Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 396 Take it away, I hope it survives

Human babies have to have a third bath, and Erniu’s baby must have one too.

On the third day, several Tibetans sent gifts, especially the herders from Uncle Zhaxi's village. When they learned that Erniu had given birth to a baby, they gave a full set of Tibetan gifts for newborns.

Chen Ying was stunned when she saw this.

"The elders said that when an elf gives birth to a cub, it is a blessing for us. Erniu is a snow mountain elf over there. If she gives birth to a cub, we will definitely express our gratitude."

Uncle Zhaxi also knew that he couldn't stay too long, for fear that the human scent would affect the snow leopard cubs, so he put his things down and left.

Before leaving, she repeatedly greeted Chen Ying and told her that once Erniu's children were able to walk and run, she would definitely send them back to the pastoral village in the west.

Uncle Zhaxi just left in the morning, and in the afternoon people from the nearby herdsmen village also came to give gifts.

It's basically the same gift.

Tsering, who came to give gifts, quietly told Chen Ying that their village wanted Erniu to stay and hoped that Chen Ying could help.

"I really can't help you with this. It's up to Erniu to decide where she wants to live. I can't make the decision for her."

"I know. Just talk to Erniu and let her raise the baby before you leave, okay?"

Chen Ying said he really couldn't understand the herdsmen's "superstitious" ideas.

Fortunately, the herders are not unreasonable people. They all know that wild animals cannot be forced to live in a certain place. They just simply don’t want to be outdone by another herders’ village.

After all, there is still a bit of face-saving mentality at work.

The formal etiquette is to perform the "Pangse" ceremony for the newborn, but snow leopard cubs certainly cannot be treated the same as human children, so only gifts such as barley wine, butter tea, meat, and butter were sent.

They also placed a stone pestle ten meters in front of the shack, burned pine and cypress branches, said some blessings, and finally hung the Hada on the door of the animal shed and left.

Yin Li was fine, as he had participated in the "Pangse" ceremony for the children of team members several times here, but it was the first time for Chen Ying and Sun Qihai to see it, and it was extremely strange.

After seeking consent from Tsering and others, I shot a video, blurred the people in the video, edited the short film and sent it to the group.

I also sent a copy to the Qinghai Province Wildlife Conservation Center.

On the same day, the Qinghai Provincial Wildlife Conservation Department’s official account posted a dynamic video, congratulating Erniu on the successful birth of four healthy cubs, three boys and one girl.

The Internet still has memory. Especially old fans of Qingye, they searched for key words on the Internet and found those reports about Erniu.

After knowing that this was a snow leopard that had rescued a person in distress, everyone below congratulated Erniu on the birth of her fourth cub.

The two people who were saved by Erniu also saw it. They immediately called Yin Li to confirm and transferred the money to him directly, saying it was a gift for Erniu.

"Brother Yin, buy some good food and drinks for Erniu. I saw the editor of Qingye's WeChat public account said that her delivery was a bit difficult this time, and the baby is not particularly healthy. Use this money to replenish their bodies. If it's not enough, tell me and I'll give her more."

Yin Li was frightened.

With so much money, even a human being couldn’t spend it all during the confinement period, not to mention that Erniu doesn’t need so much at all.

"Take it. If Erniu doesn't use it all, then use the remaining money to create a special account specifically for rescuing cubs."

Having said that, Yin Li couldn't refuse. He could only accept the money and report the source of the money to the center for record.

If the funds cannot be used up and a special account needs to be established to rescue more cubs, the center will need to step in to get it done.

I don’t know if someone leaked the news, but a few days later, Qingye and Heyuan Center received calls asking them to disclose their donation accounts, saying that they wanted to raise money for Erniu...

The headaches are caused by Qingye and Heyuan Center, while here at the rest stop, life is peaceful and quiet, and we can concentrate on raising the cubs.

Huangmao and the little snow leopard are back.

This time the two leopards did not enter Erniu's animal shed. Instead, they found a cave at the foot of the mountain, drove away the sand foxes and marmots living inside, and forced their way in.

Just one week after Erniu gave birth, Heyuan welcomed the first batch of 57 migrating Tibetan antelopes.

Yin Li had to rush back to perform the protection mission. After he left, Chen Ying and Sun Qihai took turns to work the night shift to protect Erniu and the pups of the dog nanny.

After all, the Tibetan antelopes have begun to migrate and give birth, which means that the number of top predators gathering here has also increased.

Erniu is currently unable to leave the den for long periods of time to hunt, and most of her daily food depends on feeding from the snow leopard.

And because of breastfeeding, I used to need to eat once every three to five days, but now I need to eat once every other day.

The big snow leopard goes out hunting tirelessly every day, and the whole leopard looks visibly tired.

So raising cubs is really hard work.

Fortunately, in addition to the big snow leopard, there are Erniu’s good friends Huangmao and the little snow leopard. They will bring prey to feed Erniu every now and then.

The rest stop is not located on the migration route. If you want to enjoy this two-month feast, you must follow the Tibetan antelopes deep into the no-man's land.

Huangmao and the little snow leopard waited until June before they followed the large group of Tibetan antelopes away. By then, Erniu had recovered her strength and could take turns going out hunting with the big snow leopard.

In half a month, the growth of the four little snow leopards has gradually divided into two levels.

The older and younger cubs are of standard size, and they are eating and playing normally.

(A ten-day-old wild snow leopard cub)

The third cub is a little girl. Although her physical condition is a little poor, it is within the normal range for female snow leopard cubs.

But the fourth cub is a little different. Not only is it weak, but it also seems to have some problems with its digestive system.

Chen Ying saw the four cubs have diarrhea several times on the surveillance camera. Erniu seemed very distressed when she cleaned it up. There were one or two times when she wanted to leave the den with the four cubs in her mouth, but she stood up and walked around a few times before putting the children back.

After Chen Ying contacted the experts in Qing Province, the experts had already driven here and were preparing to examine the snow leopard cub here first. If it was just a simple gastrointestinal problem, some medicine could be added to the artificial milk powder to help treat it.

But if it is some other problem, the cub may have to leave its mother and go to Qingye for further in-depth examination and treatment.

The results of the initial examination were both encouraging and worrying.

The four cubs are not seriously ill. The current test results are most likely to be intractable intestinal flatulence, which is easy to treat. However, this disease is very easy to relapse, and in the wild, animal mothers have no way to treat this disease, and the only outcome for the cubs who get sick is death.

The difficult problem facing them now is whether or not to take the four cubs away for artificial raising.

If it is taken away, it means that it will most likely be separated from the natural world and can only be kept in captivity by humans from then on.

Unless significant progress is made in the reintroduction of snow leopards into the wild in the next few years, it is unlikely that they will ever be able to return to the wild.

After all, the cubs that are raised artificially from childhood are different from the cubs that are rescued in the sub-adult stage.

The former, without the guidance of their mother, is simply unable to master the various skills required to live in the wild.

Of course, Chen Ying could ask Qingye’s people to take the cub away first and then hand it over to Erniu to teach later.

But he couldn't make this decision lightly. After all, not everyone was like him, able to communicate with animals without any obstacles.

It is best not to accumulate too many wrong experiences.

Before Chen Ying could figure it out, Erniu made the decision for him.

Seeing the four cubs placed in front of her, Chen Ying pursed her lips, quickly put them into the incubator and handed them to Qingye’s staff.

If he looked at them for a second longer, he would be unable to resist leaving the four cubs behind.

It’s a pity that the conditions here are not good, and I can’t treat the four cubs myself like I did in Jiamugou.

This time, he once again had the idea of ​​building a second first aid station.

(End of this chapter)