Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 503: Bullying my sister, have you asked your golden cat master?
After four or five days of adaptation, the five golden cats also got used to being watched.

The genes in their bones are stirring. They are not as brave as wild golden cats, but they can still muster the courage to eat any snacks that dare to break into the cage.

Except for that foreign cat, of course.

"A useless little snack" is how all the animals at the first aid station describe the delicate golden cat.

Although the captive golden cats in China are also pretty useless, they are not as delicate as that one. They would be so scared when they see a mountain mouse that they would jump onto the box and tremble.

The cats nearby couldn't stand it. This thing is not even as big as your body. Bite it! Go ahead and bite it!

It won’t bite even if it starves to death or jumps off the box!

Um, why haven't its two-legged beasts come yet? Why are these dirty things running to it? o(╥﹏╥)o
Fortunately, the entire cage was separated by iron bars. The mountain rat strolled along the edge and was about to leave when it crawled out of the bars. A terrifying demon fell from the sky, and with a snap, the rat's life was over.

Fat Jin held the fat mountain rat in his mouth and glanced at the female cat standing on the small wooden box. His disgusted look hurt the little female cat's fragile heart.

Fat Jin strolled around, looked at the other indifferent female cat for a while, dropped the mountain rat, and stuffed it into the cage with his claws.

The female cat looked at it, then looked at the mountain rat, then looked at it again, jumped off the wooden stake, walked to the railing, lowered her head and sniffed.

In the monitoring room, the female cat's keeper clenched his fists.

"We rescued this golden cat from the wild. Its mother was beaten to death, and a litter of three kittens was sent to our zoo, of which two survived. But when they were two years old, a feline infectious peritonitis outbreak occurred in the zoo, affecting several cat cubs, and another golden cat died after unsuccessful treatment."

Perhaps because of the blow of her mother being beaten to death and her brothers dying of illness, this female cat once had a tendency to become rigid. Later, the zoo's veterinarian and keeper spent a lot of effort to improve her condition.

Look, it is almost at the stage of middle-aged cat. If it doesn’t give birth to cubs, it will have no chance in two years.

After sniffing it carefully, the female cat took a light bite and then looked up at Fat Jin.

Fat Jin had no other intentions towards the female cat, he actually wanted to deliberately scare the cats in the cages.

But the female cat's behavior surprised it a little. It stopped walking and lay down, wagging its tail, as if urging the other cat to eat quickly.

The female cat didn't hesitate and quickly tore open the mouse's skin with her sharp teeth and chewed it, including the bones and meat.

While it was eating, the golden cat next door came over and watched it eagerly, with suspicious water around its mouth.

When Fat Jin was feeding this cool female cat, Da Jin also came.

It came with food, and its target was the cat sister that it had been eyeing during the day.

Da Jin is always very licking. When he was flirting with the cat sister before, he asked her what she liked to eat. But the cat sister was a caged cat, usually eating processed food, and occasionally a half-grown live chicken for him to practice hunting.

It was a little difficult for Da Jin to catch chickens, but it had no problem catching rabbits, squirrels and the like. It thought for a moment and decided to take turns delivering food to see what Sister Cat liked.

The two female cats were fed, which made the two male cats very envious.

Chen Ying was also watching the surveillance footage, but couldn't release them yet and had to wait a little longer.

"Where are those rabbits we bought earlier? Throw them in and take a look."

The two breeders had long wanted to feed their own babies. When they heard Chen Ying speak, they hurried to the iron cage in the warehouse and grabbed two rabbits to feed the two male cats.

After a few days, Chen Ying had a thorough understanding of the situation of the four golden cats in the domestic zoo. Although they were not suitable for release into the wild, being in a semi-wild environment could effectively stimulate them to regain some of their wildness.

Even though the two male cats were unable to win the favor of the female cats in the same group, they had seen how their counterparts in the wild courted and mated, and they would be able to copy them if they had such an opportunity in the future.

The biggest question is how that foreign cat was raised and why it became so... delicate.

Is it still a beast? Can it still be called a “biao”?

After privately contacting the veterinarian of the zoo that sent it, the other party also sighed and said that they spent a lot of money to exchange this golden cat for mating in order to enrich the gene pool of captive golden cats in the country. After the cubs were born, they could only keep one.

"This golden cat was once artificially bred abroad. It gave birth to three cubs, but only one survived and died at the age of six months. The zoo believed that the high mortality rate of cubs was caused by the immaturity of artificial breeding technology, so this time we spent a lot of money to let it participate in natural breeding in China. Although the other party agreed, they also made many stringent requirements."

Chen Ying thought for a moment, "What if it mates with a wild golden cat and gives birth to cubs? How do I calculate the money?"

The veterinarian was silent for a moment and answered his question in an uncertain tone.

"It should be possible that two cubs were left behind?"

Money, their zoo has no shortage of it. They can bring back a beautiful cat from abroad for breeding, so how can they be short of money? But they are short of cats!
To be precise, it is the lack of star animals.

Moreover, keeping the two golden cat cubs will also be beneficial for the later breeding work, and there will be gains only through comparison.

In the future, when the two cats grow up, they will be able to exchange resources with other zoos in the country and truly embark on the path of ex situ conservation and sustainable breeding.

Chen Ying didn't have a deep understanding of these things. After all, he had never worked in the zoo system, and he didn't understand many policies and protection methods, so he naturally wouldn't comment casually.

"It's too difficult for this golden cat to find a suitable partner." Chen Ying pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a slight headache. "This cat has been raised by humans since birth. It has never been exposed to life in the wild. I guess its parents were also captive golden cats. Plus, the environment of the zoo that raised it should be pretty good, so it is raised like a house cat."

In Jiamugou, although the danger is not high, not every cat can survive. Moreover, when a male cat looks for a mate, he also has to consider the strength of the female cat and whether she can give birth to a strong child with his own bloodline.

This is a choice that is inscribed in mammalian genes.

After watching for a while, Fat Jin and Da Jin left with satisfaction. Chen Ying also planned to go back and discuss with the teacher how to help the foreign cat attract wild cats.

He walked out of the animal house office and was about to go to the first aid station when he caught a glimpse of an animal flashing by on the rocky beach from the corner of his eye.

Chen Ying curiously scanned with the flashlight, but found nothing.

"Are your eyes blurry after watching the surveillance video for so long today?" He rubbed his eyes and turned away without paying any attention.

Shortly after he left, a nimble golden cat poked half of its head out from behind a big rock. It waited vigilantly for a while, and after making sure that there were no other bipeds or cats walking around, it nimbly jumped onto a tree, used the branches to turn a few times in the air, and finally successfully came to the vicinity of the golden cat's enclosure.

It hid in the shadows, looked carefully, and confirmed that there was the scent it liked inside.

Slowly descending the tree, without disturbing the other golden cats in the cage, the beautiful golden cat came to the outside of the cage of the delicate golden cat. It stretched its neck and sniffed carefully outside the cage to make sure that the smell of the cats here was the one it liked.

But this cat has other males on both sides. Although those two males seem completely vulnerable to it, the information engraved in its genes tells it that it must defeat its competitors if it wants to successfully win the favor of the female cat.

These two cats are so weak, yet they still want to compete with it. Haha, they will be bitten to death sooner or later!
The golden cat did not notice that somewhere above its head in the lush branches and leaves, a golden cat of similar size but better at hiding was hiding in the shadows and watching its actions.

I have to say that this golden cat was still a little wary. It moved closer tentatively, but when its body was about to step out of the shadow, it stopped decisively, crouched down, and looked around, always feeling that there was a pair of eyes watching it in secret.

It hesitated for a moment and finally chose to retreat.

Cats don't fight a battle they are not sure of winning. Find a place to stay nearby today and come back tomorrow night.

No one noticed the coming and going of this golden cat. Xiao Jin, who was hiding high up, just yawned and continued to curl up deep in the lush tree canopy, silently protecting these weak cats for Chen Ying.

On the platform on the second floor of the animal house at the first aid station, Sister Bao and Jin Ya were lying there resting.

In terms of season, it is already late spring and early summer, but the altitude here in Jiamugou is relatively high, and the temperature is still relatively low in the morning and evening.

Humans hid in their blankets early on, while animals relied on their real fur to resist the cold, and when the temperature was still acceptable, they ate what they should eat and were eaten what they should be fed.

Some animals also take advantage of this good season to start living in harmony.

While Xiao Jin was away, Sister Bao asked Jin Ya if she wanted a litter of cubs of her own.

Jin Ya tilted her head. She thought about it, but she was very resistant to the thought of having cubs with other animals.

It has traveled to many places and seen many male lynxes, but none of them made it want to have cubs.

Chen Ying came up with a basin of dried meat. Seeing the two of them whispering to each other, she went over and picked up a comb to comb Jin Ya's hair.

This is the annoying thing about long-haired cats; they need more time to take care of their fur.

If it grows in a high-altitude area, it is fine. The temperature is cold enough and it does not shed much hair.

But the temperature at the first aid station is around 20 degrees in summer, which is a very comfortable temperature for Leopard Sister, but a bit hot for long-haired Jin Ya, who wants to remove the hair.

Chen Ying has accumulated a big bag of the fur she combed for Jin Ya. She plans to save more so that she can get a felt blanket for Jin Ya to put in its nest in the winter.

"Jin Ya, I plan to bring the two male cats to the emergency station to live for a while. They are hindering the three female cats from finding mates in Laoxionggou."

I didn't think too much about it when I was designing it. I just thought that it would be great if it could attract wild cats. If not, the current arrangement of the animal house can also allow the five cats to communicate internally.

A week later, Chen Ying and the three keepers came up with the results of their observations, confirming that the five cats could not digest the food internally, and they could only hope for wild cats.

It's better for female cats. If they have the intention of seeking a mate, the arrival of a male cat will not cause them too much resistance. But if there are two male cats in the mix, they will easily become thorns in the eyes of other wild male cats.

With Brother and Sister Leopard in charge of the first aid station, there is no need to worry about the two male cats escaping.

To put it bluntly, those two male cats can't run far even if you let them run.

Can they beat Little Jin or Fat Jin? Maybe even the mother of the four little cubs can easily beat them.

Chen Ying also had an idea. She wanted to let the two golden cats come over and learn from her own male cats. Even if it didn't work this time, she could still hope for next time.

His calculations are very sound, but things often develop beyond people's expectations.

Just as Chen Ying was discussing with the park and forestry bureau staff how to better accommodate the two male golden cats, a call came from the management station saying that forest rangers had found a severely injured golden cat at the foot of Gulagou Mountain.

"Looking at the wound, Sister Dai said it might have been a clouded leopard bite. We're not sure. We're sending him to the first aid station now. Brother Ying, get ready for rescue."

As long as Chen Ying is there, he will treat this kind of bone injury first, and the veterinarians at the management station will be the second priority.

Chen Ying put down the phone and quickly asked Mengmeng to prepare for the operation.

As soon as the injured golden cat arrived, the surgery began directly after a basic examination.

"It's not a big problem. Although the bone was bitten and fractured, the displacement is not bad. It can be fixed after reduction. But this cat has a lot of parasites in its body, so its health should not be good."

This is a female golden cat. She is not very old and must have just left her mother and become independent.

"This little thing is unlucky. How could it offend that Clouded Leopard guy?"

There are three clouded leopards in Gulagou. The male clouded leopard that moves between Gulagou and Laoxionggou all year round is an old acquaintance of the first aid station. Generally speaking, for the sake of Xiao Jin, it will not attack the golden cat casually.

The other two live in the area from Gulagou to Lianbaize. They are powerful female clouded leopards. One of them gave birth to a litter of cubs two years ago. The cubs were already living independently last winter. It is estimated that they will raise another litter this year.

It is not clear which clouded leopard bit the kitten.

But even if I knew, there was nothing I could do. Could I just beat up the clouded leopard that opened its mouth?
"This kitten's ability to survive isn't very strong. It's injured again. Maybe after it recovers, it can only work in the zoo."

Meng Meng hadn't finished her words when she was stopped by Chen Ying's raised index finger.

"Don't say anything. At least, please hold it in in front of others. We will treat the patient as we should. Follow the procedures."

Meng Meng was stunned for a moment, looked around, and leaned close to Chen Ying's ear, "Brother Ying, are you worried that those people in the zoo will do something bad during the treatment process in order to take in the little golden cat?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Chen Ying glared at Meng Meng. "Girl, be careful with your mouth and don't say anything. If you really can't help it, go find Xia Sen to start a conversation."

Mengmeng pretended to cover her mouth and held up three fingers to show that she would definitely not talk nonsense.

The injured little golden cat was sent to the ICU for observation. At the same time, the stationmaster of the Gulagou Management Station sent Chen Ying a three-minute video.

The video shows three golden cats with very obvious individual features, and surrounded by them are two clouded leopards.

One of the clouded leopards was injured, and it crouched with its teeth bared, as if it was ready to fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)