Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 529: They are all leopards, all two-legged beasts
The first aid location was chosen at an abandoned radar station base.

The facilities and equipment inside have been removed, but the overall framework is still there. A generator and small emergency equipment can be stuffed in and used.

First aid on the spot is also an unavoidable option. After all, the snow leopard is in extremely poor condition and is completely unable to withstand long-distance transportation, even if the transportation time only takes less than five hours.

While the three parties were working together to rescue the snow leopard, Klas and Alexi had already taken another team to the radar station base to set up a rescue room. Since cars were not allowed in the mountainous area, they used motorcycles and oxen to carry the equipment in.

When Chen Ying contacted the other two parties before, he had already taken the opportunity to feed Snow Leopard a life-saving pill.

But this is not the elixir of immortality after all. It cannot revive dead animals. It can only prolong the survival time of some dying animals.

The dying snow leopard was almost losing consciousness, its head resting on its forelimbs and its breathing weakly.

After Chen Ying fed it the pill, she began to check its injuries.

There were about 20 to 30 scratches from the wolf's claws, 3 or 4 of which were so deep that the bones were visible. There were also many bite wounds. Of course, the most fatal one was the wound from the wolf under it that was embedded in its abdomen. In addition, there was an open fracture of its left forelimb with possible internal bleeding, and its body temperature was also low.

Chen Ying wrapped her coat around the dog to keep it warm, and kept calling out to it to cheer up, saying rescuers would be here soon.

I have to say that the speed of the joint rescue team of the three countries was very fast.

Half an hour later, Russian animal protection personnel also arrived at the scene and brought rescue equipment.

Within an hour after calling for help, the female snow leopard was lying on the temporary operating table.

The problem now is that treatment options are controversial.

There was no problem with the treatment of trauma, the wounds were cleaned and sutured as required, but there were differences in the treatment of the forelimbs.

The Russian side felt that based on the current conditions and the female snow leopard's physical condition, amputation was the most appropriate way to save her life. However, Chen Ying felt that although it was an open fracture, it should be possible to perform limb-saving treatment after early treatment.

The animal protection personnel on the Kazakh side were inexperienced in this area and could only provide assistance. After seeing the stalemate between the two sides, the person in charge on the Kazakh side helplessly asked if a treatment plan could be given immediately, and if possible, both Chinese and Western therapies could be used.

Just when the Russian personnel were trying to forcefully amputate, Chen Ying turned the tablet towards them.

On the other side of the video call on the tablet were Professor Everett and his colleague, a very famous veterinary medicine expert on the Russian side.

After learning about the situation, two internationally respected experts recommended that they implement limb-sparing treatment.

"Although this snow leopard had an open fracture, the situation is better than expected. It is not a comminuted fracture. However, this part of the bone end may be infected, so the first thing to do is to complete the debridement, fracture alignment and fixation, and also to fight infection and tetanus."

Chen Ying quickly told the two professors about her treatment plan. On the other hand, the work of the trauma debridement team was nearing completion, and a decision had to be made as soon as possible as to whether to implement Chen Ying's treatment plan.

After several discussions on the Russian side, they again asked Chen Ying about some details of the operation, and finally decided to implement emergency treatment according to his plan.

After more than three hours of first aid, everyone was exhausted, but the result was good. The snow leopard's various indicators were relatively stable. As long as there are no complications later, there is still a chance to find a better way to solve the fracture problem.

After the operation is completed, there will be no need for so many people to guard here.

The rescue workers and surgical veterinarians left one after another, and in the end only one Kazakh support staff member, one animal nurse from China and one from Russia, as well as Chen Ying and Kras remained.

They will stay here for a week until the snow leopard's condition stabilizes and then be transported out.

As a professional veterinarian, Chen Ying has certain decision-making power over subsequent treatment.

Fortunately, this female leopard was really strong. She recovered some of her strength three days after the operation and would try hard to chew and swallow the food fed to her.

"Good girl, you are so great." The Russian animal nurse praised the snow leopard in various ways while feeding it, which made people around her feel a little embarrassed.

Chen Ying adapted well and was good at supporting the actors. With the cooperation of the two, the mental state of the female leopard became better and better.

"It's recovering well. You can notify people to come pick it up." After giving the snow leopard a full-body check, Chen Ying smiled. "Last time, we suspected that the sub-adult snow leopard you rescued was its cub. Perhaps this time we can reunite mother and child."

The relationship between the two cannot be determined before genetic testing is done because they were rescued in different places, and the young snow leopard was sent to the hospital further north from here.

The young snow leopard was rescued by an animal clinic that specializes in rescuing snow leopards, lynxes and other medium and large cats. The female snow leopard will probably be sent there for follow-up treatment.

It’s not that China didn’t try to help, it’s that we were so busy this year that we didn’t have the manpower to take charge of this matter. In addition, the area where the snow leopard lives all year round is also between Russia and Kazakhstan. After discussion, China chose to assist with treatment.

As a student who had to report to school, it was impossible for Chen Ying to stay and undertake long-term treatment.

After handing over the rescue work of the snow leopard to the clinic, Chen Ying and Klas returned to Alexei's small farm.

"We retrieved the video footage and surveillance video, and after comparing them, we confirmed that the severely injured snow leopard was the one we were looking for that killed the lamb. It seemed that it had indeed come into conflict with the wolf pack, and wanted to use the herders to kill the wolves. Unexpectedly, the wolves were very smart and did not fall for it. In the end, the female snow leopard found the wolf den and killed all the cubs, but she was also blocked from retreating by the wolves that drove her back."

Everyone knows what happened next. It was a complete loss of 800 on our own while injuring 1,000 on the enemy. Both sides fought desperately. In the end, the snow leopard was the luckiest and survived until the arrival of humans.

"In addition to comparing female snow leopards, we also compared wolf packs. The analysis results show that the wolves that were wiped out were not from the same family as the wolves that previously attacked young snow leopards in the middle section of the Altai Mountains, but the queen of that group of wolves should have separated from this group of wolves."

Gene exchange among animal populations is normal. Living in the same mountain range, there must be some relatives.

Three days later, Chen Ying and Klas continued to head north to school.

They need to leave Kazakhstan from the north and drive about 800 kilometers to reach the Russian border.

The formalities were completed in advance, which delayed us for one day, and we then had to travel 5,000 kilometers to reach the school.

This was a very ordinary trip, the only thing that was unusual was that they encountered the sea elves, the bottlenose dolphins, while riding on the Baltic Sea ferry.

The scientific name of the bottlenose dolphin is the bottlenose dolphin. It is one of the smartest animals and its brain capacity is even larger than that of humans.

This species of dolphin is used for performances in many marine parks.

When they were taking Maddie to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the ferry, they came across a group of dolphins, six in total, jumping out of the water from time to time.

Chen Ying took out her phone and kept taking pictures. "Meihua, did you see that group of dolphins? Aren't they very cute? They look just like the ones we saw at your sister-in-law's house."

Although they are different species of dolphins, their hobbies are similar and they take a leap of faith from time to time.

"It's still cold now, and if you're lucky, you can see ringed seals in the ice floes."

Maybe because they were almost home, Klas was a little excited.

After getting off the bus, they went north for a while and stayed near the Gulf of Bothnia for a day, hoping to try their luck and see if they could see ringed seals.

Unfortunately, their luck was not good. Apart from flocks of seagulls, they didn't even see the shadow of a seal.

In the following months, Chen Ying adapted to life here with the help of Klas, and his days were filled with time. Unlike in China, in addition to his teacher's Spanish lynx research project, he also participated in the activities of the local animal protection organization, assisting the organization's professional veterinarians in treating injured or sick wild animals.

Occasionally, I would go on business trips and attend international conferences with my teacher to exchange and learn with experts in the same industry.

Busy study and work make time pass very quickly, and in a blink of an eye I have been here for almost three years.

Last summer vacation, Dao Meihua came here to see him, and the two spent a wonderful month together.

At the end of their vacation, they bought a large wooden villa near the Gulf of Bothnia.

For them, money to buy a house is not a problem, and they chose this place because of a small accident.

On Christmas Day two years ago, Chen Ying and her classmates drove to the bay for a trip. Instead of staying in a hotel, they chose an RV and a tent. Then, in the evening, they got a little cutie.

The little guy might have gotten lost while going out with his mother to look for food. Somehow, he left the gathering place and drifted to the seaside a hundred kilometers away.

When Chen Ying found it, the little guy was so weak that he could hardly lift his head.

As a member of an animal rescue organization, Chen Ying naturally rescued the little cutie and bought its favorite cod and krill to feed it.

The little guy could also feel the gentle and kind aura from Chen Ying, and was like a sticky monster, refusing to leave Chen Ying no matter what.

In order to get this little guy back to the tribe, Chen Ying and her classmates drove the little seal to their permanent residence.

But what was surprising was that even after returning to the colony, the little ringed seal still refused to leave Chen Ying and chased after him again and again. It looked helpless and aggrieved, just like a child abandoned by its mother.

Chen Ying had no choice but to stay and accompany it temporarily, hoping that it could find its mother.

However, after searching for five or six days and visiting all the areas where seals are active, the little guy's mother was still not found. So everyone speculated that the little guy and his mother might have been lost due to a predation.

Although there are no polar bears, their biggest natural enemy, in the bay, there are sharks that pose a threat to them.

This little seal has been weaned and can eat cod and krill, but its survival skills are relatively poor and it is very timid. If it is left here alone, it may not be able to survive.

In order to protect this little cutie, Chen Ying rented a wooden house nearby and built a pool for the little seal to play in.

Chen Ying raised the little seal for half a year without any reason, and her cabin became a popular check-in spot for nearby tourists.

In order to provide safer protection for the little seal, Chen Ying and Dao Meihua decided to buy a wooden villa while on vacation here. After renovating it and adding a safety protection system, they also left a special passage for the little seal to enter the villa's pool.

The nearby residents also like this little cutie and will spontaneously help Chen Ying to politely refuse overly harassing tourists, providing the little seal with a safe and comfortable living environment.

It normally takes Chen Ying four years to graduate from her doctoral studies here. After consulting with her supervisor, she will teach undergraduate students here for two years. It will take a total of six years to obtain her degree.

Of course, he was paid for his classes in the next two years, and because he was involved in a lynx breeding project, he couldn't leave until the project was completed. It was equivalent to having a stable job in the research institute and university. It was also because of the employment letter that he was able to successfully purchase a property.

During the three years, he often returned home. After all, the cats in Jiamugou still needed his attention, especially Erniu and Xiaozai, so Chen Ying couldn't just leave them alone.

After the cub had spent the first year recovering, it entered an exaggerated growth phase. At over three years old, it is one-third larger than its mother. And according to the model, this little guy still has room to grow in the next few years.

Chen Ying looked at the body model of the cub when it grows up, which was given by the computer, and fell into deep thought.

It seems as if perhaps the cub is bigger than its father?
Many international research organizations have expressed interest in this cub, whose development is clearly abnormal compared to other snow leopards.

It was impossible to slice the cub, but its hair, blood and other biological tissues contributed a lot. Even at the university where Chen Ying was studying for her doctorate, some people tried to get the cub's biological genetic material and combine it with artificial breeding technology to see if its genes from the father's side could be inherited.

Chen Ying did not participate in the research of this project, but he was very concerned about it privately. He was worried that some crazy scientists would do irreparable things because they could not suppress the demons in their hearts.

At the same time, the country has specially arranged people to look after the cubs in order to put an end to the activities of certain black market animal hunters.

Those animal hunters are different from the poachers of the past. They tend to use various means to enter a place, then collect biological samples of the target according to the needs of their employer, and finally send the target out through some secret channels.

All countries are openly cracking down on such activities, such as the smuggling of live organisms and biological samples, but there are always people who take risks for money. As long as there is demand for these things, it is impossible to completely eliminate them.

After leaving school, Chen Ying planned to drive to visit her cute little seal.

A team studying ringed seals was looking for him to discuss the release of ringed seals. He happened to have a five-day vacation, so he could go over and have a good communication with the team.

The cute little seal is a male, and now it is time for him to learn to live with the herd. Otherwise, when the breeding season comes in two years, what will he do if he can’t find a female seal who is willing to have babies with him?

If you don't raise children, you can't understand the feelings of an old father. Chen Ying is like an old father in a family with many children. He has to always pay attention to the physical and mental development of his children and worry about their animal problems.

When I arrived at the place where I had an appointment, before I had time to talk, the other person started talking a lot, and it could be summed up in one sentence.

"A seal child bride, do you want one?"

(End of this chapter)