Chapter 489: Ready to release

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

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

Where is this? Why did I get here?

Slowly turning around, turning around, suddenly squatted and shrank his head, as if he was shocked by something!

The rescuer was outside the cage, about three meters away from it, observing it through a railing.

Seeing that the snow leopard looked back and frightened, he thought he had spotted them.

In fact, it did not. Snow Leopard turned his head blankly, stepped out of the wooden box in the corner, looked left and right, took two steps unsteadily, and then returned to the wooden box with a little fear. It seemed that it was still a wooden box. Make it feel safer.

Obviously not a healthy state.

There are a few guesses after the discussion about this situation of the Snow Leopard!

One is that the anaesthesia has not yet passed, and the other is the effect of concussion, or other more serious conditions.

Decided to observe one night first to see how the snow leopard is recovering.

Observe again the next morning, and the situation is good.

Sneaking to see the snow leopard, the snow leopard can already jump on the window sill more than one meter high, and his mobility has recovered a lot.

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

When the snow leopard shows up openly, the snow leopard will breathe and threaten fiercely.

This situation made Qi Yuan and the others relieved, and they were all very happy!

A live rabbit was provided to the snow leopard, but he did not eat it.

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

Two days later, it may be that the live rabbit was not pleasing to the eye. He bit the rabbit to death and didn't eat it, so he drank some blood when he was bitten to death. There was also a flying pigeon that also slapped it down.

Qi Yuan has been too busy these two days.

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

I came back to complain with them, saying that the reporter asked a question, why did he choose to release it into the wild.

It's not that you choose to go back, you have no choice.

As long as the conditions for reinstatement are met, it must be reintroduced. There is no second option.

For example, if a person comes to the hospital for a checkup and catches a cold, he clicks and pushes him down to the inpatient department to prevent him from leaving. This is very unreasonable.

Although this snow leopard looked stupid and not very clever, all reactions to people's vigilance and vivacity were normal. To be healthy, of course, is to be released into the wild.

Next, an all-round inspection was conducted, and the body was very healthy, and the trauma on his forehead had almost recovered.

During the anesthesia, it was not just an inspection. By the way, someone 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 be warned in advance to avoid conflict.

Fang Ye saw this kind of satellite collar for the first time, and asked curiously: "Will the snow leopard be uncomfortable to wear this collar?"

The teacher who wears the collar explained: "Oh, this collar technology is very mature. I have done a lot of tracking research, and I will not say that it affects the eating and behavior of big cats, including mating.

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

With this degree of tightness, this snow leopard is already an adult male, and the possibility that the neck will become thick is not very large. When we installed it, we confirmed that it should be loose and not tight, so that there is a considerable degree of looseness. After gaining weight a little, the problem is not big, and its neck will not grow too thick. "

"Oh, it turned out to be like this!"

The teacher laughed and said: "There are other measures. For example, we may install some infrared cameras near the area where it is active. It is said that the hair on the neck is bald, and it is difficult to eat. 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, we have been meeting and discussing some details, such as the time and place of the release.

The first is the place of release.

Of course, it is hoped that the animal can be released in the area where the animal originally lived, so that the animal is more familiar with the local environment and food. Otherwise, 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 north, and there is a road in the middle that connects I am worried that the snow leopard will come back again.

Picked a few alternatives, and then drive over to see the situation.

Then it's the release time.

Although I want to release the snow leopard as soon as possible, the effectiveness of the anesthesia is usually 6 to 8 hours after the anesthesia is finished. If it is released before being 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 it was released, a bear or something happened, and then the dizzy snow leopard was killed by the bear.

The probability of encountering a bear this season is not high, but the release is to consider well.

Another possibility is that the snow leopard hadn't been anesthetized, and felt that he was the king of the snow mountain. He jumped up and down the cliff like usual, but he slipped and fell and broke himself.

It was originally okay, but it became something, so as much as possible, let it return to nature in a sober state.

If you wait until you are fully awake before returning, and you depart from Xining to a suitable place, the total time is estimated to be four hours.

When the snow leopard is awake, bumping in the car for 4 hours and continuously being in a high stress state, it will undoubtedly cause great damage to the body and mind, and may even attack the cage frantically and injure itself.

Taking into account the existence of this risk, the best way is to let the snow leopard go through most of the journey under anesthesia and dizzy, and then release it when it is fully awake.

The best release time is early morning or dusk. These two time periods are when snow leopards are more active.

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

I was going to set off to Menyuan overnight while it was still under anesthesia, and stayed there for one night at night, and then went back to the wild in the early morning.