Animal Detective

Chapter 443 Separation of Mother and Child
The elephant's sudden action startled everyone present.

"Director Chen, it...it is..." Wang Feng pointed at the elephant, looking confused.

In southern Yunnan, wild elephants can only be found in Mengle.

As for Dehong, it is said that there were many in ancient times, but now, not a single one has been seen.

Occasionally, a fake news story about Dehong discovering a wild elephant can attract a considerable amount of attention.

In any case, Wang Feng had never heard of wild elephants appearing in this area from childhood to adulthood.

His knowledge of elephants was limited to that of zoos.

So Wang Feng had never heard of an elephant kneeling down to a person?
Chen Ruidong shook his head and remained silent, looking at Shen Xin with surprise.

During a casual chat, when asked how he trained these police birds, Shen Xin replied that it was his natural ability to be close to all kinds of animals.

They also gave examples, like those people who always manage to pick up cats and dogs that wag their tails when they see them.

Chen Ruidong had encountered this type of person before, so he didn't think much of it.

But the scene before him still shocked him.

From his perspective, it was as if the elephant, upon seeing Shen Xin, took the initiative to express goodwill, or... submit?
That's why I knelt down.

The problem is that we just met, so it's still a stranger to us.

Everyone was deeply shocked, and Shen Xin was no exception.

Having interacted with so many animals, Shen Xin knew very well that animals have feelings.

There are likes, there are dislikes, there is joy, and there is sadness.

Intelligent animals like dolphins possess incredibly rich emotions.

They cannot speak, but they express their feelings through various behaviors, calls, and even their eyes.

Just like a stroke of genius.

Even before we knew her, her eyes were already full of emotion.

If you look closely, you can feel it.

So, at this moment, what emotion is this elephant trying to express by kneeling down?
Thinking of this, Shen Xin couldn't help but step forward.

"Shen Xin, don't go over there," Pan Wenhai hurriedly reminded him.

Shen Xin waved his hand without turning his head, stared straight at the elephant, and slowly approached.

It made no further moves, and compared to its enormous size, its eyes were not large, but it had very long eyelashes.

But Shen Xin could sense that it was watching him the whole time.

It kept emitting mournful cries.

Shen Xin's hand touched its nose.

It did not resist; it curled its nose and gently touched Shen Xin.

A warm, foul-smelling stream of air was blowing from his nose.

Just then, one of the two drug dealers was brought over.

Upon seeing him, the elephant suddenly swung its trunk and let out a loud roar.

However, it did not attack Shen Xin, who was right next to it. Instead, it stood up clumsily and charged towards the man.

With a loud clang, the iron chains scraped together.

Such a thick iron chain, taut and straight.

The drug dealer, who had a short beard and curly hair, trembled with fear.

Chen Ruidong reacted quickly and immediately ordered someone to take the guy outside the warehouse.

Then he went outside and asked him about the origin of the elephant.

The elephant let out a few roars, restless, and then turned its head and came right in front of Shen Xin again.

Its cry turned back into its previous mournful wail.

You could hear the anger and sorrow in his voice.

Then he knelt down again, clumsily.

The new station opened a little, but it couldn't reach it, so it stretched its nose as if...

The person chained up reached out his hand for help.

At that moment, Shen Xin suddenly understood what emotion the elephant was trying to express.

I need help!

Shen Xin stepped forward, about to say "Don't rush," when a special police officer next to him suddenly said, "Is it crying?"

The area around the elephant's eyes, which was originally grayish-brown, dry, and rough, was now wet.

She was crying.

"Okay, okay, I understand. Don't worry, I'll figure out a way to get you out right away," Shen Xin quickly reassured him.

Clearly, she was extremely aggrieved.

It's probably wild, and I don't know why it was captured by drug dealers.

Being locked up in this dark and gloomy place, chained up, is like being in prison.

And it's also torturing yourself. With all these injuries, who wouldn't feel aggrieved?

It called out a few times, with a noticeable change in tone, as if it understood.

Shen Xin looked at the iron chain around its neck.

It wasn't locked; it was simply welded shut.

I reckon they put it on after numbing the person.

Shen Xin turned to Pan Wenhai and asked him to find some tools, like an angle grinder. They should have a full range of tools for bonsai cultivation here.

Chen Ruidong, having already ascertained the situation, stepped forward and looked at the elephant, saying, "Shen Xin, I asked him." "That kid confessed that Cai Xingquan had someone capture this elephant over a month ago, just before the incident."

His expression turned serious as he said, "As for why, he doesn't know."

"The key point is that it wasn't just one elephant; they captured a pair, including a baby elephant, which should be a mother and her baby."

"As for that baby elephant, Zhu Kun arranged for it to be transported away on the 11th of last month. They don't know exactly where it was taken."

"This is the only elephant left. Occasionally, they would try to tame it according to Zhu Kun's requests, but they have never succeeded."

Shen Xin suddenly realized.

So this elephant knelt down and begged for help not because it was imprisoned, but because its child had been taken away.

"No, why are they catching elephants?" Shen Xin frowned.

Elephant trafficking?

It's a Class I endangered protected animal; who would dare buy it?

Just a hobby?

He made too much money from drug trafficking and started to party hard, so he wanted to buy an elephant to play with.
Some anti-drug movies do depict drug traffickers hiding in remote mountain villages using elephants to transport supplies.

But why come to China?

Animal protection is so strict in China, why don't you go to Siam?

Wang Feng had previously mentioned that Cai Xingquan seemed to be a Siamese.

In Siam, you can get a permit to keep elephants, which is no safer than poaching wild elephants in your home country.

Shen Xin looked toward the mother elephant.

No wonder he knelt down and begged for help so earnestly, even shedding tears.

This means that the mother and child are separated.

The baby elephant was taken away on the 11th of last month, which is a month ago. I wonder how old the baby elephant is. I'm afraid the mother elephant must be very worried.

Shen Xin said, "Director Chen, look, the mother elephant is crying in distress. Can we try to find the baby elephant?"

Putting aside everything else, it's a Class I protected animal; we can't just ignore it.

Chen Ruidong knew what to do without Shen Xin even having to remind him.

Pan Wenhai brought over an angle grinder.

But looking at the enormous creature weighing several tons in front of him, he was at a loss.

When the angle grinder was turned on, it was loud and sparked. The elephant was startled and no one could hold it down.

It possesses incredible strength; it can flip a car over, and if it hits a person, they could die.

"Director Chen, why don't we contact the rescue center and anesthetize the elephant before we take any action?" Pan Wenhai suggested.

Dehong does not have a proper large zoo, but it does have a wildlife rescue center.

It's a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing wild animals.

It is home to several hundred animals, much like a zoo, and is usually open to the public free of charge.

Their job responsibilities were just right.

Chen Ruidong nodded and took out his phone to make a call.

Shen Xin thought so too.

We definitely need to contact the ambulance center.

The mother elephant is covered in wounds; she needs to be treated.

And it looks very thin.

Honestly, even the female elephant in front of him made Shen Xin feel how thin it was.

It's likely that the child hasn't been eating properly since being taken away, or perhaps the drug dealers haven't been feeding him properly either.

Given the size of an elephant, it probably eats several hundred kilograms of food a day.

Chen Ruidong has the phone number for the rescue center, and their municipal bureau also frequently receives reports from the public about the discovery of wild animals.

Upon hearing that a wild elephant had been spotted on their side, the people on the other side were completely stunned.

Chen Ruidong contacted Tan Qingming, the director of the rescue center, directly.

After hearing the situation, Tan Qingming took a deep breath and said, "Director Chen, we've never dealt with elephants before."

Wild elephant herds have never been seen in the entire Dehong region, so there is naturally no situation where elephants need to be rescued.

"And Director Chen, this is really not like what you said, that it would be over after just two injections of anesthesia."

"You don't know, this elephant is huge, so we need a special anesthetic and an antidote, otherwise it's easy to cause problems."

"We don't have either specialized anesthetics or antidotes here."

"Also, these elephants are heavy. If they are anesthetized and left lying on one side for a long time, it will damage their internal organs."

"So when rescuing elephants, we have to find a crane to lift the anesthetized elephants up, which is quite troublesome."

Chen Ruidong was overwhelmed by what he heard and told him to come over and take a look first.

Then I explained the situation.

The anesthetic was easy to obtain; there was a zoo in Mengle, and the zookeepers were familiar with Asian elephants.

The main problem is that the rescue center has never rescued elephants before. If they are unfamiliar with the procedures and cause problems for the elephants, it would be a huge loss.

Cai Xingquan didn't care about that when hunting; he just anesthetized the elephants. They were lucky they didn't kill them.

We're doing serious rescue work here, so we can't act recklessly.

Thinking of this, Shen Xin said, "Director Chen, how about I give it a try? No anesthesia, just cut it directly."

I have talent, and I feel that the mother elephant also treats me differently, so there shouldn't be any problems.

(End of this chapter)