Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 373 No, Spare the Wolf
It’s the same old saying, professional things should be done by professionals.

Chen Ying is a veterinarian, he can save this little guy, but this little guy has a special identity, so it is better for him to let the panda man make the decision and assist from the side.

To say the least, he tried his best to treat the patient, but there was a panda man watching nearby, so if there were any problems, it wouldn't be his fault.

Of course, I guess I'll have to write the report myself.

It is impossible to wash such a small panda cub directly with water, so you can only use a towel dipped in warm water to clean the mud off its body.

"Brother Ying, the ICU is open and can be used at any time."

There was no other way. They didn't have a special incubator here, and the giant panda cub was already very weak, so they could only put it in the ICU for observation.

"Brother Ying, I called the director, and he will bring people up right away."

The panda man Xiao Cao, who came to serve as a witness, half-crouched in front of the ICU ward with an anxious look on his face.

"Brother Ying, is it okay?"

"It's hard to say." Chen Ying called up the database for relevant precautions on feeding cubs and prescribed emergency medicine based on the examination results.

Jin Ya and her team found the cub in a puddle near Laoxionggou. Jin Ya said the smell nearby was very complex and she didn't know whether the mother panda had thrown it away herself or if it was stolen and thrown away by another animal.

But judging from the time, this season is not the breeding season for giant pandas at all.

Normally, the estrus period occurs in the spring, and the breeding season is around June or July.

Of course, this is not fixed. It depends on the mother panda's condition, climate, and the time when the previous litter of panda cubs left the nest.

"Brother Cao, you observe pandas every day, but didn't you notice a female panda nearby?"

"Of course I found it. But the problem is that you can't tell with the naked eye that a giant panda is pregnant!"

Xiao Cao grabbed his hair anxiously. "Our key monitoring targets are Fu Fu and his cubs, and before that, Munduner and his cubs. After Munduner left, we also reduced the number of staff accordingly."

Besides, the principle of the center is to avoid disturbing wild cats as much as possible, and to observe them from a distance if necessary.

Moreover, these two groups of panda conservationists are responsible for the observation of nearly 30 giant pandas in the three management stations. The intensity of the work is quite high, so it is normal to miss some of them occasionally.

Just as Xiao Cao said, giant panda cubs are so small, and unlike other animals, you can tell when they are born.

It was born in a tree hole, and who knows when it was born.

But reasons are reasons, and we still have to find the reasons.

"I gave him a little bit of medicine as a precaution. Xia Sen, your task today is to stay here. When the director comes up, you can explain the details. Xiao Cao and I will follow Jin Ya to see where the little guy was found."

"It's no problem to leave it to me. Brother Ying, you guys go quickly, in case you can run into the cub's mother."

Chen Ying thought so too, so he had to hurry.

While Xiao Cao was informing his teammates about the incident via the intercom, he also used his mobile phone to send a message to his colleague in charge of monitoring, asking him to help find nearby surveillance cameras.

Although there are no surveillance cameras in the deep mountains and forests, surveillance cameras have been installed in nearby villages and several key defense locations.

Jin Ya and Xiao Jin ran with them to a pond in the northwest of Laoxionggou. Jin Ya jumped onto a rock on the shore and howled at the shallow water.

Chen Ying understood what it meant. It said that when it was drinking water here, it found a ball of mud next to it that was moving. It was startled, then went over to smell it. It smelled a bit like the smell of Mundun'er's three cubs, so it let Xiao Jin bring it back to show Chen Ying.

While listening to its howling, Chen Ying carefully checked for traces in the shallow water.

There were hoof prints and paw prints, but no big cat or bear prints.

How on earth did this little guy get here?
I looked around and there was no one around to help.

This pond was formed not long ago and is probably related to the last rain.

The gap was blocked by silt and branches, and the accumulated water could not flow out and gathered into a pond.

However, such a small pond is likely to disappear after a strong wind or heavy rain, so this is not a fixed drinking area. There are definitely not many animals that often come here to drink water. They usually just pass by and take a sip.

Chen Ying can understand animal language, but he needs to be told to speak animal language.

There were no birds or animals around. Was he going to dig up a worm to have a conversation with?
Not to mention whether insects can talk, even if they can, does their brain capacity allow them to recognize other animals?
Chen Ying didn't believe it anyway. If there was a bird, maybe she could ask.

As he was speaking, a familiar whooshing sound suddenly rang out.

Chen Ying was stunned. Why was there such a night owl calling in broad daylight?

I looked up and saw a familiar face, no, a familiar bird!
Ms. Xiaoow with vertical belly patterns did not expect that she could still see Chen Ying after moving here for a year and a half.

It can hardly see during the day, but has a keen sense of hearing.

It was sleeping soundly in the tree hole, but came out to say hello when it heard Chen Ying's voice.

Chen Ying was originally very excited, thinking that she could find someone to ask, but when she saw it was it, her excitement instantly burst like a bubble.

As we all know, owls are completely useless during the day. Even if they fly a short distance, they seem to be drunk. They are like two different creatures compared to the fierce owls at night.

The owl can move around during the day and at night, but the daytime mostly refers to the two time periods of dawn and dusk. It chooses to sleep during the real day. It is embarrassing for an owl to come out during the day.

The little owl hopped and changed to a branch closer to Chen Ying, and chirped for a long time.

Chen Ying's expression gradually became serious.

This little owl actually knew the origin of the cub. Although it didn't know where it came from, it said that it saw an unfamiliar animal bring it here.

I originally wanted to eat it here, but then suddenly I seemed to hear something, kicked the little guy into the water and ran away.

After that, it went back to sleep and it was not sure what happened next.

I asked about the time, and it was probably when it caught the mouse and ate it, and the light was not as strong as it is now.

That was early morning.

This time is similar to Chen Ying's judgment. After all, if the time is too long, the panda cub will not survive.

It was probably because the panda cub had a strong desire to survive, and it struggled to roll out of the water to the shore, which is why it was covered with mud.

From what the little owl said, he first ruled out lynx and golden cat. The little owl had seen these two animals before. When it was raising chicks in the nest box on the third floor, it had also seen the large civet and the mongoose, two animals that were not too small in size.

Even-toed ungulates in the forest would not steal other people's cubs for no reason.

By this calculation, the target of the lock is very small.

For meat eaters, excluding cats, the only ones left are dogs.

Among the canine family, wolves are the first to be affected.

Chen Ying just happened to know where the wolves were, so he planned to find Duoduo to ask about the situation first.

If it was done by Duoduo's descendants, how to deal with it depends on what the protection center says.

Xiao Cao took photos of the area around the pond, especially the traces that Chen Ying pointed out that looked like the crawling of a panda cub. He took more than a dozen photos from different angles and planned to go back and find an expert to help analyze them.

Before leaving, Chen Ying squatted down and took a handful of wet and muddy hair from a branch at the edge of the pond.

I don’t know what animal left this, but it’s a clue at least.

After installing it, Chen Ying said hello to Xiao Ou and led Xiao Cao back to the first aid station.

The center's director and the person in charge of the baby room, as well as the veterinarian who specializes in physical examinations of the cubs, have arrived.

The veterinarian and Xia Sen are giving the cub a detailed examination.

"She choked on some water. I'm worried she might get pneumonia. Why don't we take her back to the center for care?" The director stood at the door with his hands on his hips, his expression serious and his forehead wrinkles big enough to kill a mosquito.

"Okay, I'm sure there will be no problem here. If you need it, I can lend you this ICU ward temporarily."

Last time he went to West Africa, he helped a lot. They sent a complete set of animal first aid equipment. The first aid station has been upgraded a long time ago.

The ICU wards they are using now come in three models, which have relatively high technological content but are not convenient to transport.

On the contrary, this earliest used ICU warehouse is most suitable for long-distance carrying, but it requires a power supply.

"Not for now. We brought an incubator with us. You just gave them some medicine, and our veterinarian checked it out. There should be no problem getting them to the center. We also have emergency equipment in the car we drove here."

"Okay then, I won't keep you any longer. Let's take the cub away first. We'll talk about other issues later. If you want to investigate, we will fully cooperate."

The director forced a smile, patted Chen Ying on the shoulder, said nothing, and let out a long sigh.

The supervisor of the baby room carefully opened the incubator, put the baby in, and held the baby herself, refusing to let anyone else do it.

He has been raising panda cubs for more than ten years. Every panda cub is the apple of his eye. Seeing such a young cub suffering, he was so sad that he wiped away tears several times.

Everyone knew that Zaizai's condition was in danger, but no one dared to say anything. They could only silently speed up and rush back to the center. If the expert team could take care of him, his condition might improve.

Chen Ying was lucky. From a veterinary perspective, he judged that unless the cub really had pneumonia, it would not die young.

The center has complete technical means and medicines, so even if it is really pneumonia, rescue can be provided immediately.

After Xia Sen sent them away, he turned to look at Chen Ying, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.

"What do you want to ask?"

"Brother Ying, that cub shouldn't have been abandoned by its mother, right?"

"Definitely not." Chen Ying didn't say anything else. He asked Xia Sen and Ruan Mengmeng to guard the first aid station well. He put on his backpack and prepared to go to the mountains to chat with the female wolf from Duoduo's family.

When they hurriedly found the mother wolf from Duoduo's family, the atmosphere was extremely tense. It seemed that only a spark would start a raging fire.

At this critical moment, Chen Ying's appearance made both parties in confrontation stunned, but the female wolf from Duoduo's family seized this opportunity and pounced in mid-air.

"No! Spare the wolf from your claws!"

(End of this chapter)