Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 318 A good boss should be good at opening up new sources of income

When Sister Lynx came, Chen Ying was talking on the phone to the forest police.

The test results came out and the deceased was that college student.

His classmates found the suicide note he left in his dormitory.

The general content is that he feels that his disease is terminal, he has no relatives at home to rely on, and he does not want to seek treatment alone.

"He was studying folklore, and he might have sneaked into the no-man's land to commit suicide. The herders' village received a donation for the library, and we checked and found that it was donated before he entered the no-man's land."

No man's land, sky burial, cleansing of the mind and purification of the soul, these are probably the reasons why this student quietly entered the no man's land.

Chen Ying didn't know how to comment. His nature was different from those people who had previously trespassed into the no-man's land. He was heading for liberation and death.

However, at the moment when he was killed by the brown bear, would he regret it? Wouldn't he feel pain?
"Doctor Chen, there is one more thing I need to tell you in advance. The parents of one of the two children want to sue you..."

When saying this, there was a hint of anger in Comrade Sen's tone.

"During the examination, the doctor said there were claw marks on the child's jaw and forehead left by a snow leopard. We all know that the snow leopard left those claw marks in order to save them. But the parents heard from somewhere that the two snow leopards had a good relationship with you, so they wanted to extort money. We are now communicating with the village cadres to deal with this matter. We will definitely not let them succeed, but we are afraid that they will find you and make trouble."

What the forest police didn't say was that the shameless couple also called the media to ask for interviews.

Chen Ying didn't care. Just come. It was a good opportunity to confirm that the child was abandoned by his parents.

During the day, Duanmu and Yin Li were discussing whether to give one of the two additional forest ranger positions next year to the child's aunt's cousin. They were also worried that the child's biological parents would continue to refuse to pay child support on this grounds.

Now that she knew that the parents were causing trouble, Chen Ying poked Duanmu and asked him not to mention the matter for the time being.

It was originally a very small episode. The report released by the rescue center also emphasized that wild animals should not be approached (bears kill people), but it is not a life-and-death fight as soon as they meet (snow leopard and lynx save children).

The tone was pretty good, but then this incident came up, just like when you take a bite of an apple and find only half a worm is left.

Not deadly but gross.

Because of this incident, and the fact that the mad leopard had not yet been found, Chen Ying couldn't leave for the time being.

I simply took the time to deliver the things to the pastoral area, and brought back the necessary information and personal items, preparing to spend the Spring Festival in the rescue and shelter center.

He collected some samples from the lynx that escaped from the Sanjiang Nature Reserve for testing, and the results were okay. After all, the two places were connected in the past, so the genetic similarity of the species is very high, and there is no difference between the two subspecies.

The most representative ones in the animal kingdom are the giant pandas in Sichuan Province and Qinling Mountains. Because they are too far apart and the populations have lost contact for too long, their genes have evolved in two different directions.

It is specifically manifested in three aspects: different body shape; different color; and different partial physiological structure.

However, no obvious differences in genetic evolutionary directions have been found in different regions of snow leopards in China.

Of course, this may also be because there is still little research on this mysterious and elegant creature.

However, if we expand this population to a global scale, research institutions have shown that there may be at least three subspecies of snow leopards. (See the preface for the citation)
Previously, some domestic research teams had considered releasing snow leopards to other places so that they could reproduce in their natural ecology.

Even now, this topic is often brought up for discussion.

However, in recent years, domestic research has tended to favor environmental coordination rather than forced human interference, with an emphasis on protecting the environment so that its population can recover naturally.

After nearly ten years of hard work, this goal has been largely achieved.

Recently, the media often reports that wild animals have been discovered in certain places that have not been seen in previous decades. This is a good evidence.

As we all know, the end of the year is the peak period for the publication of various papers.

It’s understandable that it’s good to earn some gold coins to celebrate the New Year.

Chen Ying's research group is no exception.

During the days of waiting in Heyuan, he submitted his interim reports and several papers.

I also had a video call with Professor Everett to discuss the population conflict between northern lions and southern lions.

The last time Chen Ying went to provide support, he learned from Professor Carris how modern lion groups are divided.

They are not simply divided into Asian lions and African lions as people believe, but rather northern lions and southern lions.

These two subspecies each have three major subclades.

The northern subspecies includes three evolutionary subbranches: North Africa (including Asia), West Africa and Central Africa; the southern subspecies includes three subbranches: Northeast Africa, South Africa (including East Africa) and Southwest Africa.

Professor Carris and her team mainly study West African lions, but that doesn't mean she only knows about West African lions.

This time the professor and his wife approached him to ask for his help in investigating Asiatic lions. It seemed to be closely related to a project she was leading on West African lions.

When Chen Ying heard that they were going to their third brother's house next door, she thought about it and decided to decline.

As we all know, the Ganges is the way to heaven.

Although the cooperation could not proceed, Professor Carris and his wife were not unhappy and instead talked about gossip.

It was the same thing Ding Wen had told him before.

The white lion, the wealthy white lion that was suspected to be autistic, went crazy and after receiving electric shock treatment, it bit and killed the three staff members who were taking care of and treating it.

"The one who was in charge of the electric shock died on the spot, and the other two were seriously injured." Professor Everett pinched the bridge of his nose. "After investigation, it was found that the assistant in charge of the electric shock secretly used excessive current to stimulate the white lion to go crazy, but he underestimated the white lion's resistance. The white lion, which was temporarily exhausted, took advantage of his unpreparedness and bit him to death."

Chen Ying put her hands to her lips to express her condolences for the deceased.

Professor Everett told him about this matter. The other party had found him and wanted him to go over and help take a look at the situation.

Professor Everett had too much work to do and declined the invitation.

He mentioned this to Chen Ying because he thought Chen Ying could give it a try. It's not shameful to make money.

Chen Ying is not short of money, but that is only to the extent that he himself is not short of money.

In the past, if one person was full, the whole family would not be hungry. Now, he has set up a research group, and the people who work with him on the project also need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.

Although all members are paid, a good boss must be able to do research and raise funds, otherwise no one will be willing to follow you when there are projects in the future.

After hesitating for a while, Chen Ying expressed her gratitude to Professor Everett for his recommendation.

I have to talk to Ding Wen about this matter. After all, he was the one who first brought it up, although it didn't pan out later.

But now Professor Everett has also recommended him, so the possibility of him going is relatively high, and he hopes to take Ding Wen with him.

Friends are friends only when they help each other.

After writing down these two things on the whiteboard in the dormitory, Chen Ying took the tablet to the animal shed.

He expected Sister Lynx to come.

He didn't know if he really had a druid aura, but he was used to it now. As long as he stayed a little longer, he would be surrounded by a group of cats.

If that's the case, does his Druid Aura mean he's obsessed with cats?

Chen Ying was about to speak when she saw Jin Ya stuffing something into her stomach.

"Jin Ya, you are not allowed to bring unfinished food to the animal shed."

Chen Ying reached out his gloved hand and was about to throw it away, but suddenly he felt something was wrong. He looked carefully and blurted out "Oh shit!"

A live wolf cub!
Jin Ya took a step back and hid behind Xiao Jin. "Gray Lynx brought it here to help the two cubs practice hunting."

After all, Chen Ying had delivered a baby for a wolf mother before. She took a look at the wolf cub and found that it was no more than a week old.

"Sister Lynx, did you go to dig out the wolf's den?"

He had seen reports that lynxes would dig out all the wolf cubs and kill them after discovering a wolf den.

But those are northern forest wolves, and now they are in the snowy plateau. Is there such a great hatred between wolves and lynxes?
"I didn't take it out. The bear did it. When I passed by, all the big wolves were dead. I found this under the body of the female wolf."

Sister Lynx naturally couldn't count, but she said that many wolves died next to the wolf den, and the mother of this little wolf was blocking the entrance to the den. The little wolf was probably very hungry, and didn't know that all the wolves in the tribe were dead, so it just followed the smell to its mother to find food.

Chen Ying asked Sister Lynx why there was only one wolf cub. Sister Lynx said she didn't know either, but she only found one alive.

It didn't pay attention to whether the other wolf cubs were in the cave or escaped from another exit of the den.

Since he had already discovered this little thing, it was definitely impossible for him to use it to help the two cubs practice hunting.

Chen Ying hurriedly sent the wolf cub to Xiao Song for help.

The poor little creature was so cold and hungry that he was hanging on by a thread.

Xiao Song was arranging things to do during the New Year shift when he saw Chen Ying rushing over. He hurried over and just then he caught a wolf cub in his hands.

"Hurry up and open the incubator. I'll go get some milk powder for the cubs."

Xiao Song made an internal call and called the keeper who was responsible for taking care of and rescuing the cubs.

After she placed the wolf cub in the incubator, she quickly checked the cub's physical condition.

It is well developed, with standard body length and bones, and the wolf mother takes good care of it.

But his stomach was very flat, probably because he hadn’t eaten for a long time.

There were some blood and dirt on his body.

"The wolf cub's tribe encountered a brown bear, and I don't know if the entire tribe was destroyed. The wolf cub was found by the gray-white lynx, who brought it over to the snow leopard cub and the little lynx to play with."

It would be fine if it happened in the wild, but under their noses, this plan would probably fail.

"Why is there another brown bear?" The keeper next to him interrupted, "Some time ago, two patrol teams reported that a brown bear was found in the outer area of ​​the center. Now the weather is getting colder, could the bear break into the herdsmen's village?"

Chen Ying frowned and thought for a while. "I suggest increasing patrols. Although there is not much snow this year, the wind is very strong, one or two levels higher than in previous years. Brown bears usually store enough fat to hibernate in November, but they are still wandering in the wilderness. It is estimated that it will be more difficult to obtain food this year than in previous years."

Brown bears are omnivorous animals that mainly prey on marmots, pikas and blue sheep.

Human settlements store a lot of food, which is high in calories and easy to obtain, causing brown bears to frequently enter human settlements in search of food in recent years.

It is very likely that the ultimate destination of this wandering brown bear is also human settlements.

(End of this chapter)