Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 316 A Nest of Crazy Leopards

There are areas where both snow leopards and leopards exist.

For example, in the high mountains of Jiamugou, the area above the snow line is the territory of snow leopards, while leopards can be found below the snow line.

However, there are basically no other canyons in China with such a large concentration and number as the Sanjiang Grand Canyon.

Qinghai Province has focused on building the "Hometown of Snow Leopards" in recent years, and it is indeed worthy of the name.

The number of snow leopards here is probably the highest in the country.

The several nature reserves around Jiamugou focus on giant pandas, but they also protect other wild animals, but the publicity efforts are not as eye-catching.

It is impossible for Chen Ying to take Erniu to Sanjiangyuan.

His work scope is in Heyuan. It would be fine for him to go there alone for tourism and inspection, but taking Erniu with him... does he think that his background is too strong?

However, since the lynx can come over, why can't Erniu and the others go over?
Just a road, a piece of cake!
Before Chen Ying could put her secret plan of taking cats on a road trip across the highway into paper, she received a call from the neighboring nature reserve.

A call for help, regarding those leopards whose eyes have turned red with anger.

"Teacher Chen, we really have no other choice. We are not allowed to interfere with the free movement of animals. But these leopards are like crazy. Not only are they fighting among themselves, they are also attacking other animals crazily."

So far, we have received no less than ten rescue calls, and the rescued animals range from lynx, leopards to snow leopards, as well as three injured white-lipped deer with broken legs.

Not to mention the rabbits and minks that were unfortunately bitten to death but not eaten.

It basically falls under the category of "malicious destruction of the ecological environment."

"There were five leopards fighting. We have already knocked down two of them with anesthetic needles, and the other three have escaped. But the problem is that these three leopards seem to hold a grudge against humans. Last night, they broke into the herdsmen's livestock shed and killed 37 sheep of all sizes. When we found them, there was no trace of the leopards."

The helplessness in the voice of the person seeking help can be clearly felt even through the phone.

"I'll be right over. Send me the coordinates and we'll meet directly at the place where the leopards are."

This time, he really had to bring Erniu and Huangmao with him.

Not letting them fight was mainly to help block the path of the three crazy leopards and prevent them from running around.

I have never seen such a crazy situation. Even if it is a fight during the estrus period, it is impossible to harm other animals.

Could it be that leopards also have rabies?

Dogs are the main source of rabies, accounting for more than 95%, followed by cats.

Wild carnivores also pose a risk of transmission, such as badgers, red foxes, raccoon dogs, and wolves.

Bats can also spread rabies, but it is relatively rare in the country.

The risk of bites from livestock such as cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs, and rodents such as rabbits and rats is low.

Birds, fish, insects, lizards, turtles, snakes, etc. do not get infected or spread the virus.

So, it is really possible for leopards to carry rabies virus.

Having said that, Chen Ying subconsciously felt that the behavior of these leopards was probably not caused by rabies.

“Are all five leopards male or are there any females as well?”

"I don't know, but the two we've caught so far are both males."

The mating season of leopards is uncertain, but depending on their geographical location, they usually mate in the spring.

Now that we are about to enter the coldest season on the plateau, the fight over estrus is obviously untenable.

Chen Ying's mind was a mess.

Fortunately, Sister Leopard didn't have a phone, otherwise he would definitely ask her what was causing these leopards to go crazy and cause trouble everywhere.

Jinya and Xiaojin were left behind to take care of the snow leopard cubs at the center.

This special family of three occupied the largest semi-open animal house in the center.

Little Snow Leopard's skills aren't enough to support its jailbreak, but Little Jin can come and go with ease.

The task of hunting was given to the young adoptive father.

Of course, Xiao Song will not stand idly by. As the bipedal wet nurse of the snow leopard cubs, she is also very competent.

After entering the Grand Canyon area, Chen Ying saw two cars parked on the side of the road.

"Teacher Chen, this is Lao Yang who is contacting you. These are the rangers from our management station and the veterinarians from the rescue center."

Chen Ying had seen this veterinarian before. He was one of the assistant veterinarians in Qingye's medical area. He never expected that he would be able to work on his own so soon.

Without much greeting, the two men introduced the situation and were then led by a ranger into the bushes beside the canyon.

Erniu and the yellow-haired snow leopard also got out of the car.

On the way, Chen Ying reminded them to be careful and just find the leopards and not to rush forward.

He was very confident about the yellow-haired snow leopard, but this second girl always behaved in surprising ways, and he didn't know whether it was the right decision to bring her here.

The staff at the Sanjiang Nature Reserve clenched their toes when they saw the two snow leopards jumping out of Chen Ying's car.

Erniu rubbed Chen Ying's thigh, followed the yellow-haired snow leopard, and quickly jumped into the bush area.

Not all shrubs grow in the shrub area. After all, it is a high-altitude and cold area. There are not many trees here, and there are also many bare rocks in the shrub area.

The two snow leopards moved alternately through the bushes and bare rocks, and soon disappeared in the area.

"Teacher Chen, what is this?"

The veterinarian came over and asked in a low voice, the memo on his phone was still open, as he didn't want to be too obvious about his stealing.

Chen Ying didn't keep the secret, "Erniu has a good personality and has a natural affinity for humans. It was she who saved the child before. This time, when the pastoral children entered the uninhabited area and encountered wolves, it was she who saved them together with the yellowish snow leopard."

"It's very smart. I want it to help find those crazy leopards. We don't need them to fight, as long as we can block their escape route."

The rangers only knew the approximate location and had to go into the mountains to search carefully. With the help of Erniu and Huangmao, the search time should be shortened.

So many people can't all go in one place.

Lao Yang, who was in charge, divided the men into three teams and sent them to the three most likely places to appear.

Chen Ying separated from the veterinarian, and another local herdsman veterinarian joined another team.

"Each of our teams is equipped with an anesthetic blowpipe, and we hope to be able to bring them down safely for inspection."

Lao Yang followed Chen Ying and walked towards the middle of the canyon, which was the most likely location.

Another team went up the mountain from the same place as them, but went in the opposite direction.

Another team drove to the front along a dirt road for seven or eight kilometers, going upstream from the river and looking for traces of leopards in the bushes and spruce forests on both sides.

After walking for about an hour, they found paw prints and feces left by leopards on the road.

It is impossible to tell whether it was left by a leopard, but judging from the dryness and wetness of the feces, it had stayed here for at least one day.

I carefully took the samples, put them into bags and stored them, took photos and marked them, and then continued walking towards the target point.

"It's about fifty meters away. There's a steep slope ahead, so we have to take a detour."

Old Yang supported his waist while panting. He glanced at Chen Ying who didn't feel tired at all and was a little bit unbelieving.

"Doctor Chen, you have great physical strength. Although this mountain doesn't look high, it is very tiring to climb, but you don't seem to be struggling at all."

"It's OK. Mainly because I used to live in the mountains and I'm used to climbing up and down every day."

The altitude of Jiamugou is not as high as here, but the mountains are not lower than here.

His physical strength has really improved a lot in the past year or two, at least twice as strong as when he was in school.

Lao Yang took them on a detour.

This road is relatively easy to walk on, with a slope of about 60 degrees.

The forest ranger Xiao Ji climbed up first, then found a rock, fixed the rope, and threw it down. It was much easier for the people below to climb up by grabbing the rope.

Xiao Ji is a local and is very good at climbing. He once joined a rock climbing team, but later he had a falling out with the team leader for some reason and came back to become a forest ranger.

He can easily go up and down places where others think there is no way.

The fifty-meter route took about a hundred meters longer. When we arrived at our destination, we didn't see a single leopard hair.

No, there was still some hair, the hair that fell off from being scratched and bitten, entangled in the bushes, and it was very clear.

Chen Ying went over and collected all the hair, and put the blood-stained gravel into the bag.

"Lao Yang, ask the other team members if they have found anything."

The response I got was a bit discouraging, as no leopards were seen at any of the three locations.

"Is it possible that these guys knew we were coming to catch them and hid themselves?"

"Do you think those leopards can understand us?"

"I think they can understand it, otherwise why can't our three teams find them when we go up the mountain?"

Chen Ying moved her ears and saw a small head poking out from the bare rock above her.

(Tiger Weasel: Put on my little flower hat and let me see who is disturbing Master Weasel's sleep.)
"Oh my god, why is there such a thing here?"

Chen Ying was so shocked that the specimen bag in his hand almost fell to the ground.

There are many records about the tiger weasel, but it can be basically determined that its activity range is in the desert and semi-desert areas at an altitude of about one thousand meters. There are also records of its existence in wetlands, but it is extremely rare.

The lowest altitude in the Sanjiang Nature Reserve is over 4500 meters, not to mention their current location, which is basically around meters. Can the little guy survive?

But in terms of the environment, this place is quite suitable for their preferences.

But the altitude is high!

We still need to talk about some science!

The little guy looked at Chen Ying curiously. After a while, he simply crawled out from the crack of the bare rock.

Chen Ying slowly approached it and stretched out his hand towards it.

There is a piece of dried rabbit meat lying in the palm of my hand, in a semi-moist state. I wonder if this little guy likes to eat it.

The little guy put on his little flower hat and came close to Chen Ying's palm. He stretched out his paw, grabbed the jerky, put it to his mouth and took a bite.

I don't like it, but I can accept it.

After it finished eating, Chen Ying took the opportunity to ask it if it had ever seen a three-headed mad leopard.

Unexpectedly, this hit the little guy's sore spot.

It instantly became furious and squeaked for a long time, all accusations against the leopards.

Its partner, the mother of its child, was scared away by these crazy leopards. It had to move away overnight and didn't know where to find its beloved.

After listening to its accusation, Chen Ying felt so sympathetic that he had to try hard to hold back his laughter and said that he would definitely help it vent its anger.

The weasel looked at him for a while and pointed him in a direction.

"They ran up the hill just after daybreak in the morning."

Chen Ying looked up. There was snow on the top of the mountain, and the shady side was a bare rock area, where snow leopards were likely to live.

So, they went to provoke the snow leopard?

(End of this chapter)