I Have a Safari Park

After taking it back to the breeding base for inspection, after the snow leopard woke up again, it was still relatively slow to respond.

Stand up from the wooden box in the corner and look at the red brick wall with a dazed expression!

where is this? How did I get here?

He turned around slowly, turned his head, and suddenly squatted and shrank his head, as if he was startled by something!

The rescuers were just outside the cage, about three meters away from it, watching it through the railings.

Seeing the frightened look of the snow leopards looking back, I thought they had found them.

In fact, it didn't. Snow Leopard turned its head blankly, stepped out of the wooden box in the corner, looked left and right, took two steps erratically, and then returned to the wooden box with some fear, it seemed that it was still a wooden box Make it feel safe.

Obviously not in a healthy state.

Regarding the situation of the snow leopard, there are several guesses after the discussion!

One is that the anesthesia has not yet passed, the other is the impact of a concussion, or other more serious conditions.

Decided to observe one night first to see the recovery of the snow leopard.

Checked again the next morning and it was fine.

When I sneaked to see the snow leopard, the snow leopard was already able to jump on a window sill more than one meter high, and its mobility had recovered a lot.

When he sees people, he will lower his body and hide in the wooden box.

The snow leopard will still be angry and intimidate fiercely when it shows up openly.

In such a situation, Qi Yuan and the others were relieved, and they were all very happy!

The snow leopard was offered a live rabbit, but didn't eat it.

This is a very normal situation. Snow leopards come to a strange environment and are in a state of stress. They will try to avoid eating, drinking and excretion. Otherwise, what if you are attacked while you are eating?

After two days, it may be that the live rabbit was not pleasing to the eye, and the rabbit was bitten to death, but did not eat it, and drank some blood when it was killed. There was also a flying pigeon, which also slapped down.

Qi Yuan has been very busy these two days.

In addition to caring about the health of snow leopards, contacting experts for consultation, and interviewing reporters.

I came back and complained to them, saying that the reporter asked a question why they chose to be released into the wild.

It's not the choice to release, it's that there is no choice.

As long as you have the conditions to be released into the wild, you must be released, and there is no second option.

For example, if a person comes to the hospital for examination and catches a cold, he clicks it down and presses it to the inpatient department and does not let him go. This is a very unreasonable thing.

Although this snow leopard looks stupid and not very smart, all reactions to people's alert state and lively appearance are normal. In good health, of course, is to be released into the wild.

Next, an all-round inspection was carried out. The body is very healthy, and the trauma on the forehead has almost recovered.

During the anesthesia, not only the inspection, but also the people from the Land Bridge Ecological Center brought a positioning satellite collar to the snow leopard to facilitate further monitoring and research after the release.

In this way, if the snow leopard gets closer to the human range, it can give an early warning to avoid conflicts.

Fang Ye saw this kind of satellite collar for the first time, and asked curiously, "Is this collar uncomfortable for snow leopards to wear?"

The teacher who installed the collar explained: "Oh, this collar technology is very mature, and a lot of tracking studies have been done, and it will not affect the feeding and movement of big cats, including mating.

It is a strap tied to the neck, almost all the weight is on the bottom battery, and its weight is very small. When the battery is dead, the collar will automatically fall off.

At this level of tightness, this snow leopard is already an adult male individual, and the possibility of a thick neck is not very large. When we installed it, we also confirmed that it is better to be loose than tight, and to ensure a considerable degree of looseness. After gaining a little weight, it is not a big problem, and its neck will not grow too thick. "

"Oh, that's what it is!"

The teacher smiled and said: "There are some other measures, for example, near the area where it is active, we may install some infrared cameras, or have the guards observe with telescopes, and confirm its status at any time. If It is said that the hair on the neck is bald, it is difficult to eat, etc., this can be judged by observing some abnormal behaviors.

If the problem is really serious, then we can also remotely control it to automatically fall off. "

In the past few days, meetings have been held for discussions, discussing some details, such as the time and place of the release.

The first is the location of the release.

Of course, the hope of reintroduction is to be released in the area where the animals originally lived, so that the animals are more familiar with the local environment and food. Otherwise, if you change to a new place, the food may be different, and the original hunting skills will not work well.

In the rescue area, there is a snow leopard distribution area about ten kilometers to the north, and there is a road in the middle that is connected. I am worried that the snow leopard will run back again.

I picked a few alternatives and drove over to see the situation when the time came.

Then it's release time.

Although I want to release the snow leopard as soon as possible, because it has just been anesthetized, the anesthesia usually takes 6 to 8 hours before the effect will completely subside. If it is released before fully awake, it is difficult to ensure that the snow leopard can face the environment safely.

For example, it is possible that not long after they were released, they encountered a bear or something, and then the dizzy snow leopard was killed by the bear.

The probability of encountering bears this season is not large, but the release is to be thoughtful.

Another possibility is that the snow leopard has never been anesthetized, and feels that he is the king of the snow mountain. He jumped up and down the cliff like usual, but he slipped and fell and broke himself.

Originally nothing, it became something, so try to let it return to nature in a sober state as much as possible.

If you wait until you are fully awake before being released, the total time from Xining to the appropriate release location is estimated to be four hours.

The snow leopard bumps in the car for 4 hours in a awake state, and is continuously in a high state of stress, which will undoubtedly cause great damage to the body and mind, and may even attack the cage crazily, injuring itself.

Considering the existence of this risk, the best way is to let the snow leopard walk most of the way in a state of anesthesia and dizzy, and then release it when it is fully awake.

The best time to release is early in the morning or in the evening. These two time periods are when snow leopards are more active.

After the discussion, after dinner, at 7 o'clock in the evening, the transport cage containing the snow leopard was loaded into the car.

I plan to set off for Menyuan overnight while it is still under anesthesia, and stay there for a night to manage and guard it, and then go back to the wild in the early morning.