In the Yunnan Nuozhadu Provincial Nature Reserve in Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, infrared cameras recently captured for the first time a precious picture of the activities of Indian bison cubs, a national first-class key protected animal.
This was discovered by the staff of the Management and Conservation Bureau of Naozhadu Provincial Nature Reserve while sorting out the infrared cameras installed in the wild. The picture shows a large adult Indian bison passing through a forest, followed by a yellow-haired cub. Qian Shouwen, chief of the resource conservation section of the conservation bureau of the reserve, said that infrared camera footage showed that on July 20, the cow had blood on the buttocks and was highly alert, and the calf was found the next day, which inferred that the cub's date of birth was around July 20.
"We will carry out long-term follow-up monitoring of this cub, grasp its growth patterns, and provide information for the scientific and effective protection of Indian bison." Qian Shouwen said.
It is reported that the Indian bison inhabits tropical and subtropical primeval broad-leaved forests and is a national key protected animal. Yunnan Naozhadu Provincial Nature Reserve is one of the main habitats of Indian bison in China, and survey data from 2018 shows that there are about 27 Indian bison active in the area.
Lu Wen, director of the Management and Conservation Bureau of Yunnan Naozhadu Provincial Nature Reserve, said that at present, the reserve has built more than 1,000 mu of food source base for Indian bison, mainly planting palm leaf reeds, corn, etc., and building artificial nitrate ponds in the reserve to meet its habitat requirements.
Text/Reporter Yan Yong He Chunhao
Source: Xinhua Net