25 mau makahiki, me kekahi e ola ana i ko lākou mau makahiki he 30. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke ʻokoʻa kēia ma muli o nā kumu e like me ka meaʻai, ka hoʻoikaika kino, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i ka mālama pono a me ka nānā pono ke kōkua i nā lio shire e ola lōʻihi, ola olakino.