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Chapter 281 Raising tigers is difficult

The middle-aged man saw the pieces of paper in Fang Mingyuan's hand at a glance, walked over quickly and said, "Little comrade, I dropped these pieces of paper just now, can you return them to me?"

Only then did Fang Mingyuan see him clearly from the front. The middle-aged man in front of him looked to be around fifty years old. His face was weathered, his hair was half black and half white, his rough hands and his old-fashioned-looking clothes all showed that he was

His financial situation is not well-off, but his eyes are bright and alert, but with a bit of anxiety.

Fang Mingyuan pulled a chair over and said, "Please sit down. From above, I see that you are from the Heihe Daozi Cat Breeding and Breeding Center?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Comrade, I have something urgent to do. Can you give me that piece of paper?"

While talking, I saw another person coming up the stairs. It was the middle-aged man who was chasing Section Chief Li just now. I saw that his steps were heavy and his face was gray. Needless to say, he failed to catch up. "Old Wang, he is young.

Ah, I didn’t catch up! Huh?”

Huang Gui immediately stood up, picked up his plate, sat at the driver's table, and gave up his seat for him.

"Two old comrades, please sit down. How should I call you two? My surname is Fang." Fang Mingyuan not only did not return the document in his hand to Old Wang, but instead put it on the table and pressed it under his hand.

The middle-aged man carrying the bag looked at Chen Zhong, then at Huang Gui and the others who were avoiding the side, and said helplessly: "Old Li, sit down." The document in Fang Mingyuan's hand was the original. If it were torn,

Or it's dirty. If you want to open one, you have to go to several government departments, which costs a lot of money. This young man doesn't look like an ordinary person. If you want to sit by yourself, then just sit.

Fang Mingyuan greeted the waiter in the restaurant and served two more refreshments, "Do you two want to order anything else? I'm always interested in tigers, and I saw that you two are from the Siberian Tiger Breeding Center, so I wanted to ask.

I want to ask about the current situation of Siberian tigers in our country. Could you please take some time to teach me a lesson?" After hearing what Fang Mingyuan said, Lin Lian helped and said a few words, and then the two of them relaxed.

, the atmosphere at the table became lively. It turned out that the middle-aged man carrying the bag was Wang Yugang, the director of Heihe Daozi Cat Breeding and Breeding Center, and the other person was Li Guangcheng, the treasurer of Heihe Daozi Cat Breeding and Breeding Center.

Section Chief. The two of them came to Bingcheng this time to seek help from relevant departments.

"Our Heihe Daozi Cat Breeding and Breeding Center was established in 1984. At that time, a nationwide survey was conducted on the number of Siberian tigers in the wild. When the results were found, oh my god, there were only 20 wild Siberian tigers in the country.

There are thirty! You must know that in the mid-1970s, there were still more than 150 at that time. The country suddenly became anxious and could not let the Siberian tiger become extinct. This is one of the ten most endangered animals in the world.

First, people all over the world are paying attention. So we established the Heihe Daozi Cat Breeding and Breeding Center. At that time, there were only eight Siberian tigers, and we studied how to make them give birth to more tiger cubs." Wang Yugang said with a look on his face.

Feeling deeply.

"Why are there so few Siberian tigers in the wild? There were still more than 150 tigers in the 1970s. That's it for ten years. The rate of decline is too fast!" Chen Zhong asked in a deep voice.

, he is a layman, but laymen also understand that if there are only twenty or thirty left of an animal, it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, the wild Siberian tigers will disappear.

"Can you be unhappy? Brother, the economic value of this Siberian tiger is extremely high. According to the traditional view of Chinese medicine, tiger meat and internal organs can be used as medicine to treat many chronic diseases. The value of an adult tiger is hundreds of thousands. Several dozen

Wan, who wouldn’t be jealous, so Siberian tigers in the wild are hunted by poachers. Moreover, this Siberian tiger is a large animal of the cat family, and it grows in the north, and its reproduction rate is also low. A Siberian tiger

The lifespan of a tiger is generally twenty-five or six years, and it does not reach sexual maturity until it is about three or four years old. It goes into estrus from December to February every year. The gestation period is about 105 to 110 days, and each litter usually gives birth to three or four cubs. These cubs

They grow up sucking the milk of a tigress, and they have to follow her for one or two years before they can live independently. They are born faster than they die, and of course they are gone in the wild." Li Yucheng said heartbrokenly, "Those bastards, don't even think about what would happen if

If they are completely extinct, how can they still go to the Soviet Union to hunt tigers? There are not many tigers left in the Soviet Union, and there only seem to be about 300 tigers in total."

"Don't we seem to have established protected areas in China over the past few years? Doesn't it mean they have no effect?" Lin Lian looked at the photos of Siberian tigers in her hands and asked.

"Hey, girl, don't worry about saying something that shouldn't be said, and it's a bit rough. To say it's useless would be to erase the achievements of the workers in the reserve, but I have to say, it's useless.

Use it!" Wang Yugang said bitterly, "In such a big forest, there are only a dozen patrols, and there are no decent means of transportation. How can we see through it? Most of the time it is just a show. Moreover, there is a very important one.

The problem is that our country does not have the sparsely populated forest areas of the Soviet Far East. What we have prepared for the Siberian tigers are divided into protected areas. There are two or three in one area. How do they reproduce? And the forest

It is the living environment of the Siberian tiger, but it does not mean that if you carve out a forest for it, it will be able to survive. There must be prey for the tiger, such as wild boars, deer, etc. In an adult

There should be no less than 150 wild boars and 200 deer in the Siberian tiger's territory, so that a cycle can be formed and the tiger can survive. In the past few years, those damn poachers have not only

Hunting tigers has also greatly reduced the tiger's predators. The area where they can move is smaller and they eat less. Can there be many Siberian tigers?"

"Hey..." Li Guangcheng sighed and said, "If there are fewer tigers, everyone is anxious, but if there are more tigers, we are also anxious!"

"Chief Li, it's not a good thing if there are too many tigers. Why are you so anxious?" Lin Lian was even more surprised. Didn't Wang Yu just say that they were studying how to make tigers give birth to more cubs?

"Isn't it that you can't afford to feed yourself?" Fang Mingyuan said softly. This result was not beyond his expectation. In his previous life, there had been many incidents of breeding tigers starving to death. Once, Fang Mingyuan remembered that it seemed that

Dozens of them starved to death, causing a sensation throughout the country and triggering heated discussions among the people. However, he did not expect that in the 1990s, there were already signs of the disease.

"Alas! I just can't afford to feed him!" Wang Yugang slapped his thigh and said, "I'll do the math for you. This tiger, not counting the cubs, has to eat several kilograms of meat every day on average, which is too low for an adult tiger.

The weight is three to four kilograms, and the weight is eight or nine kilograms, mainly beef and chicken, and some chicken bones, pills and other supplements are also required to supplement nutrients. This is a huge expenditure just for the meat every day, and it has to be

It’s good meat, but it’s even more troublesome if you eat it up. Taking into account the various equipment in the center and the salary of the staff, it’s a huge sum of money every year. When it was first established, it was okay, there were only eight tigers in total.

, with government funding, it was pretty good. But later, we overcame the difficulties of Siberian tiger breeding, and the number of tigers continued to increase, and the price of meat also increased, and workers also had to increase their wages, but the government funding

But if we don’t keep up with the increase, the money won’t be enough.”

"Then how many tigers do you have now?" Lin Lian asked.

"Eighty-seven, forty-seven of them are already considered adult tigers. By next year, there will be sixty-one adult tigers." Li Guangcheng said with a sad face, "But the money in the center's account now, let alone give it to me. We people have been paid, but even if we use all of it to buy meat, it’s not enough!”

"So much!" Lin Lian exclaimed with joy, "Your work is really effective!"

"It's just that the effect is too obvious, and this is the result!" Wang Yugang said in a dumbfounded voice, "Girl, if you give birth to them but you can't feed them enough, you might as well not let them give birth."

"In our center, the employees' wages this year are only half, but that's it. If the government doesn't allocate funds, the tigers in the garden will be hungry by December." Li Guangcheng thought of these days of begging. The experience of grandpa suing grandma was extremely poignant.

"Have you never thought about how to use tigers to make money, and then use the money earned to feed tigers? It depends purely on national financial allocations. Hey, don't look at those officials who eat well every day. They spend a few dollars a year. One hundred thousand in catering expenses is just for fun, asking them to pay you... is tantamount to begging for the skin of a tiger!" Fang Mingyuan sneered.

Wang Yugang and Li Guangcheng glanced at each other, secretly wondering, who is this young man?

"Of course we have thought about it, this tiger is full of treasures, not to mention tiger bones and tiger skins, but also tiger meat, which many people are willing to pay high prices for. Of course, this live tiger cannot be killed and sold. , However, during the breeding process, there will always be tigers that die normally. For example, our first eight tigers are now nearly twenty years old. In a few years, when they die of old age, their tiger skins and bones will be enough. Sell ​​it! The money earned in this way can be used to feed its future generations." Li Guangcheng said, "We have also thought about whether we should contact the circus and zoos in other cities and rent out a few animals to them. Tigers, this will not only save them food money, but also give them more money to feed their brothers and sisters."

"Hey, Chief Li, are all your tigers descended from the original eight tigers?" Fang Mingyuan suddenly thought of a question.

"Yes, they are all descendants of the original eight tigers."

"Aren't you worried that all inbreeding will lead to the degeneration of the tiger species?"