Chapter 493

After returning to the breeding base for inspection, the snow leopard woke up again and was slow to respond.

Stand up from the wooden box in the corner and look at the red brick wall with an ignorant face!

where's this? Why am I here?

Slowly, I turned around and looked back. Suddenly, I squatted and shrunk my head. I was startled by something!

Rescuers were outside the cage, about three meters away from it, watching it through the railing.

Seeing the frightened look of the snow leopard, I thought I found them.

In fact, snow leopard turned his head blankly, stepped out slowly from the wooden box in the corner, looked left and right, walked two steps unsteadily, and then returned to the wooden box with some fear. It seems that the wooden box makes it feel safer.

Obviously not a healthy state.

There are several guesses about the situation of snow leopard after discussion!

One is that the anesthetic is not strong enough, the other is the impact of concussion, or other more serious conditions.

Decided to observe the snow leopard for one night to see its recovery.

Observe again the next morning. The situation is good.

Sneaking to see the snow leopard, the snow leopard has been able to jump on the windowsill more than one meter high, and its activity ability has been restored a lot.

When you see people, you will lower your body and hide in a wooden box.

When the snow leopard appears openly, it will still breathe and threaten fiercely.

Such a situation, let Qiyuan they relieved, all feel very happy!

The snow leopard was provided with a live rabbit and didn't eat it.

This is a very normal situation. The snow leopard comes to a strange environment and is in a state of stress. Eating, drinking and excretion will be avoided as much as possible. Otherwise, what if you were attacked while eating?

After two days, maybe the rabbit didn't like it. He was bitten to death by the rabbit. He drank some blood when he bit to death. There was also a sparring pigeon, which was also slapped down.

Qiyuan is very busy these two days.

In addition to caring about the health of the snow leopard, contacting experts for consultation, there are also interviews with reporters.

Back and they Tucao, said the reporter asked a question, why should choose to make complaints about what is going on in the wild.

I don't choose to release, I have no choice.

As long as the conditions for releasing to the wild are met, it must be released. There is no second option.

For example, if a person comes to the hospital for examination and has a cold, he clicks it down and presses it to the inpatient department to stop him from leaving, which is very unreasonable.

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

Then a full-scale examination was conducted. He was in good health and the trauma on his forehead had almost recovered.

During anesthesia, people from the Landbridge ecological center brought a positioning satellite collar to the snow leopard to facilitate further monitoring and research after release.

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

Fangye saw this satellite collar for the first time and asked curiously, "won't the snow leopard feel uncomfortable wearing this collar?"

The teacher who installed the collar explained: "Oh, this collar technology is very mature. I have done a lot of tracking research. I won't say that it will affect the feeding and action of big cats, including mating.

It is a belt tied to its neck. Almost all its weight is on the bottom battery. Its weight is very small. When the battery runs out, the collar will fall off automatically.

If the tightness is high, the snow leopard is already an adult male individual. It is not very likely that its neck will become thicker. When we installed it, we also confirmed that it is better to be loose than tight to ensure a considerable degree of looseness. In this way, if it gets fat in the future, the problem is not big, and its neck will not grow too thick. "

"Oh, so it is!"

The teacher smiled and said, "there are other measures. For example, near the activity area, we may install some infrared cameras, or the management and protection personnel may observe it with binoculars to confirm its state at any time. If the hair on the neck is bald and it is difficult to eat, this can be judged by some abnormal behavior observation.

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

In recent days, we have held meetings to discuss some details, such as the time and place of release.

The first is the place of release.

Of course, it is hoped that the animals can be released in the original living area, so that the animals are familiar with the local environment and food. Otherwise, in a new place, the food may be different, and the original hunting skills are not easy to use.

At the rescue site, there is a snow leopard distribution area about ten kilometers north. There is a road connected in the middle. I'm worried that the snow leopard will run back.

Selected several alternative sites and drove over to see the situation at that time.

Then it's time to release.

Although we want to release the snow leopard as soon as possible, because we have just finished the anesthesia, the anesthesia usually takes 6 to 8 hours, and the effectiveness will completely subside. If we release the snow leopard before waking up completely, it is difficult to ensure that the snow leopard can face the environment safely.

For example, it is possible that shortly after it was released, it met a bear or something, and then the dizzy snow leopard was killed by the bear.

The probability of meeting a bear is not high this season, but we should consider it carefully.

Another possibility is that the snow leopard has not been anesthetized. He still feels that he is the king of snow mountains. He jumps up and down the cliff as usual. As a result, he slipped under his feet and fell down, breaking himself.

It was nothing but something, so try to let it return to nature in a sober state.

If you wait until you are fully awake, it is estimated that the total time from Xining to the appropriate place for release is four hours.

When the snow leopard is awake, it bumps in the car for 4 hours and continues to be in a high stress state, which will undoubtedly cause great physical and mental damage, and may even attack the cage madly and hurt itself.

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

The best time for release is early morning or dusk. These two time periods are the time when snow leopard activities are more frequent.

After the discussion, after dinner, at 7 p.m., carry the transfer cage with snow leopard into the car.

While he is still under anesthesia, he is going to Menyuan all night. At night, he will take care of and stop there all night, and then go to the wild in the morning.