Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 493: The Three Evils of Northeast China: Siberian Tiger, Siberian Leopard and Northeastern Black Blind
Without any hesitation, Dao Meihua directly coordinated the family's private jet to take them there.

Not long after they set out, Dongsheng and Dahu, who had passed the review, were put into two cages and returned to their hometown on a special plane.

Dongsheng's physical recovery is very good, but it is unlikely that his hind limbs will fully recover, so the special wheelchair will probably accompany him throughout his life.

After returning this time, Dongsheng will live in the tiger park with Dahu and have some exhibition tasks.

Sick and disabled tigers like these are generally not put on display, but Dongsheng and Dahu are inspirational representatives of disabled tigers. The twice-monthly displays will allow visitors to understand their physical condition in more detail and directly, and avoid the influence of some bad media or self-media people.

Chen Ying arrived earlier than Dahu and the others and went directly to the northernmost section of the forest farm.

It borders with neighboring countries and is the scope of the China-Russia "Home of Big Cats" cross-border protection area.

After getting off the plane, they headed straight to the forest farm. On the way, Chen Ying carefully read the detailed medical records of the female leopard brought by the driver who picked them up.

"The left leg and coccyx can be treated conservatively, with manipulation, medication and acupuncture. But surgery is necessary for the right leg."

Anesthesia is key when performing surgery on a pregnant leopard.

"Have you contacted the anesthesiologist?"

"We have contacted a professor of anesthesiology in veterinary medicine and worked with the veterinarians in our park to develop an anesthesia plan."

Human anesthesiologists and veterinary anesthesiologists cannot be mixed.

Moreover, human anesthesiologists mainly study basic and clinical medicine, and then undergo anesthesia internship and standardized training.

Veterinary anesthesiologists need to study animal medicine, and then undergo anesthesia internship and directional training. This makes human anesthesiologists lack the necessary professional knowledge and practical experience in animal anesthesia.

Another thing is that humans have a lot of monitoring equipment for anesthesia and more technological means. However, due to individual limitations, animals rely more on the clinical judgment of physicians, so it is not easy to train an experienced and reliable animal anesthesiologist.

The anesthesiologist hired by Tiger and Leopard Park is very famous in the industry. As he gets older, he has taken on more teaching work and has not worked for several years.

When they arrived at the place, Chen Ying didn't have time to place Dao Meihua, so she could only entrust her to the zoo staff and went to the veterinary hospital without stopping.

He had communicated with the attending veterinarian on the phone before, and as soon as the patient arrived and the equipment was ready, he was taken directly into the operating room to begin the operation.

Dealing with these bone injuries was not a big problem for Chen Ying; instead, how to preserve the fetus was a difficult problem.

A few hours later, the female leopard successfully woke up from anesthesia. She wanted to struggle immediately, but Chen Ying's hands gently and firmly held her head and neck.

"Baby, don't move. You are seriously injured and need to rest well."

The gentle voice made the female leopard's eyes confused for a while, and she even licked Chen Ying's palm subconsciously.

Chen Ying laughed and scratched its chin.

"I'm with you. Don't be afraid. You'll be fine after these two days."

It can only lie on its side to rest now, with both legs fixed, and even excretion requires special care.

Fortunately, the mother leopard had a very good physique, and the cubs in her belly were unharmed despite all the torture.

Even though it was just a tiny embryo, it was very lucky not to have been destroyed by biochemical means.

For three consecutive days, Chen Ying ate and slept in the treatment room.

There is heating here, and the temperature is not particularly high, which is more suitable for animals to recuperate. At night, you can sleep on the camp bed, and you can get up in the middle of the night to observe the condition of the female leopard.

It's not that the veterinary hospital is exploiting Chen Ying. The main reason is that the female leopard becomes restless when he is away for a little longer.

For the sake of its physical and mental health and the stability of its condition, Chen Ying had to let it go.

However, the veterinary hospital's attitude was still very positive. Three meals a day were delivered to the small room outside the observation room at 2 o'clock, and toiletries were also prepared.

An intern was also specially arranged to accompany Dao Meihua.

Dao Meihua was not a pretentious person. She knew that Chen Ying was busy with important matters, so apart from sending him messages asking him to eat more and rest more, she never disturbed him.

After learning that there would be patrol teams going out for inspection in Tiger and Leopard Park, he expressed his desire to join them in observing the growth of plants in the north.

Her request was too simple and not difficult at all. The head of the park just signed and asked the intern to accompany Dao Meihua to join the patrol team.

It takes about two to three days to go out for a walk. There are cabins at the forest station where you can stay overnight. The conditions are pretty good. As long as you don’t act alone and don’t open the window and get out of the car without permission when you encounter wild animals, there will be basically no danger.

If they come across a suitable place, the team members can also try dirt skiing or something like that. An old tire is enough for them to play for an hour or two.

"I'm telling you, I saw a wild Siberian tiger here before the Chinese New Year. I think it came from Russia."

The young man sitting in the passenger seat pointed to a slope diagonally in front of him, which was still covered with thick white snow.

"Let me tell you, five wild tigers have been found in our forest farm from December last year to this year, three of which have never been seen before. What does this mean? It means that the conditions and environment here are good and suitable for tigers to survive. In the future, more tigers will come across the border."

Dao Meihua listened to him with a smile, thinking that with someone good at talking, the journey would not be boring.

Just as they walked a little closer, Dao Meihua, who was holding a camera and waiting for an opportunity to take pictures, suddenly stopped smiling and shouted for the driver to stop.

The driver stepped on the brakes, but before he could say anything, Dao Meihua asked him to back up.

Seeing Dao Meihua's serious expression while holding the camera, the driver wanted to say something but then he closed his mouth and reversed decisively.

Their car was at the back. The two cars in front had driven for a while. When they saw the unusual movement of their car, they all stopped and asked what happened.

The driver and the young man in the passenger seat didn't know how to answer, so Dao Meihua took the initiative to explain, "There are dead animals in the woods about 20 meters ahead. They look like roe deer."

When encountering such a situation, regardless of whether it is normal hunting between wild animals, they need to go and take a look and make a record.

After hearing what Dao Meihua said, the two cars in front also backed up.

Four people got out of the car, along with Dao Meihua, and walked towards the dead animals.

When they squatted down and took a look, everyone's face changed drastically.

"Hunting rifle?" The young man who got off the second car took out his gloves skillfully and looked over the roe deer's body. "It must be a hunting rifle."

Although guns are banned in the country, there are still people in this old forest who privately keep hunting rifles, and some have applied for gun licenses.

The application for a general civilian gun license is very strict. It must be reviewed and approved by the public security agency of the county-level people's government where it is located, and then submitted to the public security agency of the municipal people's government in the district for issuance.

The wild boar eradication that caused a lot of controversy some time ago was because there were too few hunters who legally owned guns and the control was very strict, so ordinary people could not apply for it at all.

Everyone present had learned relevant knowledge, and from the body of the dead roe deer, they could tell that this was not the work of an ordinary hunting rifle. Dao Meihua also squatted down and looked for a while, and determined that it was a simulated gun loaded with metal bullets.

"This type of imitation gun is equipped with metal bullets and has a certain degree of lethality at a short distance. If several guns are fired at the same time, it is likely to kill wild animals directly."

When they discovered this, everyone's nerves suddenly tensed up.

No one knows whether this was an accident or a premeditated hunting, but it is undeniable that if the imitation gun can kill a roe deer, it can kill a person.

This old forest is sparsely populated. They haven't passed by a village in the two days since they came out, and it has been snowing at night for the past few days. If it weren't for Dao Meihua's sharp eyes, they wouldn't have discovered the roe deer that died here.

"The question now is where did those people go, did they come here deliberately to hunt at night, or did they just do it when they were passing by? And whether this person is a threat to society."

Basically no one would come to the woods to hunt during the day. Although there were few people nearby, there would occasionally be passing cars. But it was different at night. It was so cold, with temperatures of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. Which good person would spend the night outside?

If so, the motive is worth investigating.

While reporting and taking photos, they also had to take the roe deer carcass back with them.

Normally, they don't need to intervene in the case of animals that died of normal causes, but this is not the case. They need to send the body for inspection, remove the bullet and analyze its source.

The other people searched the surroundings carefully and finally found half a packaging bag in a remote place.

Looking at the environment and location here, it perfectly matches the angle and distance for hunting roe deer.

"Old Li, take them to the forest station for inspection. We will stay here and wait for the forest police to provide support."

Lao Li was a forest policeman who went into the mountains with them for patrol. The forest station where he was stationed was thirty kilometers away. The road was blocked by heavy snow and the car could not speed up at all. If everything went smoothly, it would take nearly an hour to travel the thirty kilometers.

"Be careful on the way back, don't stop if you see any vehicles, just drive straight to Lin Station."

No one knows whether that group of people is still here. If they are discovered by them, the lives of Lao Li and his companions will be in danger.

The forest police arrived very quickly after receiving the alarm call. On the way, they assigned one car to escort Lao Li and his group back, and the other two cars came to conduct on-site investigation.

Dao Meihua and his team still need to move forward, this incident will not affect their patrol mission.

However, for safety reasons, the forest police arranged a police officer to protect them as they continued patrolling the forest.

Chen Ying heard the news during lunch and called Dao Meihua immediately. Unfortunately, Lao Linzi's signal was not good and sometimes available. When he called, he happened to be in a signal blind spot.

"Don't worry, Xiao Chen. We have arranged for people to go over and provide support. Nothing will happen."

Although poaching in the country continues despite repeated bans, it is not so rampant that even people dare to touch it.

"It snowed heavily for a long time. The group probably thought that we wouldn't come over to patrol in such a heavy snowy day, or they thought they could hide. They didn't expect to be discovered by your girlfriend."

Chen Ying nodded uneasily. After a while, he frowned and said, "If it was poaching, they wouldn't abandon the prey. If they were just passing by, why would they kill wild roe deer?"

A keeper nearby interrupted, "Maybe they didn't have time to take the prey away. It's possible that they had just killed the roe deer when other beasts came, such as tigers or bears."

This time even the leader's expression changed.

To be honest, although it is illegal to kill a roe deer, the roe deer have a strong reproductive capacity. But if the one killed is a tiger or a bear...

Hiss, this is probably not a question of whether it will work or not, but whether to punish or not.

"As for bears, it's unlikely. Northeastern black bears hibernate, and now is not the season for them to wake up. But it's possible to encounter Northeastern tigers and Northeastern leopards."

The Amur leopard is the Far Eastern leopard. It is called the Amur leopard in our country, but it is called the Far Eastern leopard in our old neighbor Russia.

The zoo called Chen Ying before and asked him to come over to help rescue the Far Eastern leopard because it was confirmed that the leopard had been living in the Primorsky Krai and had traveled a long distance to come here.

And the place where it was found is less than 20 kilometers away from the border, so it is customary to call it the Far Eastern leopard. Unless this big guy settles here or appears frequently in our country, it will be called the Northeast Leopard.

(Come on, follow me, cat stretch step one)
To put it simply, it is the issue of the mobility of animal populations and the settlement of green cards in the animal world.

"You know what, that's indeed where the Siberian tiger lives. There are two Siberian tigers living nearby, one male and one female."

The park leaders are discussing this matter in a meeting, and someone has also thought of this problem. Now we have to send someone over to check on the tiger.

Chen Ying was a little worried about Dao Meihua and wanted to go over to take a look, but the female leopard couldn't leave him. Under the persuasion of the park leaders, he could only stay anxiously.

After examining the leopard, Chen Ying combed its fur and massaged it, muttering a few words to it.

The female leopard put its paw on his arm, listened carefully for a while, then raised its head and roared.

The leopard's voice is not loud, but it is very penetrating.

Soon after it made the call, several responses were heard in succession, all from leopards that were recuperating or elderly in the park.

In order to prevent extinction in the wild in the early years, many cubs of artificially bred Far Eastern leopards were born. In order to let them return to the wild, a semi-wild feeding method was adopted to minimize their contact with humans. Once they are evaluated as qualified, they will be placed in the most suitable place to live.

But not all leopards can return to the wild. Some become sick or disabled for various reasons during their growth and have to remain in captivity by humans.

Some of them are too old to be released back into the wild, so we let them stay here until they die.

When she arrived, Chen Ying learned from the breeder that there were currently five leopards in the veterinary hospital, two females and three males, as well as four rescued Siberian tigers and a Siberian black bear that was sent here for treatment after being seriously injured in a fight before hibernation.

(This fat body is definitely not grown in vain)
The roars of leopards and tigers one after another made the black bear, who could not hibernate properly, even more irritable.

It stood up and banged on the iron gate frantically, even grabbing the iron railings with its two paws and trying to bend them.

The fighting capacity of this black bear is one of the best among all the black bears treated in the veterinary hospital over the years. One morning just after the treatment, a patrolling security guard accidentally discovered that it had bent a steel bar outside the field. If it were not for its huge size, it might have successfully escaped from prison.

Upon learning of the situation, the park took immediate action to reinforce, thicken and secure the building inside and out, and even replaced the iron door.

The black bear, who was woken up at this moment, howled and banged on the door. The big iron door made a teeth-grinding sound under its paws.

No one can pacify an angry black bear, only delicious food!
When food covered in honey was put into the house through the feeding window, the black bear with a keen sense of smell finally calmed down and turned to look at the stainless steel bowl full of food.

It walked over on two legs, looked carefully at the feeding window for a while, and after making sure there was no chance of escape, it lowered its body, sniffed the food covered with honey, and sat down to eat it.

In front of the monitoring screen, the keepers in charge of taking care of it breathed a sigh of relief and finally relaxed a little.

"I really hope the weather warms up soon so this old man can go back to his territory!"

This sentence is the common voice of all the staff who take care of this black bear.

(End of this chapter)