Chapter 13 Do You Want to Lose the Leopard? On the third day after the phone call, the construction team came to start construction. The main structure of the panda house is intact and requires internal renovation and decoration. There is no need for air conditioning on the mountain, but a ventilation system must be installed in the interior rooms, and the standard equipment of the panda house must be complete. In addition, two rooms were urgently cleared out to serve as offices and accommodation for the veterinarians who would go up the mountain to assist with follow-up treatment. The stairs in Chen Ying's office were originally inside an iron door. Now the iron door in the corridor needs to be moved to expose the stairs in the middle, and an iron door needs to be installed at the entrance of the corridor on the other side. The blindfolded room was moved to the other side of the stairs to separate it from the two big cats, so that the little guy wouldn't be in a tense state every day and look like he was about to get depressed. Although the rescue station is small, it is fully equipped with basic testing equipment, including B-ultrasound machines for small animals, small X-ray machines, and portable electrocardiograms. The fracture of the blindfolded animal was confirmed by the small X-ray machine. Now all these instruments have been moved to the warehouse next to the panda house. The warehouse where animal food was originally stored was cleaned and painted, and several inspection rooms were separated by lightweight wall panels, making it look more professional. Originally, a rescue station of this size should have at least three people working, but due to low wages and the location in the mountains, there has never been enough staff.
Their job is not like that of forest rangers like Yin Li. Grassroots forest rangers can hire people in the village to do part-time work. They are professional technicians and have not studied this, so it is impossible for them to just do it casually. Most of the animals rescued by the rescue station are of Grade II, and there are also many Grade I. If something goes wrong, no one can take the responsibility. But the situation has improved a lot over the past year. Director Bai of their center is a cousin of Professor Bai, Chen Ying's graduate student supervisor. This year, all the graduate students that Professor Bai brought here for internship, which can somewhat supplement the combat effectiveness. The forest land on the mountainside has been allocated for use by the rescue center, but if you want to build housing facilities, you must submit a report and get approval before you can start construction. Chen Ying had long wanted to build a special medical room for big cats. The animal houses in the rescue station's office building were still too small to be suitable for small animals like blindfolded cats. Jin Ya and Sister Bao felt particularly cramped staying in there, which was one of the reasons why he let them out to stroll in the yard when no one was around. He doesn't have big ambitions and just wants his rescue station to become a life sanctuary for all animals. The ding-dong-dong sounds kept Jin Ya and Sister Bao on alert. The two little leopards were so timid that they kept hiding under their mother's belly. Chen Ying had to take them out one by one and hold them to feed them when they ate. The good thing was that the craftsmen knew that the animals were afraid, so they increased the construction time very quickly. The work that normally would have taken a week to complete was completed in just three days. The remaining painting and formaldehyde removal were also completed as quickly as possible. In less than ten days, the Panda Rescue House was completely transformed. The day after the panda house was completed, it was time for Jinya to be released. In addition to Chen Ying, there were also Director Bai of the center, Researcher Lan, Brother Liu who came up to help, and Sister Dai who was in charge of video recording and archiving at the release site. Jin Ya's injuries have fully recovered, and since her internal organs were not damaged in the first place, the recovery time is shorter than expected. "Jinya's physical condition is very good. In the later stage of recovery, she was able to hunt and eat on her own. I have recorded her food intake and exercise volume this week. She fully meets the standards for release." Chen Ying handed the work log to researcher Teacher Lan, and there was also an observation diary that belonged to Jin Ya. The amount of food and water consumed each day, as well as excretion and feces are recorded. All of these need to be archived. In case Jinya accidentally needs rescue again in the future, we can compare its physical condition with the files to determine its survival status in the wild. "The monitoring progress in this area is slow. The center is considering putting a collar on Jinya. What do you think?" After watching the interaction between Jin Ya and Chen Ying, Director Bai wanted Chen Ying to complete this task. The full name of this collar is "satellite positioning collar", which plays a very important role in wildlife protection.
Generally speaking, the collar will fall off automatically after a certain period of time, and then be recovered by conservation personnel, who will read the contents stored in the collar chip to understand the survival and activity process of wild animals. The rescue center where Chen Ying works is one of the more grassroots ones nationwide, so its facilities and equipment are naturally not as good as those of high-level rescue centers. It has only developed rapidly in the past two years. The first thing their unit added was infrared cameras, which is also the most commonly used method in the animal protection circle. The second is this positioning collar. Chen Ying thought about it and agreed to the leader's proposal. The collar will not cause any burden to Jin Ya, and it can also help them understand the forest. When the time comes, the job of retrieving the collars will be done by either Brother Liu or him. He will certainly not refuse if he can have a clearer understanding of Jin Ya's living environment. When Director Bai came, he brought ten sets of collars with him. In addition to Jin Ya, Sister Bao is also one of their channels to understand this forest. When Jinya was wearing a collar, the big cat was not used to it and would always scratch it. Chen Ying lowered his head and rubbed against Jin Ya. "Don't scratch it. It won't affect your life. It will fall off by itself after a while. I'm just worried that you might be in danger." That's true. Jin Ya said that it fell off the hillside while trying to escape from a fight with a wild beast, and Sister Bao was also attacked by a wild beast, and was injured and fell into the ditch while trying to protect her newborn baby. Jin Ya and Sister Leopard couldn't describe what this beast was, but it was definitely bigger and more ferocious than the other two. It was impossible for Chen Ying to tell his leader that there were ferocious beasts in the mountains. It was Jin Ya and Sister Bao who told him. He could only speculate by analyzing the injuries of Jin Ya and Sister Bao that there might be larger ferocious beasts nearby. To a certain extent, lynx and leopard are at the top of the food chain. Above them are only large beasts like lions and tigers. But it is impossible for lions to live in the mountains and forests, so Chen Ying speculated that there might be tigers in the mountains. For well-known reasons, the native tiger species, the South China tiger, is suspected to be extinct in the wild. However, Chen Ying and his classmates believed that there might still be wild South China tigers in the primeval forest, and the nature reserve where he was located, based on its geographical location and latitude, was an area where wild South China tigers might still exist. Putting a collar on the lynx Jinya is actually an attempt to discover the traces of the South China tiger in this way. Jin Yake doesn’t understand human thoughts. It simply believes that Chen Ying will not hurt it. Wearing a collar is nothing. As long as Chen Ying doesn't refuse, it can come to feed him every day. You have to take good care of your own two-legged animal. Don’t you see that there’s a stinky cat next door eyeing it covetously? It's obvious that he already has a cub, but he's still coveting the two-legged beast. It's really embarrassing! Daily updates are temporarily scheduled at 12 noon and 8 pm. If readers have better suggestions, please feel free to speak up. (End of this chapter)
