Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 580 The Cycle of Life (End of the Main Text) (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
There is a very hot topic on the Internet recently called “How to make pigs lose weight”, which is always at the bottom of the hot searches every day.

There are also many clever fans who found out the delivery address of Jiamugou First Aid Station and donated a number of facial enhancement devices, all of which are specifically for weight loss.

The fan was very considerate and gave the drawings and also numbered the parts. After receiving the goods, you can just assemble them according to the numbers.

In addition to the weight-loss equipment for Zhumi Bai Bingyang, some fans also made toys for the three kittens, including three wicker balls and two swings made of tires. Some fans also said that if possible, they can bring their own tools and equipment to help the three little ones build a cat climbing frame.

This proposal was politely declined. After all, Jiamugou is not open to the public, and as a nature reserve, the forest hills are natural cat climbing frames.

The three little ones have no shortage of places to play and enrichment toys. Only the big one, Bai Bingyang, doesn't like to move, so we need to find a way to get him moving.

Now that Jinhu is here, Bai Bingyang is much better than before. At least Jinhu will force him to go for a stroll in the morning and evening every day.

Bai Bingyang was the largest creature in the station before, and Sister Leopard and the others couldn’t drag it at all, so they could only let it rot.

Jinhu's method was very simple and crude. He asked Bai Bingyang to go out with him and told him that he could order food. Jinhu would catch whatever Bai Bingyang wanted to eat.

When Bai Bingyang heard that there was such a good thing, he thought that all he had to do was walk a few steps, so he decided to go. Anyway, he would be forced to exercise if he stayed at home.

In the end, the fitness equipment became exclusive to Jinhu and Baoge. They were competing with each other. If the coach hadn't kept a close eye on them, the two guys might have gotten injured.

Perhaps because Jinhu and Brother Bao use it so frequently, even Sister Bao and Jinya would occasionally go up and run for a while. Bai Bingyang felt that this thing was obviously prepared for it, so why are all the friends using it happily except it?
For some unknown psychological reason, Bai Bingyang, who had always been lazy and unwilling to exercise, also began to exercise actively. His endurance was a little lacking, but there was still some effect. Before the New Year, he already looked like a tiger.

It’s no wonder that after Bai Bingyang lost weight, his fur looks shiny and beautiful. Recently, Jinhu has been fond of playing with him. The two tigers often go out and don’t come back for several days.

The Jinhu research team had not given up their research in the past few months, and even secretly asked Chen Ying to help draw some blood and collect some biological samples. After seeing that Bai Bingyang was about to enter the estrus period, the researchers kept a closer eye on Jinhu, which annoyed Jinhu.

Currently, the breeding of golden tigers is carried out in captivity, usually by mating golden tigers with golden tigers, or golden tigers with common Bengal tigers.

Because both the golden tiger and the white tiger are the product of recessive gene mutations, the offspring born from their mating are heterozygous, expressed by the dominant gene. The offspring born are likely to be ordinary orange-yellow, but carry two recessive genes.

But if a very special situation occurs and there is an epistatic effect between the two recessive genes, the offspring may have a light base color with very light stripes.

There is almost no zoo in the world that has arranged for golden tigers and white tigers to mate, so no one knows what color their offspring will be.

In addition to the two male and female kittens working hard to give birth to cubs, the three kittens are also beginning to learn the skills to live alone in the wild.

Daqiu began to learn to mark his territory, while Xiaoqiu performed relatively weaker. It is likely that he will depend on his brother Daqiu for the first period of time, until summer comes, when food sources are abundant and he has learned more hunting skills, then he will leave his brother's territory and expand outward.

At present, the person with the biggest problem is Jin Yazai.

The little guy longs for the snow-capped mountains very much, but Jin Ya doesn't want to let it go too far away from her, mainly because she is worried that the cub, as a hybrid offspring, cannot fully adapt to life near the snow line.

Jin Ya hopes that the baby will stay on the back mountain of Jiamugou, where the environment is suitable and it is not far from the first aid station. If she misses it, she can go over to see it.

Jin Yazai and Jin Ya even had a dispute over where to mark their own territory.

Of course, Jin Ya finally compromised in the end, and Jin Yazi prepared to establish his own territory near the snow line of Dabei Mountain.

The snow leopard's territory is above the snow line, and below it is a sparse forest area and a large enough rock area for it to move around. In addition, there is a spring below the steep rock wall. In winter, many animals go there to drink water, which makes hunting more convenient.

After the first month of the year, the little ones will be eight months old. Usually around ten months, the male lynx will take the initiative to leave their mother and live alone.

There is not much time left for them to play carefree.

During the New Year holidays, Chen Ying took her parents to Dao Meihua's villa on the hillside of Gaoligong Mountain for a week of fun.

His parents initially thought it was not a good idea to go to their daughter-in-law's house during the Chinese New Year, and how others would view their son. But Chen Ying didn't care, as wherever they were was home.

Besides, even during the Chinese New Year he doesn't have much free time to spend with his parents and family. The phased research on fishing cats has entered the later stage, and there is a lot of work to coordinate with the researchers on Lao Fang's side. He also needs to assist the fishing cat project at the base in conducting wild training for kittens. He is so busy that he wishes he could ride on Hot Wheels.

The training base is also in Yunnan Province, and it is much more convenient to get there from Dao’s home. Chen Ying’s mother wanted to change her work environment. Her son and daughter-in-law were both working in animal health. She studied preventive medicine, but left the clinic last year to specialize in public health services. She visited several places in Yunnan Province and wanted to transfer to work here to do work related to the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases.

Although small county towns are not as convenient as big cities, they have their own advantages. There is not much competitive pressure, and the cost of living is low. Most importantly, the air quality in Yunnan Province is much better. The blue sky and white clouds make people feel happy.

Chen Ying definitely supported his mother's choice without hesitation. His father was even more straightforward. He took advantage of the New Year holiday to take Chen's mother to buy a small villa in the local county town. Once the job was settled, she would go back to handle the formalities and they could start decorating the house.

After completing the formalities, take a break for a while, decorate and ventilate the house, and you can move in in the second half of the year.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Ying returned to Jiamugou to work, just in time for Dr. Ou and others to discuss the rehabilitation of the female lynx.

After more than half a year of treatment, the results are still very satisfactory, but it is basically impossible to restore the female lynx to its state before the injury. After all, its spine is seriously injured. Even if it recovers well, it is hard to say whether it will be injured again during the next hunting.

Their current assessment result is that it can only be kept in captivity, and they need to wait for an expert team to come and review it. Only after they confirm that it cannot be released will they consider its placement.

Basically, everything that can be done in Jiamugou has been done. Now it is likely that the mother lynx will be sent away after Xiaoqiu and Daqiu leave the first aid station.

In March, the plains are full of flowers, but the mountains are still covered with snow. By April, spring buds begin to appear in the forest near the first aid station, and the surrounding area becomes lively.

Bai Bingyang's due date is probably a few days after Qingming Festival.

I had a checkup before, and the cubs in the belly are all healthy.

Normally, female tigers give birth to one litter every two years. Bai Bingyang gave birth to her last litter the year before last. After the three cubs left last year, Chen Ying had no intention of finding a partner for Bai Bingyang to give birth to a second litter so soon. However, she attracted a high-quality partner and the second litter of cubs is about to be born. Bai Bingyang, who had given birth once before, gave birth to four cubs smoothly this time.

Three of them were normal-colored tiger cubs with golden and light black stripes, while the other female tiger was completely white.

(Four small gradient colors)

Jinhu had been guarding outside when Bai Bingyang was giving birth. After hearing the cub's cry, he was so excited that he ran around the first aid station several times. Then he ran to catch a takin and dragged it back with difficulty to replenish Bai Bingyang's energy.

While Jin Hu was away, members of the Jin Hu research team quickly ran into the delivery room, took the four little ones out, took photos of them, checked them, and then put them back.

Bai Bingyang was a bit maternal this time and took the initiative to feed the children, but when she saw Jin Hu coming back with food, she immediately left the children and ran to eat. Instead, Jin Hu took the initiative to go over and hold the children in his arms to keep them warm.

After Bai Bingyang had eaten her fill and came back to continue feeding the child, Jin Hu went to clean up the food left over by his wife. Then he came back to look after his wife and child, lying on his side beside them with a silly father's smile on his face.

When Bai Bingyang gave birth to her cub, Jin Ya's family huddled together and talked to Jin Ya's cub about living independently.

Da Qiu and Xiao Qiu were ready to leave. Before leaving, they went to see their biological mother.

The female lynx did not drive them away this time, but she did not show much affection either.

The mother and her two sons stared at each other silently across the railing for half the night. At around four o'clock in the morning, Da Qiu stood up first, looked at his mother deeply, turned around and ran up the mountain.

Xiaoqiu turned around half a circle on the spot, a little hesitant whether to call Jinyazi to go together, but when he saw his brother walking decisively, he finally followed.

When the two of them left, Jin Yazi seemed to sense something and looked outside, but the figures of Daqiu and Xiaoqiu could not be seen clearly in the dark forest.

Jin Yazi stood up and took two steps forward, but finally stopped and stood on the platform outside the cat's nest, looking at the snow-capped mountains in silence.

Jin Ya wanted to ask her daughter to come back and continue sleeping, but Xiao Jin bit her lightly.

Xiao Jin followed her out, touched her daughter's little face with his nose, and licked her head.

"Go ahead. Go whenever you want. Dad will come to see you. If life isn't going well, just come back anytime."

Jin Yazi turned his head and looked at his mother who buried her head. After a while, he turned around and rushed into the dark forest.

Chen Ying had just finished recording the conditions of the four cubs when she received a call saying that Da Qiu, Xiao Qiu and Jin Ya had all passed away.

The tip of his writing pen paused on the notebook for a few seconds, and he pursed his lips and continued working.

Jin Yazai and Da Qiu are all wearing the latest collars, and you can find them if you put in a little more effort.

Children will leave when they grow up. This is the case with Dabao, Xiaobao, Beibei, and Dabai Jiaojiao who I haven’t seen for a long time.

After all, people like Leopard Sister, Leopard Brother, Jin Ya and Xiao Jin are exceptions. Their territory is here and the overlap of food is not too high, so they can live in peace until now.

The cubs of Golden Tiger and White Tiger will definitely leave in the future. Half of their genes come from wild tigers. According to protection principles, if the cubs born can hunt independently, they will definitely not be kept in captivity.

The golden tiger is so powerful, with its guidance, the tiger cubs should not need to be raised by humans.

Of the three cubs in the litter on Bai Bingyang, except for the eldest tiger cub, the eldest and youngest cubs are living well in the wild.

Last month, colleagues who were tracking and monitoring the sisters also reported that the two sisters had successfully established themselves at the junction of the newly built ecological corridor, and that the male tiger who led them to the corridor had also occupied a considerable territory there. The sisters' territory partially overlapped with that of the male tiger, and on the other side it also bordered on the territory of another male tiger.

If we wait another two years, we may still be able to see the scene of Big Sister Tiger and Little Sister Tiger wandering in the mountains with their cubs.

Time flies by in the breeze. When the four cubs were one month old, the Jiamugou First Aid Station held a full-month banquet for them as a benefit for fans. After all, in order to help Bai Bingyang lose weight, everyone worked together, and many fans donated items.

Now Bai Bingyang has barely succeeded in losing weight, and she and Jin Hu have a healthy next generation. In addition, thanks to the requests of her fans, this birthday party live broadcast was able to take place.

We will not broadcast them live anymore in the future. After all, the four little ones have to return to the wild. Since they opened their eyes, they followed their father to live in the wild. This full moon live broadcast will also be conducted in the wild.

The geographical location was deliberately blurred during the live broadcast because we were worried that someone would venture into the forest and get close to the Golden Tiger family.

After the birthday party, the research team also evacuated the first aid station. They had collected enough samples for subsequent research, and the infrared cameras could transmit photos and videos at any time. In order for the tiger cubs to grow up smoothly, it is best to keep them away from humans unless necessary contact is necessary.

As the outsiders left, the first aid station returned to its former tranquility.

Xiao Jin and Jin Ya would go to the mountain to visit their daughter every once in a while. The positioning of Xiao Qiu and Da Qiu showed that it had temporarily established its territory in the northeast direction of Laobeigou, which was also the direction chosen by Dabai and the others before.

From there, they can cross mountains and ridges to reach the Baishui River Nature Reserve. Perhaps one day they will meet Dabao and the other rollers that came out of Jiamugou in the mountains and forests.

In May, a new round of large-scale wildlife surveys was launched across the country. Data showed that over the past five years, the ecological recovery in the nature reserve where Jiamugou is located has been the best. Local residents now occasionally take photos of wild animals in places where wild animals were rarely seen before.

The recovery rate of several adjacent provincial nature reserves is also encouraging, and the distribution range of rare animals has expanded by about 35 percent.

The ecological corridors jointly established by various regions also played a key role. The biological degradation caused by territory fragmentation was improved, laying the foundation for the development of biodiversity.

The breeze blows through the mountains and forests of Jiamugou. The cycle of life is quietly written here. All things are in their proper place, and the stories continue endlessly.

(End of this chapter)