Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 526 I'm not here to cause trouble, I'm here to join you

Although the bully was injured, he was still very brave.

The injured part of this white-tailed eagle is its wing, and there are obvious signs of breakage.

This guy was clearly injured and unable to fly, but he still struggled to flap his wings to get away from the aid box, and soon he scraped the skin on the corners of his wings.

Chen Ying and Klas went over to look at it. The guy turned his head quickly and looked at them through the gap in the cage.

Chen Ying observed for a while and judged that the bully's injuries would take a long time to recover. If he waited for his wings to grow and heal normally, it would take at least one to two years.

Or use feather grafting treatment.

Feather grafting is a relatively mature treatment method, and international bird rescue organizations also collect some feathers as donors.

Conventional feather grafting is to graft feathers from birds of the same species to birds with injured flight feathers. The recipient and donor feathers are of the same length and location. Its greatest significance is to help birds catch up with the migration season.

Moreover, because it takes time for birds to replace their feathers, and the newly grown blood feathers also need normal and strong flight feathers to protect them, otherwise they will easily break during activities. Therefore, the existence of feather banks is very important in bird rescue.

There is no similar institution in the wetland park that can provide treatment. Chen Ying can help heal its broken wings, but she can't help with the feather problem.

Fortunately, there are places in China that have established feather banks. You only need to contact them in advance and determine the species status of the injured bird and the number of feathers needed through the Internet, and then you can customize a treatment plan.

Lao Gao and his schoolmates are already involved in this field, so they don’t need Chen Ying’s help with the channels, they can contact them themselves.

After Chen Ying assisted the bird doctor at the wetland in treating the bully's fracture problem, they needed to contact the Capital Raptor Rescue Center for the follow-up feather collection process.

After settling the bully, Lao Gao's schoolmates finally had time to receive them.

"Lao Gao said you need to stay here for a week. I have prepared a place for you two. It is just outside the wetland park. It used to be a village, but later they moved as a whole because the wetland park needed it. A few houses are left in the village, usually used as accommodation for external research teams. Currently, the two buildings on the east side are occupied by a bird research team. You can live on the west side."

As he spoke, he took them to their destination.

Of course, the vehicles driven in the wetland were environmentally friendly electric vehicles, and their cars were left in the public parking lot outside the wetland.

When Medi was led down, Lao Gao’s schoolmates were stunned for a moment.

"You big cats, you won't catch birds to eat, right?"

"No, no, we will pay attention."

Klas quickly explained that Medi prefers the taste of animals and is not interested in birds with many feathers. In addition, it is a domestic pet, so it may flutter at birds, but it will not eat them.

"Okay, you guys take good care of the cat. If anything goes wrong, I may not be able to speak up for you."

Chen Ying said that they would pay attention to this matter, and if any problems really occurred, they would be responsible for it themselves.

The old house at the west entrance of the village is quite large, and the yard in front of the house is big enough for Meidi to move around.

"This house is usually used by our employees' families to live here. Other scientific research units are arranged to live in the east end of the village. To be honest, the conditions over there are better, but there are more people and it's noisy, and the environment is not as good as here."

The house has water and electricity. You can go to the canteen of the wetland park for meals, or you can cook for yourself. Although there is no gas, you can use electricity.

Lao Gao’s schoolmate was busy with work, so he settled them down and left, even leaving his car for them before leaving.

The car is quite old, probably a retired environmentally friendly tram. It has only two seats, the back compartment is empty, and there are iron railings on the side. It should be a car used to transport goods.

It was just right, the two of them sat in the front and Maddie could lie in the back.

In addition to the scientific research units, there is also a small shop run by a local at the east end of the village. It was specially approved for needy families after consultation between the village and the park management. The items in it are genuine and the prices are the same as those in supermarkets in the city.

Klas stayed at home with Medi to clean the house, while Chen Ying went to the store to buy food.

While choosing things in the canteen, I heard two young men who looked like students discussing the "magic footprints" next to me.

"That must have been left by a large cat. I looked at the footprints and compared them with the information. They don't look like bear footprints. Canine footprints don't look like this either. I heard that cats like snow leopards and lynxes occasionally visit here. I guess it's more likely to be a lynx."

"Impossible!" someone interrupted. "Lynx prefers forests and mountains. You said that the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains are similar, so how could there be lynx here? I think if it is a cat, it could be a manul, a wild cat, or even a desert cat."

The voices of the young people talking became louder and louder. Chen Ying listened for a while and couldn't help but go over to ask what was going on.

Those people looked at Chen Ying and thought he was a new researcher. Two enthusiastic students told him that a series of footprints were found near the wetland at the north entrance of the village, about sixty or seventy meters long, and disappeared after extending into the wetland.

The footprints were found around six o'clock this morning. The area is now surrounded by a fence.

"We haven't confirmed what kind of animal it is yet. If it's a small cat, it's not dangerous. But if it's a lynx or an ocelot, we need to be careful. We've also rescued a dozen birds, so I hope those cats aren't coming for the birds."

Chen Ying thanked him and got into the car carrying two large bags. When they reached the fork in the road, the car turned and headed towards the north exit.

The original terrain of the village was east-west, and the distance between the north and south sides was relatively short. The fence was reached after more than a hundred meters.

Chen Ying parked the car and got out to look around. There happened to be a staff member measuring footprints with a notebook. Chen Ying greeted him, identified himself, and said that he might be able to provide some help.

The other party came over suspiciously, checked Chen Ying's ID, and let him cross the fence.

"We have already taken measurements here. We preliminarily speculate that it is a cat of the cat family. Judging from the local environment, this cat is between a medium-sized cat and a large cat."

As Chen Ying listened to him, he squatted down and compared them with his palms.

He was very familiar with this paw print, which was clearly left by a lynx. But this was a wetland, not the environment that lynx liked, and there was no suitable place for lynx to stay nearby.

In some marginal areas of the wetland park, there is a forest-grassland environment, and there is still some possibility of lynx appearing.

Theoretically, it is impossible, but these footprints break the theory.

After Chen Ying analyzed the information he had about the lynx with the staff, the two of them discussed setting up an infrared camera here and another camera at the fence to see if a lynx really had entered the village.

The application to deploy cameras and video cameras was quickly approved, and half an hour later, other staff members delivered the necessary equipment.

After the bird research team learned about this, they used their own equipment to place some cameras and surveillance cameras at the northeast and east entrances. Everything was ready, only waiting for the big cat.

It is unlikely that a big cat will appear during the day. After setting up the equipment, Chen Ying said goodbye to the staff and drove back to the house where he was staying.

Klaus was playing with Medi in the yard. When he saw Chen Ying come back, he hurried to help carry things.

"Klas, we found claw marks of a cat in the north of the village. I suspect it was a lynx, but I'm not sure. They have set up surveillance cameras there. There is basically no one living here. Remember to close your room door at night. Medi should also stay in her room."

It was too easy for the lynx to catch a cat like Maddie, and they didn't want to have to pick up Maddie's body the next morning.

Two people sleep in one room, with Uyghur-style beds on the left and right sides. The left one is bigger, while the right one can only accommodate one person.

Medina always sleeps with Klaus at night, and the big bed on the left is left for the two of them.

After Chen Ying put her things away, she checked the doors and windows, and after making sure they could be closed, she carried the ingredients to the kitchen.

A bag of braised beef, two bags of noodles, onions, some vegetables, and a plate of eggs are enough for the two of them to eat for a week. They can buy lunch and dinner in the canteen. If they want to eat something else, they can pay extra money to the owner of the canteen, and his wife can help make some Uyghur meals.

It was actually quite tiring to drive here. Although two people took turns driving, Chen Ying was more familiar with domestic roads, so he basically drove longer.

There is nothing to do today, so Chen Ying plans to rest early after dinner. He still has to go to the city tomorrow and there are still some documents that need to be completed for customs clearance.

I woke up at nine o'clock in the evening.

At this time, the sun had just set for more than half an hour and the sky was just beginning to darken.

It was quite cold at night, and there was an electric heater in their room, which was now occupied by Medi.

Klas was chatting with someone on the phone. When he saw Chen Ying sit up, he looked up and told him that the instant noodles were on the table and the hot water was ready, and then he immersed himself in the pleasant conversation.

I went out and took a breath of fresh and cold air, and I instantly felt sober.

Chen Ying checked the area around the yard with a flashlight, and after making sure there were no uninvited guests, she ran to the toilet.

There is heating in YN city and suburban areas, but there is no heating equipment in the old village site near the wetland park. To get through the cold nights, people can only use electricity.

It's okay to lie on the electric blanket on the bed, and if the electric heater is turned on, at least the temperature in the room will not freeze people.

During the day, Chen Ying bought some wine and heated up the braised dishes, and made some snacks like peanuts. Drinking a little wine by the heating stove was also a good way to kill a boring cold night.

The two of them were doing their own things, occasionally chatting for a few words. When they got tired of reading the materials, they would tease Meidi for a while. It felt like time was passing very quickly.

Around twelve o'clock, Klaus could no longer hold on and fell asleep while hugging Medi.

Chen Ying called up the examination results and recorded activity videos of the cub that Xiao Song sent him and looked at them for a while, adjusted the follow-up care plan and sent it over, then chatted with Xia Sen and the others in the first aid station group for a while. It was almost one o'clock, so he decided to go back to sleep.

Not long after I fell asleep, I heard faint shouting and the barking of dogs.

He sat up with a start, hugged the quilt and listened attentively.

"What's wrong? Who's shouting?" Klaus was also woken up. He sat up, rubbing his eyes and yawning, looking very sleepy.

Just as Chen Ying was about to speak, he heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground in the yard. Startled, he reached out and lifted a corner of the curtain, but before he could take a closer look, he blurted out "What the hell!"

Klaus and Maddie screamed in fright, and then Maddie moved even faster and jumped onto Chen Ying's bed, looking out from over his shoulder with her ears perked up.

In the shadow of the yard wall, an animal half the size of Meidi huddled together and stared at Chen Ying.

Instead of seeing panic and fear in the animal's eyes, they saw a hint of curiosity.

After staring at each other for about two or three minutes, the noisy voices became clearer and clearer. The animal raised its head to look at the wall, then ran straight to the window, jumped onto the windowsill, and began to pull at the window glass.

Chen Ying didn't dare open the window. She quickly put on her clothes, wrapped herself in a coat and ran out.

The gray-haired lynx didn't look very big and had a rather reckless personality. When it saw Chen Ying coming out, it ran straight over. Just when Chen Ying bent down to grab it, this guy dodged extremely flexibly, squeezed between his legs, and squeezed in through the crack in the door.

Medi, who was guarding the door, was stepped on the head by the lynx and fell to the ground, letting out a cry of pain.

It was so angry that it wanted to turn around and catch the lynx, but the lynx had already jumped onto the bed and was looking down at it with its teeth bared.

After all, lynxes are more ferocious than forest cats. The pressure from their animal instincts made Medi retreat again and again pitifully and helplessly, then she jumped onto Klaus's bed, hid in his quilt and shivered.

Klaus was also a little trembling, and he was now completely awake.

After all, a wild, unrestrained lynx appeared so lively in front of him, it was impossible for him not to be nervous.

Chen Ying pushed the door open and saw that the lynx was not crazy, but was squatting on his bed. It even tilted its head to look at him, then lay down and yawned, with such a calm attitude as if it was the owner of the house.

Just as Chen Ying was about to go up and drag it down, there was a knock on the door outside, and then someone called his name loudly.

"Doctor Chen, Doctor Chen, are your doors and windows closed? A mountain cat has run in. We are looking for it."

Chen Ying trotted to the door and opened it. There were two or three people standing outside with large flashlights. One of them was even making a phone call to direct others to search the village.

"Don't look for it, the guy is in my room."

The outside suddenly became quiet. Ten seconds later, the staff member who knocked on the door repeated in a dry voice, "In, in your room?"

"Yes, it just ran in. I was just about to open the door to see what it was when it ran in. Now it's lying on my bed."

Led by Chen Ying, the group entered the yard and, through the glass window, made affectionate eye contact with the lynx, whose face was pressed against the glass.

They also did not miss Klaas and the Norwegian Forest Cat Maddie, who were hugging each other tightly with their backs against the wall on another bed behind the lynx.

Unlike the calm lynx, Klaus and Medi had huge "SOS" signals in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)