Tibetan mother and child relay to guard the red deer Plateau elves have a "home"

Source: China News Network

China News Agency Qamdo, October 28 Title: Tibetan mother and child relay to guard the red deer Plateau elves have a "home"

China News Service reporter Ran Wenjuan

In the late autumn of the Uqi Red Deer National Conservation Area, the grassland is already golden. The Tibetan aunt held a plastic basin full of coriander roots to Choram, "Long-winded..." Shouting to the mountain. Soon the grass became lively, and a herd of red deer gathered from far and near to the old man.

The Tibetan red deer is a national second-level protected animal in China, and in the early 1990s, the International Conference on Endangered Animals considered the Tibetan red deer to be "extinct". Wildlife conservation workers have found that this species still exists in Wuqi County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, and in 1993 established the Wuqi Red Deer Nature Reserve. Recently, a reporter from China News Service came to the reserve for an interview.

The core area of the reserve was established and upgraded around the pasture of the Xiang Thium family. The fate of Xiang Qiulam and the red deer has continued for decades.

At the age of 15, the herders in the village brought back three wild red deer cubs that had dispersed with the deer herd and handed them to Xiang Choram for care. "At first I thought of them as playmates, but then I developed feelings and saw them as part of the family."

Xiang Qiulam, who is not rich in the family, always saves milk, rice and other rice to feed the red deer, and because she is worried about the cold at night, she also holds the red deer to sleep. After living with the little red deer for a few years, Xiang Tjuram released them back into nature. However, when the red deer herds go down the mountain to feed in winter, Xiang Qiulam can always "meet" with these three red deer. "They still recognize me and come and play with me." At this time, Xiang Choram would always take out the rice dumplings and mix them with salt to entertain them.

In 1993, Xiang Cholam became the administrator of the management station of the Uqi Red Deer Nature Reserve, and his daily work was simple and busy. "Every day, we have to observe the trajectory, feeding and habitat of the deer. Patrols are also made at noon to prevent wild animals or poachers from harming the deer herd. ”

Over the years, the wrinkles on Xiang Thium's face have deepened day by day, but the red deer herd she loves has grown day by day, and the local protection of the red deer population has also been continuously strengthened.

In 2005, the Wuqi Red Deer Conservation Area was officially upgraded to a national nature reserve, with a total area of 120,600 hectares and a cumulative national investment of more than 60 million yuan. The nature reserve has established a protection management system of "management bureau→ protection management station → patrol point", established a red deer monitoring system and scientific research monitoring station, and the number of red deer in the reserve has increased significantly, and the scientific research capacity has also been greatly enhanced.

Today, Xiang Thiulam, who is over sixty years old, has retired, and her two sons have taken over the baton from their mother and taken on the task of managing and caring for the red deer herd.

"We grew up in the deer farm and developed a deep relationship with the red deer, just like their own family." The eldest son, Renqing Zepei, is already one of the leaders of the deer farm, and he is already familiar with the work of taking care of the red deer. He said that his mother is now older and hopes to take good care of this herd of red deer like her and protect our ecological environment. (End)