Source: CCTV News
Siberian Tiger and Leopard National Park, named after the rare animals Siberian tiger and Siberian leopard, is the first batch of officially established national parks in China. In an area of about 14,100 square kilometers, there are many other wildlife that live in the top predatory Siberian tiger leopards and in their lower food chains.
The CCTV reporter followed the rangers of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park and went deep into the core area of the park to make a field visit. Let's take a look at this mysterious forest of tigers and leopards.
Fertile mountain forest Encounter sika deer herds
The place that the reporter will visit is the Hunchun area of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, which is known as the "hometown of the tiger and leopard". The first preparation for entering the mountain is to get up early in the morning. As a border city in the east of China, Hunchun has ushered in the dawn at 4 a.m.
The team set off in full gear. From the dark terrain outline skimmed by the car window, you can see the distant and undulating mountain line of the northeast forest area. The home of the Northeast tiger and leopard is in this wild world with gentle mountains and vast forests. After more than 40 minutes of driving, the team arrived at the destination of Hunchun Mountain Forest, at this time at 5 a.m., they were greeted by a glorious scene of the rising sun. Birds hiding in the dense jungle, chirping in all kinds of sounds, are the first to herald the richness of wildlife in this forest. According to the ranger, although birds are not easy to see, forest animals are at their most active and may be encountered at any time.
A herd of sika deer suddenly broke into the reporter's camera. This cute animal, when it found the visiting patrol vehicle, the figure that was still running in the forest just now stopped instantly, as if it could not help but be curious, stopping and watching from the gap in the tree.
As if they had a tacit understanding with the photographer, they turned their heads neatly and uniformly, giving a "posing" pose in which all members had a unified look and expression, and they remained motionless for a long time. At this time, in front of me is a poem painting of "Herd Deer", "Forest Deer", "Deer Back". According to the rangers, such a deer herd can be seen almost every time they patrol, and the rangers have also experienced the "hundred deer map" of running and chasing.
The wild population of sika deer in the northeast has recovered to thousands
20 years ago, the northeast sika deer was once considered extinct in the wild. The reporter's field visit found that in the core area of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, the population of wild Northeast sika deer is growing rapidly.
When the reporter enters the core area of the Siberian Tiger and Leopard National Park to investigate, there will be surprises at any time. National park staff encounter sika deer almost every day, and the number of them is even larger.
Li Ping, deputy director of the Hunchun Branch of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park Administration: I have seen with my own eyes, close to 200 of them, more than 100 wild sika deer.
The thrilling picture of "tiger chasing deer" has also been recorded by infrared cameras. Infrared camera monitoring footage has also recorded a larger herd of sika deer. Sika deer gradually lowered their guard against rangers who lived peacefully with them, and rangers could often get close to or photograph them.
Zhao Yan, Hunchun Branch of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park Administration: I can be three or four meters away from the sika deer when I am closest, which is particularly close.
As a nationally protected wild animal, the sika deer occupies an extremely important part of the food chain of the ecosystem of the Siberian Tiger and Leopard National Park. According to long-term observations by researchers, it is one of the main foods of Siberian tigers in this area.
Feng Limin, deputy director of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard Monitoring and Research Center of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and associate professor of Beijing Normal University: We can see that the habitat and ecosystem in the hinterland of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park have shown a trend of systematic restoration. In fact, we can see rapid recovery of the population of a variety of wild animals. In particular, this sika deer, we know that 20 years ago, this northeast sika deer was once considered extinct in the wild, but now in the core area of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, the population of wild sika deer has recovered to thousands.
Reporter visits the aid station, the little roe deer meets the "sheep mother"
In the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, the reporter also visited a pair of special animals "mother and son".
At the aid station of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, the reporter saw these two animals with completely different coat colors, intimate and tacit understanding, and inseparable actions, as if they were "mother and son" animals who were attached to each other. They are not related by blood, but they are concerned about each other and follow each other, and neither of them will leave the other.
In the picture, the white is the goat we are familiar with, and the brown and yellow is a small roe deer. More than three months ago, the little roe deer was sent to the rescue center because of a fracture in the hind leg, and the goat as the "nurse" of the little roe deer also came here.
Xue Yangang, Hunchun Branch of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park Administration: At that time, the villagers went up the mountain to see that this little roe deer was lying there without moving. It had a broken hind leg, and I didn't know if it could live, but I had to feed it carefully. At first, I fed it some milk powder, and it finished eating the thinning. There is no way I suggested to Director Zhou that if we buy a sheep for it, it may be better to eat goat's milk.
According to reports, for the small roe deer of the non-biological child, the sheep mother began to be very resistant, kicking and kicking, and had to tie the head and legs to feed; subsequently, gradually accepted this unfortunate orphan; the little roe deer survived by eating goat's milk, and in the careful care of the rescue station personnel, the hind legs of the little roe deer fracture were gradually joined and healed, followed by the mother of the sheep that fed it, and began to try to walk and run in the yard again.
Xue Yangang, Hunchun Branch of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park Administration: The sheep now recognize it, they have been together for more than three months, and now they are looking for each other, the roe deer can't see the sheep, the roe deer also barks, the sheep can't see it, the sheep look at me and call. As I ran into the woods, the sheep whizzed in to find the roe deer, and they were now companions.
According to the staff of the rescue center, when the roe deer has the ability to survive in the wild, the opportunity will be released back to nature.