On December 18, in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, 50-year-old Zheng Silin became interested after inadvertently touching wolves three years ago.
Zheng Silin has raised hundreds of wild wolves in the 120,000-mu protected area, and has drilled into the wolf's nest to get close to the wolf's cubs.
Zheng Silin said that in the second half of his life, he chose to raise wild wolves, on the one hand, in order to protect the property and life safety of herders, on the other hand, by showing the height of human and wolf feelings, cultivating the joy of life in the second half of his life, and achieving the purpose of protecting wild animals.
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The post-95 girls "dance with wolves" into Internet celebrities and chop 50 pounds of meat every day to feed 8 wolves
Recently, in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, a 20-year-old post-95 wolf girl feeding wolves and interacting with wolves has become popular on the Internet. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter then contacted Zhou Xinyue, the wolf girl in the video. Zhou Xinyue said that it has been four years since she raised wolves, and the current monthly salary of raising wolves is 2800 yuan. These wolves are generally used to make movies and TV series, and are also used to take photos with tourists. It is understood that these wolves are purchased from professional breeding bases and equipped with veterinarians to carry out regular immunization and deworming. The staff of the Wildlife Protection Center of the Chifeng Forestry Bureau told the Beiqing Daily reporter that wolves belong to non-key wild protected animals, and at present, wolves in Chifeng can be raised as long as the source is legal and there is a compliant quarantine certificate, but the breeder needs to ensure the safety of breeding and prevent wolves from harming people.
The post-95 wolf girl network became popular
Recently, the video of the wolf girl Zhou Xinyue interacting with 8 wolves has aroused the curiosity and attention of netizens. In the video, Zhou Xinyue carries a plastic bucket containing meat, surrounded by 8 wolves, Zhou Xinyue sometimes throws meat into the air to lead wolves to eat, sometimes takes meat in his hand to tease wolves, and sometimes even uses his mouth to feed wolves. The video shows that Zhou Xinyue raised these eight wolves in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, and the environment in which the wolves are located is mostly sandy.
Zhou Xinyue in the video wears a thick Mongolian robe, wears a hat, and smiles from time to time. Zhou Xinyue said that she began to raise wolves after graduating from junior high school at the age of 16, and now that she has been four years old, she plans to continue to do it in the future.
The video has attracted widespread attention and discussion among netizens. Some netizens are very hopeful about this, "really envious, but like wolves"; some netizens question the authenticity of the video, "feel these wolves like dogs"; and some netizens on the Internet told Zhou Xinyue, "Hobbies are very special, but pay attention to safety."
Chop 50 pounds of meat a day to feed the wolves
The Beiqing Daily reporter contacted Zhou Xinyue, a wolf girl. She said that she is a native of Fushun, Liaoning Province, and has loved canines since she was a child. Four years ago, after graduating from junior high school at the age of 16, she came to her uncle's house in Fushun, Liaoning Province, to raise wolves. My uncle's family has 4 wolves, "I have loved canines since I was a child, and I have several dogs in my family, and when I came to my uncle's house and saw these wolves, I really wanted to contact them." Zhou Xinyue said, "At first, I was also afraid, but gradually I found that wolves also have a gentle side."
This contact is four years.
In November this year, Zhou Xinyue applied to work in the Khan Sulu International Ecotourism Zone in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, for 2,800 yuan per month, living in the staff dormitory of the tourist area. Zhou Xinyue said: "After I got up at 7:30 every morning to wash and eat, I began to chop meat, probably more than twenty pounds, ten minutes. ”
The place of chopping meat is next to the staff dormitory, and Zhou Xinyue chops more than 20 kilograms of chicken, haggis or lamb into pieces each time, chops them separately in the morning and afternoon, and then feeds them. More than twenty pounds of meat were packed in wooden barrels, and Zhou Xinyue carried them with flat shoulders and walked slowly to a small mountain bag in the tourist area. "1 wolf has ten acres of land, and 8 wolves are more than eighty acres, and they are circled out with a fence." Zhou Xinyue said.
"I can feed them for about an hour at a time, and sometimes the wolves are naughty, and I have to beat them while feeding them, which takes more than an hour." Zhou Xinyue said with a smile. The 8 wolves would jump around Zhou Xinyue and compete for food. "Every time I feed it, I carefully observe, and when I see a wolf that can't grab it, I feed it a few more pieces."
Tug-of-war with wolves is a meal game
Zhou Xinyue told the Beiqing Daily reporter that when she first came into contact with wolves, she was also afraid like most people, "I am afraid of them, and they are also afraid of me." "Under the leadership of his uncle, Zhou Xinyue gradually became familiar with wolves." I treat them very carefully, observe them carefully, and spend almost every day with them. Zhou Xinyue said, "Girls my age have some classmates to party or something, I basically haven't been there, I have to take care of wolves, can't do without them." ”
"I miss them very much." Talking about the four-headed wolf of his uncle's family, Zhou Xinyue was a little sad, "Uncle sometimes takes some videos or photos and sends them to me, and when I come home for the New Year this year, I will definitely visit them."
When Zhou Xinyue feeds and accompanies these wolves, he does not carry self-defense tools, "I just wear a Mongolian robe, one is to keep warm, the other is to prevent scratches." Zhou Xinyue said, "Wolves will not take the initiative to attack me, but sometimes their sharp claws or teeth will scratch me, which is unintentional."
Tug-of-war with wolves is a game between meals, Zhou Xinyue holds the meat in her hand, and "tug-of-war" with the wolves who come to eat meat. Sometimes, Zhou Xinyue will also feed the wolves with meat in his mouth as in the video, "Sometimes I will deliberately bite the meat in my mouth a little tighter, at this time the wolves who come to eat meat will sometimes loosen their mouths, and when they bite, they will be 'careful', I know that they are also afraid of hurting me."
Wolves need to be legally sourced and quarantined
Zhou Xinyue told the Beiqing Daily reporter that these wolves are mainly used to take photos with tourists, or to shoot movies and TV series. When tourists come to the current tourist area to take photos with the wolves, Zhou Xinyue will take meat to comfort the wolves on the side, "but because the tourist areas have just opened, and some of them have not yet been fully built, there are not many people who come." ”
When asked whether raising wolves is in accordance with legal norms, Zhou Xinyue said that the wolves of his uncle's family and the wolves here are raised after formal procedures, otherwise it is not legal. The Beiqing Daily reporter learned from Mr. He, a staff member of the Khan Sulu International Ecotourism Zone, that the 8 wolves were purchased from a breeding base in the northeast, and there were professional veterinarians in the tourist area who immunized and dewormed the wolves on time.
The beiqing daily reporter immediately consulted the Chifeng City Forestry Bureau about the relevant regulations of local wolf breeding. Yang Yongxin, a staff member of the bureau's wildlife protection department, told the Beiqing Daily reporter that according to the current "Wildlife Protection Law", wolves are non-key protected animals, as long as the source of the breeder is legal and there is a formal quarantine certificate. "Of course, we will also have some supervision over the breeder, after all, wolves are also wild animals, and we must pay attention to safety and security."
(Original title: Uncle of Inner Mongolia raises hundreds of wild wolves to go deep into the cave to have close contact with wolf cubs)
Source: Synthesized from @ Boiling Point Video, Beijing Youth Daily
Process Editor: TF016