Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 392: For the Snow Leopard Grandson, No Preparation is Too Much
"Brother, please advise me, do you think it is possible to let Erniu raise two cubs by herself, and we can help her raise two cubs. When the two cubs grow up, we can release them back to live in the wild?"

"This is theoretically feasible, but the standard for releasing animals into the wild is that the animals must be able to find food and shelter independently in the wild, as well as avoid risks. The reason why captive animals cannot be released into the wild is that the behavior of mammals is too complex, and it is difficult for humans to teach young animals to be self-reliant."

"Another thing is that young animals raised by humans are not sensitive to stress and are not very wary of humans. This is not allowed."

As the other party spoke, he secretly complained that Chen Ying was not an ignorant person, so why would he make such an outrageous request.

He knew that Chen Ying was reluctant to leave her two weaker cubs behind, but no matter what, they had to abide by the laws of nature and could not easily interfere with the process of the mother animal raising her cubs.

Chen Ying was silent for a while and gave up the idea.

The other party was right. He couldn't interfere with the raising of Erniu and her cubs because he felt sorry for them. If the snow leopard cubs lost their stress resistance in the future, even more regrettable consequences might occur.

Even though Mendun had been throwing the cubs to him before, he was actually quite cautious in raising the cubs. Later, when the three cubs were able to eat bamboo and leaves by themselves, he seldom let the cubs come to the first aid station for meals, but only occasionally brought them over to get some milk to drink.

Look, when it was time to train its children to find food and avoid danger and fights, it decisively took the children away from the first aid station where they could be sheltered from the wind and rain, and chose the mountains and forests where there were few people.

It’s not impossible to help Erniu, but we can only reduce the time her cubs spend with humans and try to provide only the food and nutrition that Erniu needs.

Once the snow leopard cubs grow up and learn survival skills, it is possible to release them to another place.

After thinking it over, I talked to the veterinarian from Qing Province. He didn't support it, but he didn't object either, and he even agreed to provide the necessary technical support.

Chen Ying turned around and found Yin Li, asking him where the sheep pen his father had built when he raised sheep was.

"Walk toward the experimental area, between the experimental area and the buffer zone. It's just a brick house and two adobe sheds. My dad hasn't raised sheep there for a long time. Now he and others have opened a farm stay on the national highway, and business is pretty good."

After learning that Chen Ying wanted to borrow the house over there to help Erniu raise the cub, he frowned and said, "Can't we raise it here at the care station? Does it have to be so far away?"

"There are still too many people at the conservation station. And you have built a parking station outside, and many passing cars come here to rest and eat. The environment is still a bit noisy for the snow leopards waiting to give birth."

Yin Li put his hands on his hips and thought for a while. "Okay, then I'll take you there first. My dad hasn't lived there for almost half a year, and I don't know if everything is complete. I'll buy you anything you need later."

There is one advantage of that place. It was a temporary rest station set up when the nature reserve was first built. It was later abandoned and given to Yin Li's father to raise sheep.

Later, the policy became stricter and grazing was not allowed in the buffer zone, so Yin Li's father disposed of all the sheep and went out to do business with others.

The place is about 10 kilometers away from the nearest herdsmen's village, and a dirt road connects to the national highway. The village also pulled power lines to the temporary rest stop and dug a well nearby.

Chen Ying planned to spend her own money to get the Internet cable in and get two simple ultrasonic detectors.

The sheepfold can be transformed into Erniu's delivery room, surrounded by a purely natural environment. After the cub is born, he only needs to monitor its growth status. Unless it is absolutely necessary, he will not intervene to help Erniu take care of the baby.

But this means he will have to stay in Heyuan for quite a while, and all the matters in Jiamugou will fall on Xia Sen and Ruan Mengmeng. I don't know if they can handle it.

As for Dongsheng, we also need to evaluate whether he can be sent here for further treatment.

Or you can directly ask the senior brother to help with the third course of acupuncture and medicinal fumigation.

There is definitely no problem with the senior brother's skills, but I don't know if he dares to give tiger acupuncture.

It would take a few days to move to the temporary rest stop, so Chen Ying contacted the teachers in advance, especially the senior brother. He was very busy with his work in the hospital, and he didn't know if he could spare the time to live in Jiamugou for two weeks.

When I called, it was the master's wife who answered the phone. After asking, I found out that the master brother had been working intensively for several days and had ended up in the hospital.

In this case, it would be difficult for Chen Ying to express her request.

After expressing his condolences verbally, he gave the eldest brother a red envelope, saying that he was unable to visit him in Heyuan and would visit him again when he returned.

Since the eldest brother couldn't help, Chen Ying could only call Ding Wen and ask him if he was free to drive his special car to help take Dongsheng to the Heyuan rescue and shelter center.

Xiao Shen's research is about to be completed, and he has now entered the late stage of thesis writing. He has more free time and can help take care of Dongsheng at the Heyuan Center.

Moreover, he was the one who taught Xiao Song how to use acupuncture, so there would be no problem in letting Xiao Song give Dongsheng the third course of treatment under his guidance.

If he had a car, it would be convenient for him to travel between the two places, and Dongsheng's treatment would basically not be delayed.

When Ding Wen received Chen Ying's call, he agreed immediately and said that he had a junior who could be Chen Ying's assistant.

Chen Ying was going to refuse, but Ding Wen said that the junior's family could help with the renovation of the shed and could also donate a set of small solar panels.

The most important thing is that my junior’s mother is a great expert in genetics. Given the breadth of Chen Ying’s research, who knows if she will need help from him in the future.

Ding Wen said that it would be impossible for him to drive here alone, so he asked his junior to come along first so they could meet and talk.

Chen Ying sighed silently and agreed. Ding Wen was very efficient, and the situation Chen Ying encountered was relatively rare. Qing Province was willing to endorse him, and the formalities were completed in a week.

During this week, Yin Li contacted the pastoral village and stepped up the renovation of the rooms in the rest stop. He also remodeled two pens and built an artificial cave.

The rest stop is located at the foot of the mountain. In the past, herders would set up tents around here when they moved their livestock to other pastures.

One kilometer northeast of the rest stop is a rocky mountain where blue sheep live. There are also Tibetan wild donkeys and wild yaks in the canyon area.

In terms of the environment, it is very suitable for snow leopards to live.

The little snow leopard was reluctant to leave its den and stayed there on its own initiative.

Erniu followed Chen Ying to the new home. After getting off the car, she walked around the house twice. Without being reminded, she found the delivery room that had been prepared for her in advance.

Just two days after they moved in, the camera alarm installed on the enclosure started to sound, and Huangmao and the big snow leopard came over.

After walking around the house, Huangmao didn't see the little snow leopard. After hesitating for a while, he ran away decisively.

The big snow leopard crawled into its den and rolled around twice. After making sure there was no danger, it came out and occupied the next door animal shed.

With a big snow leopard roaming around and keeping watch, Chen Ying left for two days without any worries and went to the Heyuan Rescue Center to settle Dongsheng.

Dongsheng had no problem standing on three legs, and the muscles of the leg that still had no feeling looked much better than before.

Ruan Mengmeng massages it twice a day, and the effect is very obvious.

Ding Wen had never been exposed to this kind of treatment before. After seeing Chen Ying and Xiao Song performing the first treatment of the third course of treatment on Dongsheng in Heyuan, he immediately applied to join in.

He doesn't want the research project and doesn't want to participate in the distribution of credit. He just wants to be Xiao Song's assistant and learn clinical acupuncture techniques.

It just so happened that Xiao Song was also very busy, and although his assistants worked very hard, they were unable to handle most of the work on their own.

Ding Wen is an expert after all, so he should have no problem teaching students basic internal medicine and surgery.

After Chen Ying finished his work, Ding Wen's master's student took the initiative to find him and brought the results of his previous research project.

"If you need anything, I can help you contact Qing Province..."

"Brother Ying, I can contact Qing Province myself. I want to learn from you."

The young man smiled shyly and pushed his glasses down a little awkwardly. "I have heard a lot about you, Brother Ying, from my teachers and classmates. I have always wanted to follow your example and join the animal protection industry. Currently, I am mainly studying snow leopards, and my graduation project is also related to this. But I don't want to follow my mother's arrangement to enter the laboratory. I want to do my own research."

The young man seemed very nervous, and his voice became a little weak towards the end.

Chen Ying was about to say a polite refusal, but after thinking it over, she decided not to reject him outright.

"I'm a clinical veterinarian. You can't do any high-level research with me. But if you want to study snow leopards, I can provide you with some convenience. But let me be frank. The principle of wildlife protection is not to forcibly change the survival mode and living environment of animals. So you can watch them, but you can't touch them without my permission."

Why did he prefer to endure a lonely life and take Erniu away from the conservation station to give birth in a place close to the wild? It was to try his best to reduce the impact of human activities on wild animal cubs.

However, the young man specializes in studying snow leopards. If I want to apply for ex situ protection and release in the future, I may need to use his research results.

When they were in Jiamugou, Mendun'er gave birth to cubs. For a long time, only he and Xia Sen occasionally went to visit and give food to them.

From this point of view, there is an effect. At least the wildness of Mendun'er and his three cubs has not disappeared, and they are very vigilant when dealing with humans other than him and Xia Sen.

The temporary rest stop is of considerable size, with the enclosure located at the westernmost end. Chen Ying plans to place the young man at the easternmost end to minimize his contact with Erniu.

Although Erniu has had more contact with humans before, it is already a mature cat with a certain degree of vigilance and self-protection ability.

But its unborn children must be strictly separated from humans.

Even Chen Ying herself does not often come into contact with the cubs, and tries to conduct daily observations only through cameras.

So before Erniu gave birth, all the equipment had to be installed in place.

Ding Wen had a wide network of contacts, and he was able to contact a manufacturer to sponsor a set of monitoring equipment. In exchange, Chen Ying put up an entire wall of standing advertisements for the manufacturer on the wall of the rest stop.

No matter if anyone sees it or not, the main point is to make sure your attitude is right.

(End of this chapter)