Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 478: Hungry Wolves in the Mountains, Cat's Sorrow
The mood in the camp was heavy.

Although everyone has actually guessed this a long time ago, the dull pain after the stone falls to the ground still makes people uncomfortable.

"But fortunately, the two cubs of the female snow leopard should be the children of the scumbag snow leopard. Although it is gone, its genes are still there."

"Well, these are the biological samples I collected from the mother snow leopard and two cubs. I can build a more detailed pedigree map when I go back."

The investigator from the Forestry and Grassland Bureau rubbed his face and forced a smile. "Okay, it's good as long as we confirm that it's not a human factor. People can have accidents, and animals can have accidents too. Let's go down the mountain tomorrow after we check the cameras around us."

Jin Ya knew that Chen Ying was in a bad mood, so she didn't dare leave him until she went down the mountain.

After checking the surrounding equipment, Chen Ying went to find the female snow leopard before leaving.

"Do you know where the little snow leopard went?"

"I don't know. It should have gone to find other female leopards." The female leopard licked the fur on her legs, not caring at all. "It's not strong enough. It had the male to help it before, but now it's alone and it's hard to hunt. I guess it went to the lower part. There's easy food there, but there are a lot of bipeds, which will stop us."

So we went to the uncle's alpine meadow?
It is possible. It stayed there for a long time after being rescued, and it was the scumbag snow leopard who brought it back. Now the scumbag snow leopard is dead, and the little snow leopard may have watched it fall, and it may have some psychological trauma.

In this case, since it dares not catch the blue sheep, it can only set its sights on human pastures. Besides, there are meadows and other large herbivores over there. Even if the competition is fierce, the risk of accidents is much smaller.

Chen Ying thought about it and decided to find time to go to Gulagou Ranch to inquire about the situation after returning.

When we got down to the snow line, we met Dao Meihua, who had gone up the mountain with the M Alliance and a scientific expedition team from another university.

At that time, they were surrounded by a leopard and two wolves.

When Jin Ya saw this scene, she was already upset because of the death of the scumbag Snow Leopard, so she turned into a lit firecracker and rushed towards the two wolves.

"Prepare to die, you bastards. Aa ...

The leopard was startled and quickly jumped up a tree, watching Jin Ya chasing two wolves in the snow.

After watching for a few minutes, it climbed down the tree and cooperated with Jin Ya to attack the two wolves.

If nothing else, at least we are all cats.

Cats and dogs have been incompatible since ancient times, and those evil wolves will succeed a second time if they succeed once. If it wants to defend its territory, it cannot be too weak.

Jin Ya's attack this time was purely a strategy of hurting the enemy by a thousand but hurting herself by eight hundred. If Leopard hadn't followed closely to make the move, she might have suffered some injuries.

After fighting for a while, the two wolves escaped with wounds all over their bodies. If Chen Ying hadn't stopped Jin Ya, this crazy girl would probably have wanted to chase after them.

"Okay Jinya, don't go, it's okay."

Chen Ying knelt on the snow, holding Jin Ya and stroking its fur, scratching its neck and belly. After a while, Jin Ya's breathing finally calmed down.

I carefully wiped the blood off Jinya's mouth with a tissue. It also had wounds on its body, but fortunately the cold weather prevented inflammation.

Holding Jin Ya and treating its wounds, Chen Ying calmed down and looked at Dao Meihua calmly.

"Several other colleagues have just explained the situation. I know you feel bad. But think about it, although its life was short, it was also very fulfilling. It was the king of this snow mountain until its death. Its child is also growing well. When it grows up, it will become the king of the snow mountain like its father."

Chen Ying was silent for a long time, then nodded and forced a smile. "Speaking of which, I should be thankful that Erniu lives in Heyuan, where there are no such high mountains and dangerous peaks. Although the climate and environment are a bit worse, it's not that bad..."

Dao Meihua smiled gently and agreed, "That's not the case. Besides, with Erniu's ability to make friends, there are few people in Heyuan who can threaten it. I can go there every year to accompany it for a few months in the future."

Chen Ying lowered his head and stroked Jin Ya's fur. "Yes, life is short. No one knows how long we can be together."

Jin Ya turned over, revealing her soft belly, and held Chen Ying's hand and gently sucked it.

Its beautiful eyes were filled with Chen Ying.

"My colleagues and I are going to go out for a while. We will be back in about an hour. You can sleep in the tent for a while."

In addition to the snow leopards on the top of the mountain, the M Alliance also wants to count the activity areas of several other cat species.

Chen Ying didn't know how to do it specifically, and didn't want to care.

He didn't sleep well last night. His dreams were all about snow leopards hunting blue sheep and then tumbling down the mountain together.

He kept falling and tumbling over and over again, and when he woke up this morning, he was dizzy.

With the help of other colleagues to look after them, Chen Ying and the others took the time to rest for a few hours, and by the time of dinner in the evening, they were basically fully recovered.

"This time we came here mainly to investigate the survival status of golden cats and lynxes, and their approximate regional distribution. Taking this place as the origin, 50 points need to be set up within a radius of one kilometer, and the estimated working time is seven days. Today is already the third day, and the completion rate is only 35%."

If they hadn't encountered leopards and wolves, their progress should have been pushed to around forty to fifty.

"Do you need us to stay and help? If there are wolves around here, you need to be more careful about your safety."

Jin Ya and the strange leopard were lying on either side of the camp.

Jinya was a little closer to the fire, so the temperature of the fire could radiate to its fur.

It yawned lazily, and when it had rested enough, it stood up, shook its fur, bent forward and backward, stretched itself super comfortably, and then trotted into the woods.

The strange leopard looked for a while and followed decisively.

A group of people gathered together to eat instant noodles and chat about the Chinese New Year.

This is the last field survey of this large nature reserve before the New Year. From the end of December to February of the following year, the mountains are closed due to heavy snow. Even the experienced hunters dare not come in. The white snow is not only easy to get snow blind, but also easy to miss a step. If you are unlucky and there is an avalanche or something, you will basically die here.

Even if all these can be avoided, with temperatures of more than 30 degrees below zero and extremely low oxygen levels, one could easily suffer from hypothermia and death if one is not careful.

In a word, after the completion of this field survey, February of next year will basically be the most relaxing time in these connected nature reserves.

The easiest job does not mean having nothing to do. On the contrary, people like Chen Ying who are doing rescue work may be even busier.

Because animals lacking food are likely to come down the mountain and break into human settlements to hunt poultry and livestock, which could result in injuries to both sides if they are not careful.

The data results of the M Alliance’s current survey show that species diversity has been restored and the population has increased in 60 percent of the country’s nature reserves.

But compared to the beasts at the top of the food chain, the number of rodents, wild boars, rabbits and other animals at the bottom of the entire food chain has grown too fast.

The number of small mammals is increasing too fast, which has a great impact on local plants. Plants are closely related to the natural ecological environment. Therefore, how to control the growth of small and medium-sized mammals and how to promote the increase in the number of top beasts are the next problems to be faced.

"One of the recommendations we are making now is to increase the number of ex-situ releases."

In the past, rescued animals were basically released back to where they were rescued. But now, with the support of big data, it is entirely possible to release them into other places in similar ecological environments to promote the expansion of large carnivores.

Especially in some places, when it is monitored that only animals of a single sex are living, human intervention can be made at this time to release a group of wild animals of different sexes to promote their natural reproduction, thereby achieving the goal of natural reproduction and expansion.

The most well-known one before was the "Return of the Mountain God" in Changbai Mountain.

For several years, there was only a group of male tigers who could not find wives wandering in the forest.

It was not until a female tiger October came all the way and reproduced in this unfamiliar land that the wild Siberian tiger population, which was almost declared extinct, was able to survive.

In fact, populations of other top beasts are facing the same dilemma.

In the early years, human development sacrificed the environment, and the habitats of animals became fragmented.

Highways and high-speed railways have blocked the natural reproduction path of animals for millions of years.

Fortunately, humans have realized this over the years and started repairing these channels.

Recently, there have been frequent news reports about the appearance of certain animals in certain places, which is the first time in many years.

This is all good news, at least it means the efforts have not been in vain.

"When I arrived, I heard that the neighboring reserve was overrun with monkeys. Even when the villagers were killing pigs for the New Year, the monkeys came to watch. At the peak, there were more than a hundred monkeys. Those guys not only destroyed crops, but also hurt people, broke into people's homes, rummaged through things, and bit poultry to death. The villagers there are said to have reported it to the local authorities, hoping that the problem can be resolved."

To be honest, monkeys are really difficult to deal with, after all, there are not many animals that eat monkeys.

Do tigers and leopards eat monkeys? They might eat monkeys when they are extremely hungry, but they are definitely not willing to hunt monkeys at ordinary times. They are difficult to catch and there is not much meat. Moreover, monkeys are vindictive and there are many of them. If they have the time, they might as well catch a sheep or a deer, which is more delicious and less dangerous.

In fact, humans are the biggest threat to monkeys, but even the worst-off macaques are only in Grade 2, and no one has the courage to attack these little guys who make people both angry and lovable.

"Monkeys are one, and there are also wild boars." A young man next to him took up the topic, "My home is also in Sichuan Province, but it is close to the Qinling border. There are a lot of wild boars in our area. A few days ago, a child on his way to school was almost killed by wild boars."

"Didn't they say that wild boars have been removed from the "Three Must Haves" list?"

"It was removed. There are also boar hunting quotas, but the problem is that there are not many people who can hunt wild boars. There are also restrictions on weapons, and the money offered is not much. I heard that the bidding was directly rejected at the bidding meeting."

At this time, Xiao Liu, the forest police officer of Jiamugou, looked at Chen Ying and said, "Brother Ying, if we can form a group of cats for you to lead, I don't think we will need to spend much effort and can complete the task directly."

"Yeah, that's right. With Dr. Chen's ability, if he is allowed to lead the big cats to hunt wild boars, maybe he can really do it."

Everybody burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became relaxed and warm.

At this time, the young man whose home was near the Qinling Mountains came over.

"Brother Ying, do you have any way to help eliminate some wild boars? Our village is really in trouble. If it's possible, I'll tell the village and see what they need. We can provide whatever we can."

Chen Ying glanced at him, then at Yin Li, "I'll go back and ask. Some of the bosses I met before like hunting. They have gun licenses and hunting dogs. Maybe they can help."

"Thank you, thank you so much. Brother Ying, this is my phone number, please write it down. If you are able to get in touch, just let me know. I will take care of all the problems over there."

Seeing the young man go back contentedly to continue chatting with his companions, Yin Li came over and asked him in a low voice if he really planned to go and have a look?

"It's not against the law to take a look. The two bosses in Shennongjia knew a legally registered hunter with a gun license."

Yin Li raised his eyebrows slightly, "If the time you go there is suitable, I will go with you to take a look."

Chen Ying smiled without saying anything and nodded imperceptibly.

Dao Meihua had been sitting nearby chatting with someone. She caught a glimpse of the two of them whispering to each other from the corner of her eye and paused slightly.

"Sister Meihua, are you dating Dr. Chen? He doesn't look like your boyfriend to me."

Dao Meihua didn't respond and changed the subject directly.

"Have the several zoos in China that applied to introduce caracals been approved recently?"

"There were more than ten applications, but only four were approved. One of them had a substandard building and was required to be renovated and accepted before March next year before it could be introduced. Otherwise, it would be scrapped."

After the girl finished speaking, she looked at Dao Meihua belatedly and said, "Sister Meihua, do you want to raise one too?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" After a short silence, she began to explain, "Didn't I tell you before that my sister-in-law's family runs a holiday villa and plans to build a boutique zoo in the area. She asked me about it, but I didn't know much about it, so I thought I'd ask you."

The two chatted quietly about the zoo for a while, and when they finished they realized that Chen Ying and Yin Li were missing.

After waiting for a while and seeing no one coming back, Dao Meihua was about to ask others if they knew where they had gone when she heard Chen Ying's voice.

"Jin Ya, let them go, let them go, Jin Ya, let them go, don't bite them to death."

"Oh my god, Jin Ya, take it easy." Yin Li's voice followed closely, "Jin Ya, where did you drag you back from? Don't mess around."

A group of people stood up suddenly and looked towards the place where the sound came from.

A few minutes later, as everyone stared in astonishment, Jin Ya came over with a red, brown and black cub in her mouth.

In addition to the one it was holding in its mouth, Yin Li was holding two more in his hands.

"Oh my God!" Everyone exclaimed in a low voice, "Is this a red panda cub? What's going on? How can we find a red panda cub here?"

"I don't know. Jinya brought it back. Brother Ying went to check on the situation. I don't know where the mother panda is now, or whether she is safe."

They are now at an altitude of 2800 meters, which is theoretically an area where red pandas can live. But in fact, they have been traveling back and forth to this area for several years and have never seen red pandas here.

The only red panda community near the first aid station is near the Hot Spring Valley at an altitude of about 1,800 meters.

More than twenty minutes later, Chen Ying came back with a gloomy face.

"The mother red panda has been confirmed dead. It was done by a jackal or a wolf." He took a look at the three dying red panda cubs and sighed. "In addition to these three, there is another cub whose body is only half dead."

Everyone looked at the three little guys on the ground in silence. After a while, a young man spoke angrily.

"It must be those two wolves who did it!"

(I debugged it several times, but still couldn't draw a tiny red panda cub, so sad)

(End of this chapter)