novelonline Chapter 281 Raising Tigers Is Difficult
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. The middle-aged man in front of him looked about 50 years old. His weathered face, half-black and half-white hair, rough hands and old-fashioned clothes all showed his The economic situation is not rich, but the eyes are piercing, but with a bit of anxiety.
Fang Mingyuan pulled a chair over and said, "Please sit down, from above, you are from the Heihe Daozi Feline Breeding Center?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Little comrade, I have something urgent to do, can you give me that 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. His steps were heavy and his face was gray. Needless to say, he did not catch up. "Old Wang, he's just young, I didn't catch up! Huh?"
Huang Gui immediately stood up, picked up his plate, sat down at the driver's table, and made room for him.
"Two old comrades, please sit down. How should I address you two? My surname is Fang." Instead of returning the document in his hand to the old Wang, Fang Mingyuan put it on the table and pressed it under his hands.
The middle-aged man with the bag looked at Chen Zhong, then at Huang Gui and the others who were avoiding to the side, and said helplessly, "Lao Li, sit down." Fang Mingyuan's hand was the original document, if it was torn or If you want to open another one, you have to go to several government departments, and it takes a lot of talking. This young man is not like an ordinary person. If he wants to sit by himself, he should sit.
Fang Mingyuan greeted the waiter in the restaurant and served two more refreshments, "Would you like to order something more? I've always been interested in tigers, and I saw that you two came from the Siberian Tiger Breeding Center, so I wanted to ask Ask about the situation of Siberian tigers in our country now. Could you please take some time to teach me." Hearing what Fang Mingyuan said, Lin Lian helped to say a few more words, and the two of them relaxed , the atmosphere on the table became active.It turned out that the middle-aged man carrying the bag was Wang Yugang, the director of the Heihe Daozi Feline Breeding Center, and the other was Li Guangcheng, the financial section chief of the Heihe Daozi Feline Breeding Center.This time, the two came to Bingcheng to seek help from relevant departments.
"Our Heihe Daozi Feline Breeding Center was established in 70. At that time, the whole country conducted a survey on the number of wild Siberian tigers. The results of the investigation, oh my god, there are only 150 wild Siberian tigers in the country. There are only [-] of them! You know, in the mid-[-]s, there were still more than [-] of them. The country was in a hurry and couldn’t let this Siberian tiger go extinct. This is one of the top ten most endangered animals in the world. Everyone is paying attention. So we established the Heihe Daozi Feline Breeding Center. At that time, there were only eight Siberian tigers, and we studied how to make them give birth to more cubs." Wang Yugang expressed emotion.
"Why are there so few Siberian tigers in the wild? In the 70s, there were still more than 150 tigers. In ten years, that's it. The speed of decline is too fast!" Chen Zhong asked in a deep voice. He is an amateur. But laymen also understand that if there are only [-] or [-] animals left in an animal, it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, the wild Siberian tiger will disappear.
"Can't you hurry up? My brother, the Siberian tiger's economic value is extremely high. According to the traditional view of Chinese medicine, the tiger's meat and internal organs can be used as medicine to treat various chronic diseases. The value of an adult tiger is hundreds of thousands. Tens of thousands Wan, who is not jealous, so the Siberian tiger in the wild was hunted down by poachers. Moreover, the Siberian tiger is a large animal of the cat family, and it grows in the north. Its reproductive rate is also low. A Siberian tiger The lifespan of tigers is generally 25 to 12 years, and they do not become sexually mature until they are three or four years old. They will ovulate from December to February of the next year. The gestation period is about 2 to 105 days, and each litter usually gives birth to three or four cubs. These cubs rely on They grow up sucking the milk of a tigress, and they have to follow the tigress for a year or two before they can live independently. This life is not as fast as death, and of course it will disappear in the wild." Li Yucheng said heartbrokenly, "Those bastards, don't even think about it, if they are completely extinct They can go to the Soviet Union to fight tigers? There are not many in the Soviet Union, and there are only about 110 tigers in total.”
"Doesn't it seem that a protected area has been set up in China these years? Could it be that it has no effect?" Lin Lian looked at the photo of the Siberian tiger in her hand and said.
"Hey, girl, if you say something that shouldn't be said, it's a little bit rough, so don't worry about it. If you say it's useless, it's to obliterate the achievements of the workers in the reserve, but I want to say, there is a fart Use it!" Wang Yugang said bitterly, "In such a big forest, there are only a dozen patrolling personnel, and there are no decent means of transportation. How can you tell, most of the time it is just for show. Moreover, there is a very important The problem is that our country does not have the sparsely populated vast forests in the Far East of the Soviet Union. What we have prepared for the Amur tigers are protected areas that are divided into pieces. 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 set aside a forest for it, it can survive. There must be tiger prey in it, such as wild boars, deer and so on. In an adult In the territory of the Siberian tiger, there should be no less than 150 wild boars and [-] deer, so that a cycle can be formed, and the tiger can survive. In recent years, those damn poachers have not only hunted tigers, but also It also greatly reduced the predators of tigers, the place where they can move is smaller, and they eat less, so can there be many Siberian tigers?"
"Hey..." Li Guangcheng said with a long sigh, "There are fewer tigers, and everyone is anxious, but there are more tigers, and we are also anxious!"
"Section Chief Li, it's not good to have too many tigers. Why are you so anxious?" Lin Lian was even more surprised. Didn't Wang Yu just say that what they were studying was how to make tigers give birth to more cubs.
"Could it be that you can't afford to support them?" Fang Mingyuan said softly.This result was not what he expected. In the previous life, there were many incidents of breeding tigers being starved to death.Once, Fang Mingyuan remembered, dozens of heads seemed to starve to death. At that time, it caused a sensation all over the country and sparked heated discussions among the people.It's just that he didn't expect that it was only 1990, and there were already signs of it.
"Hey! I just can't afford it!" Wang Yugang slapped his thigh and said, "I'll do the math for you. This tiger doesn't count as a cub. According to an adult tiger, it has to eat several kilograms of meat every day on average. That's too low. It weighs three to four kilograms, and it is **kg if it is higher. It is mainly beef and chicken, and some supplementary nutrients such as chicken bones and pills have to be fed. The meat money alone is a big expenditure every day, and it has to be Good meat, but it will be even more troublesome if you eat bad meat. Counting the various equipment in the center and the salary of the staff, it is a huge sum of money every year. It was okay when it was first established, and there were only eight tigers in total. , with government funding, it’s not bad. But later, we overcame the difficulty of breeding Siberian tigers, and the number of tigers kept increasing, and the price of meat was also rising, and workers’ wages were also raised. However, the government’s allocation But if it doesn’t keep rising, the money won’t be enough.”
"Then how many tigers do you have now?" Lin Lian asked.
"There are 87 tigers, of which 47 are considered adult tigers. By next year, there will be 61 adult tigers." Li Guangcheng said with a sad face, "But the money in the account of the center now, let alone pay wages to us people. Even if all of them are used to buy meat, it’s not enough!”
"There are so many!" 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 dumbfoundedly, "Girl, if you give birth to them, but you can't feed them enough, then it's better not to let them live."
"In our center, this year, the workers only received half of their wages, but that's it. If the government doesn't allocate funds, the tigers in the garden will go hungry in December." Li Guangcheng thought of these days to beg The experience of grandpa suing grandma is very bitter.
"Have you never thought about how to use tigers to make money, and then use the money you earn to feed tigers? Purely rely on state financial appropriations, hehe, don't look at the gang of officials who eat oily faces every day, how many dollars a year do you spend?" The [-] food and beverage expenses are like a joke, asking them to give you money... is like begging for skin!" Fang Mingyuan sneered.
Wang Yugang and Li Guangcheng glanced at each other, wondering secretly, what is the background of this young man?
"Of course we have thought about it. The whole body of this tiger is full of treasures. Not to mention tiger bones and skin, even tiger meat, that is what many people are willing to pay a high price for. Of course, this live tiger cannot be killed and sold. , However, during the breeding process, there are always tigers that die normally, like the eight tigers we had at the beginning, they are all nearly 20 years old now, and in a few years, they will die of old age, and their tiger skin and tiger bones can be sold The money earned in this way can be used to feed its offspring." Li Guangcheng said, "We also thought about whether we should contact the circus and zoos in other cities and rent them a few tigers. This will not only save them money for meals, but also give them more money to feed their brothers and sisters."
"Hey, Chief Li, are these tigers of yours descendants of 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 cause the tiger species to degenerate?"