Chapter 678: Chapter 550: Can’t I Hate My Own Scent?
“In February, the willows are drunk on spring smoke, in March, the grasses on the mountains are endless, the most beautiful is the sky of April in the human world, a river of spring water, green as blue.”
Early in the morning, the young ones at the ergency station were singing songs as they prepared a farewell al for the young tiger and the tiger cubs.
Today is the third of March, and the young tiger is preparing to take the three little tiger cubs up the mountain for training.
To help them better adapt to the wilderness, starting today, they will no longer return to the confinent center but live in dens in the wild.
Finding a den to reside in is also one of their lessons, especially for the two little female tigers. In the future, they’ll have their own cubs to raise, so a good den must et requirents of safety, comfort, and convenience.
The little male tiger was almost breaking down knowing he couldn’t go back to his mother. He didn’t want to leave, but there was no helping it; the tail whipped by Uncle Tiger really hurt!
You could say the little male tiger left his mother, turning back every step, but Tiger Mother Bai Bingyang was not reluctant at all, she even felt like twisting a bit and clearing her throat.
From today on, she could occupy the two-legged beast all by herself again, hehe.
As for Leopard Sister and them, Bai Bingyang expressed that they could split the ti between day and night, she wasn’t picky about that.
Chen Ying hadn’t been paying attention to the little cubs these past few days, as he had received a cooperation request regarding the next breeding application for Bai Bingyang.
The number of Fierce White Tigers in the country isn’t large but isn’t small either, though most are gene exchanges of existing white tigers.
Bai Bingyang is different; she is a foreign cub and is quite unique.
The unit applying for cooperation is very well-known dostically. Their wildlife park is based on animal protection and breeding, featuring large populations of wild animals, rare animal displays, and wildlife education, making it a base for wildlife protection and popular science education in China.
They are not short of resources nor money, and introducing animals from abroad isn’t difficult for them either.
The reason they wanted to discuss the breeding of Bai Bingyang with Chen Ying is that their staff compared the data of Bai Bingyang’s three little cubs and found that although Bai Bingyang herself wasn’t great, her genes were excellent.
Are you talking about the Big Tiger Cub? That’s just the result of the little guy only inheriting his parents’ shortcomings.
After hearing that Chen Ying and the wildlife park in Sichuan Province were attempting to conduct wild training for ng Hu, they expressed interest in joining the project, offering money, people, and equipnt, as long as they could join in.
To be honest, their achievents in recent years have been impressive, especially in the breeding and cultivation of rare animals, ranking among the top dostically. They might be slightly weaker in wild training, but rember, they are a zoo after all; as long as they can manage free-roaming groups, why do they need a big plane?
But since the ti of the Huanan Tiger, people have been considering this issue. As a famous mber of wildlife protection, they also have their pursuits.
I might not need the technology, but I must have it just in case I need it, I can start using it without a second thought.
Chen Ying has interacted with them a few tis, and they have always been very kind, proactively asking if he needed help later. When they brought up joint research, Chen Ying thought it over, called his teacher to chat briefly, and imdiately replied that there was no problem on his end.
The subsequent applications and communications with higher authorities didn’t require Chen Ying’s direct involvent, as they managed everything smoothly, and all arrangents were made for personnel to be in place on ti.
After sorting this out, Chen Ying stretched lazily and planned to go for a stroll to visit the little cubs living wild away from ho.
The leopard cubs remained as reliable as ever; nearly half a year old, they could easily cooperate in hunting, though their individual success rates were still low. No worries, by autumn, when they are about a year old, their skills will surely surpass the current level.
The progress of the tiger cubs is slightly slower, possibly because the prey they face is larger. At six months, they are still in practice, and even in cooperation, their success rate isn’t high, let alone when there’s a lagging mber.
When Chen Ying went over, he didn’t see them, likely because the young tiger had taken them out for training. After making a round and tidying up the trash in the tiger’s den, he patted his hands and prepared to return to the ergency station.
The male tiger has this little fault; it doesn’t know to clean up after eating the bones, isn’t it afraid of breeding bacteria that could impact the little tiger cubs’ growth and developnt?
However, after Chen Ying helped clean it up twice, the accumulation of food scraps improved considerably. Likely, the young tiger didn’t have experience carrying cubs, and only started paying attention after being reminded.
Ti passed quickly, and as sumr set in, the weather on the mountain beca warr. Jinya and Little Jin couldn’t sit still. Previously, they stayed in most of the ti, now they were rarely at ho. They probably would need an appointnt to et next ti.
In recent years, Jinya has beco more stable, at least she no longer brings cubs ho for no reason…
Ah spit, Chen Ying lifted his hand and gave himself a few slaps.
Jinya, who returned with a cub in her mouth, tilted her head, her big eyes blinking as if asking Chen Ying what was going on.
“It’s nothing, where did you snag this one from?”
The fluffy little ball hadn’t even opened its eyes, and its little belly was shrunken. It didn’t move much in Chen Ying’s palm.
After carefully distinguishing it, this should be a pure Desert Cat.
These little guys occasionally appeared at the edge of their protected area, but their numbers couldn’t compare to those at the River Source because these little fellows generally lived in high-altitude adow areas. Between Jiamu Gully and Gula Gully, there are highland adows, but the area isn’t large, unlikely to support a stable population.
“I found it near the foot of the mountain, its mother and siblings all died, only it survived.”
When Jinya was crying out, Little Jin also jumped down, gesturing for Chen Ying to look at the cara on him.
The two of them had a task this ti, specifically following the animal trail westward, searching for any signs of animals along the way.
Just as the early sumr mountain snow began to lt, the protection stations were arranging for large-scale mountain patrols. The forest patrol officers were well cared for, and since Little Jin had eaten quite a few snacks from them, he had to ensure their safety first.
From the footage recorded by the cara, the dead mother cat seed to have fallen from the mountain to its death. But before it died, it had already been injured. Looking at its wounds… don’t look anymore, it was the work of those yellow-throated martens.
The mother cat fell and died, and its little cubs sohow all jumped down too, possibly forced by the martens.
This little cat cub was lucky, landing on a few of its siblings, barely clinging to life.
After seeing this, Chen Ying imdiately edited the video and sent it to the Protection Station’s main group under the County Forestry and Grass Bureau.
“Confird as a Desert Cat, it’s never been seen in our area before. Its first appearance and almost the whole family is wiped out. Colleagues from the Gula Gully Protection Station, please go to this spot to confirm the situation. Coordinates xxx.xxx.”
“Received, we’ll arrange for soone to go over. Also, Brother Ying, you’re sure it’s a Desert Cat? Is there no male with the mother cat? Should we include this in our patrol’s key priorities?”
“Yes, include it, and also pay attention to those yellow-throated martens, their population is expanding too rapidly, which can disrupt the ecological balance. See if you can disperse that group.”
Human culling is not possible; we can only split their population, break them into smaller groups to lessen the harm to other wild animals.
Looking at the dying Desert Cat cub in his palm, Chen Ying urgently called Little Sen and Mr. Qiao.
They are professionals in raising cubs.
Before preparing the nutritional powder for the cub, Chen Ying took it for a full-body check-up.
Oh boy, it’s really at death’s door.
Thankfully, Jinya had seen Desert Cats over at the River Source and knew this little thing was precious. Seeing how carefully Xiao Song and the others cared for those cubs before, it was clear both had similar status. (Actually, not really, Desert Cats are much rarer.)
While Chen Ying was examining the little fellow, Dr. Ou and Dr. Chen also ca to watch.
“Tsk, this little thing is precious. According to the reports from a few years ago, the total number in our province wasn’t even fifty, and they’re quite scattered in distribution. Unexpectedly, it managed to co here; this mother cat can be said to have fallen just before dawn.”
“Tell about it. With Brother Ying’s skill in raising cats, if only it could have successfully reached the rescue station with its cubs, its family line would be guaranteed to continue.”
“Are you two setting up?” Chen Ying didn’t even lift his head, carefully having ngng draw blood from the little cub for testing.
No one else but ngng could draw blood from this cub; it’s the uniqueness of her skill.
The ICU nursery was activated again, with four people rotating care shifts, striving to snatch it back from the grasp of death.
If successful, this would be a cat of destiny, simply called a “Destiny Cat”!
Two days later, the examination results were out, and two more days later, the genetic comparison was also complete.
“As expected, the mother of this cat ca all the way from the Hongyuan Grassland.”
But what was puzzling was, if it was searching for a habitat, it could have easily occupied a spot at the high mountain adows in Guer Gully. Although not especially large, it should be more suitable for the Desert Cat’s survival than Jiamu Gully.
After almost ten days in the ICU, the little cub finally regained its energy.
Initially, based on its size, everyone thought it was not weaned yet, but later it was found that it had already started eating at paste.
Which makes sense, because if it wasn’t weaned, the mother cat wouldn’t have relocated with all four cubs.
Perhaps because it was found and rescued by Jinya at the brink of death, this little cat strongly resisted other Big Cats, but when facing Jinya, it would make kit-like sounds calling her mama.
But Jinya was no longer in the phase of adopting every kitten in sight, and seeing this cub, felt quite troubled.
What no one expected happened; Hu Niu Bai Bingyang developed a great curiosity for the cub. Even when the nurse brought it out to the woods for so sun, Bai Bingyang approached and gave it a couple of licks, scaring the nurse half to death who thought she intended to gulp it down like a snack.
But no, Bai Bingyang lay down, gently collecting the little cub onto her body, licking it here and there with overwhelming motherly affection.
Even Chen Ying was curious, calling on the phone before coming downstairs next to Bai Bingyang, crouching to ask why she was so fond of the little cat, unlike herself.
“Because it doesn’t have the sll that Tigers dislike!”
This response genuinely left Chen Ying dumbfounded. Weren’t the cubs born to you supposed to have your scent?
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