Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 367: Naughty Cub, Calm Mom, Broken It
I definitely won’t give one away, so I’ll pack up a couple and take them away.

Chen Ying has also been thinking about this issue these days.

Can a tiger cub like this one, who was raised semi-wild, really adapt to life in the wild? But it is different with the guidance of its mother tiger, especially this mother tiger has a very strong maternal instinct.

But you can’t just give the tiger cub away.

In human society, nothing can be separated from advance application and full reporting.

Chen Ying plans to find some time to go with Tiger Mom to see the mother tiger who had lost her cub, and then come back to find a way to convince the tiger cub's real "family".

When he goes to investigate, he cannot go alone, he must bring experts from the observation station along.

Chen Ying had the contact information of the person in charge of the Laobeigou South China Tiger Observation Station, so she called him and asked. He happened to be attending a meeting in the city during the past two days, but he recommended two doctoral students in related majors to Chen Ying.

Both of these PhDs came from Shaoxing City. They started working on the wild reintroduction of South China tigers during their master's degree, and this year marks the fifth year.

When the two doctors heard that there was a tigress on Chen Ying's side who wanted to take away the two tiger cubs from the first aid station, they ignored everything else and rushed here overnight.

We did not take the mountain road directly, but went out from the observation station and drove to Jiamugou overnight.

When Chen Ying saw them at noon the next day, she couldn't help but say that they were great brothers.

"Then let's go. Let's go check on the tigress first. Once we're sure she's in a suitable condition to raise cubs, we can decide how to release her."

Normal cats will grow up with their mother until they are about two years old, learning all the skills of living in the wild, and then they will become independent.

Even if humans try to imitate wild animals in their breeding, they can never truly teach them how to survive in the wild.

At this time, the importance of the mother animal becomes extremely prominent.

The two doctors were also very familiar with Tiger Mom. After all, they had been observing her for more than half a year, studying her hair, feces, and behavior habits over and over again, which made Tiger Mom want to hide when she saw them.

To find the tigress who lost her cubs, the mother tiger must take us there.

Before leaving, Chen Ying suddenly came to her senses, stared at the tiger mother and asked, "You came to see me, where are your cubs? Aren't you afraid that the tigress will kidnap them?"

"Don't be afraid, my cubs are too big. I told it that I would help it kidnap the cubs this time and asked it to help keep an eye on them, and it agreed."

Wow, even tigers can make empty promises these days!
Chen Ying and the two doctors examined the tiger cubs, then carried them on their backs to send them to the observation station.

This time they didn't take a car, but were taken directly by Chen Ying, following the tigress along the mountain road. On the way, they asked the tiger mom to teach the two stupid sons of the landlord how to walk in the forest.

Chen Ying had some knowledge about the release of South China tigers into the wild in China before, but since he was not a specialist in this field, he was not clear about the specific situation.

This time on the road, the two doctors introduced to him in detail the current progress of wild release in the country.

"There are four major research bases in China that are relatively large and are progressing relatively quickly. At Meihua Mountain, they have already released large live animals such as wild boars into the free-range area and trained tigers to hunt. This should be the research base with the fastest progress in China."

"Among the other three research institutes, two have made progress second only to Meihuashan, and the other is a selected national nature reserve release site, with a rewilding training area and a breeding area also set up."

Previously, one of them worked at the breeding research base in Shaoxing City, and the other at the Meihuashan Breeding Research Institute. Later, they transferred to the research base in Shaoxing City.

"The South China tigers we have are already learning to hunt in the wild, but compared to tigers raised in nature, they are still too friendly."

This is the disadvantage of captivity. Being artificially raised since childhood, the tigers have come to think that food should be provided by bipeds, and they have no concept of hunting on their own.

The two little tiger cubs at Chen Ying's first aid station are better off. After all, they have the guidance of the big tigers and big cats. At least they can catch rabbits and pheasants by themselves. Their starting point is higher than that of the big tigers in the research institute.

After walking for more than an hour, they arrived at the newly built cable bridge above the Huashu Valley. Crossing the river from here would save a lot of time.

Moreover, this bridge is designed as a biological corridor, and even animals can use it to travel directly between the two mountains.

Before crossing the bridge, Tiger Mom suddenly stopped, stood on the slope and stared at the other side.

After a while, it led the two little tigers directly to the river.

"Tigers like to swim. They must be taking their two cubs to play in the water."

Looking at the sky, they estimated that they would have to spend the night in the wild. There happened to be an open space at the bridge head with two big trees next to it.

This is a great place to camp overnight.

A small marquee was set up between two trees, with two tents set up next to it.

The canopy is for the tiger mother and her two cubs, and they are afraid it will get damaged if it rains at night.

After all, the cub is not completely wild and its physique is much weaker than that of a wild tiger.

They wanted the cubs to learn survival skills in the wild, not to send them to their deaths.

In fact, this is also a difficult point for many researchers.

If you let the tiger you raised with so much effort go like this, you might never see him again.

The tiger mother took her two cubs for a stroll by the water and caught two rabbits and a pheasant along the way.

The tiger mom said that the two cubs were much stronger than she thought, but they were not as good as the other cubs in her family.

After the two cubs had eaten their fill and were tired from playing and were sleeping together, the mother tiger came to Chen Ying and said that she seemed to smell the scent of the tigress.

"It's right across the river. It must be it. I asked it to help watch my cub, but it actually followed me here. It's going to piss me off to death."

The tiger mother grumbled and cursed for a long time, then turned around and ran to find food. Not long after she left, Jin Ya and Xiao Jin ran over and said that some animals saw a tiger nearby, and asked Chen Ying and the others to be careful.

In the middle of the night, it suddenly started to drizzle.

The two little tiger cubs were woken up by the cold wind and groaned. They felt thirsty and without seeing their mother, they ran to the river to drink water.

Chen Ying suddenly woke up and heard the sound of raindrops falling on the tent. She hurried out to check on the tiger cub.

When I shone the flashlight on them, I couldn't see any of them, and I woke up immediately.

After turning on the headlights and looking around, Chen Ying heard the cries of a tiger cub coming from the bottom of the slope. He casually wrapped himself in a raincoat and ran down.

When we got to the river, we were so angry that we almost laughed.

The smaller one stood obediently by the water and called softly, while the bigger one actually dared to run into the river to swim, and when it saw Chen Ying coming down, it let out an excited growl.

There was a hint of childishness in the cub's voice, which made Chen Ying frown.

"Come up here! Why are you swimming in such cold weather? This isn't as warm as the basin at home!"

He called out for a long time, but the tiger cub pretended not to hear him. It turned its head and swam to the middle.

"Don't go, come back to me now!"

Chen Ying was frightened and raised her voice.

The two doctors heard Chen Ying's voice and rushed over. They saw Xiaohu swimming playfully towards the middle of the river. The three of them were so anxious that they were turning around in circles on the shore.

At this moment, the tiger cub suddenly let out a cry of fear, and then was seen sinking into the water. When it resurfaced, it was about five meters away from its previous position.

Chen Ying anxiously wanted to jump into the water to retrieve the tiger cub, but before he could act, a ferocious beast suddenly rushed out from the opposite side, leaped into the water, quickly grabbed the tiger cub by the scruff of the neck, and then came ashore more than 20 meters away from them.

Fortunately, the water here is not particularly turbulent, and the otter family’s territory is just below.

If there is a flood in the summer and a tiger cub dares to go swimming, the King of Hell will catch it and make it his kitten.

When the tiger cub was brought ashore by a strange tiger, it curled up into a ball and shivered.

The tiger cub that did not go into the water tried two or three times, and finally plucked up the courage to run over, bit its friend's ear and tried to drag it away.

The strange tiger stood on the shore, shook its body, and splashed water all over the well-behaved tiger cub's head and face.

Seeing the big tiger shaking off the water, the soaked little tiger cub couldn't help but imitate the big tiger and shook off its fur.

Unfortunately, the power is not enough and it has no effect.

The two doctors wanted to rush over and bring the tiger cub back, but they were worried that the big tiger would be frightened and hurt the little cub.

Chen Ying held them both in a grip and said, "It's okay. This must be the tigress that lost her cub."

With Chen Ying's reminder, the two of them calmed down and took a closer look. Sure enough, they saw signs of breastfeeding on the tigress's slightly drooping belly.

The big tiger licked the well-behaved little cub's head twice, then picked up the wet little cub and walked up the hillside.

When passing by Chen Ying and the others, the big tiger rudely swung its tail and hit the leg of the two-legged beast that was blocking the way.

One of the two doctors, named Lin Fang, was hit and gasped in pain.

After the tigress walked a little further away with the cub in her mouth, he pulled up his trouser legs and took a look.

Wow, there’s a ridge on his leg.

The well-behaved little tiger cub followed the big tiger and his friends directly to the top of the slope. Chen Ying chased after them and saw the big tiger lying comfortably in a dry place under the canopy, holding the little tiger cub in his arms and licking its fur.

The other tiger cub was very interested in the big tiger's tail and was biting it curiously.

As the saying goes, cats and cat tails are two different creatures. The big tiger was obviously cleaning the body of the little tiger, but its tail naturally teased the other little tiger, making it so excited by the fun.

The little tiger cub who was being licked saw his friends having fun and cried out in anxiety. He also wanted to play and didn’t want to be licked!

But unfortunately, the cub couldn't resist the big tiger's strength, and the big tiger didn't let it go until it felt that its fur was completely dry.

The three tigers, one big and two small, leaned together, looking like a real family of three.

Chen Ying and the other two did not go into the tent to avoid the rain, but hid aside with their mobile phones to film the big tiger and the little tiger cubs getting along.

Although the camping light hanging on the tent does not provide strong light, it is enough for shooting videos.

At this moment, the tiger mom, who had been wandering somewhere, came back. She was not surprised to see the big tiger. Instead, she let out a low howl with a hint of annoyance.

The big tiger holding the two cubs responded, then turned over, hugged the two cubs and prepared to sleep.

The two doctors didn't understand what they were saying, but Chen Ying did.

Because he understood, there was a hint of sympathy in his eyes when he looked at Tiger Mom.

The first time they went out, the cubs were scared away by the male tiger. Will they have to fight to the death with the male tiger when they go back?

(End of this chapter)