Source: China News Network
Author: Wang Mingyuan
"I have published more than 700 short videos documenting my wolf life over the past four years." Seeing this cute "post-90s" girl Yang Wenjing in front of her, it is difficult to think of her most beloved pet is a group of wolves.
The picture shows Yang Wenjing taking a group photo with the wolf. Courtesy of respondents
Yang Wenjing, 28, is from abaga banner of the Xilin Gol League in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Since the summer of 2017, her video "Wolf Keeper Diary" has been updated, gaining more than 3.4 million followers on the short video platform.
Someone else has a dog and she has a wolf
"I was an employee of a travel company, and because my tour company worked with Wolf Park, I naturally became a breeder." Yang Wenjing recalled that after the cooperation, because she was worried about the next life of this group of little wolves, she decided to "adopt" them all.
"I've been a big fan of canines since I was a kid." Talking about why wolves are raised, Yang Wenjingyun lightly attributed the reason to liking.
Life in the wolf pack is much more than feeding, feeding the wolf meat, treating the wolf's wounds, and being bitten by the wolf... In the short video diary, these actions with danger warnings are Yang Wenjing's daily wolf raising routine.
"If you want to really fit in with the wolves, you have to turn yourself into a wolf, and you have to let the wolf think of yourself as a companion." Yang Wenjing's secret to making the wolves accept themselves is to integrate.
Step into a magical life experience
Buying, transporting, feeding... All the links must be done by hand, and Yang Wenjing broke into a magical life experience.
"It was not convenient to live on the prairie to shop, and at that time I had to drive to the county town 120 kilometers away every week to buy meat." Yang Wenjing recalled.
In the past 4 years, the number of wolves in Yang Wenjing's wolf park has exceeded 30 at one point, and "fierce" is the key word in Yang Wenjing's video diary.
The picture shows Yang Wenjing interacting with wolves in the wolf park. Courtesy of respondents
"Raising wolves is not an easy task, and the 4 years of accompanying wolves have been the fastest growing period of time for me."
Yang Wenjing in the wolf garden is no longer a weak little girl, but a guardian of the wolf pack who needs to be alone. "In the first three years of my wolf, I had a total of 17 doses of rabies vaccination."
Despite the mutual trust and friendship with the wolf in the day and night, the wild nature of the wolf can not be ignored.
"Once, when I wore a Mongolian robe with the smell of sheep's fat and went into the wolf's den to feed, a wolf smelled the smell of the wolf and suddenly pounced on me, biting on my thigh, and I turned around and squeezed the wolf's nose hard, and the wolf was pinched before he let go of his mouth." In the process of raising wolves, in addition to the test of physical fitness, Yang Wenjing also had to learn how to deal with biting wolves.
Sending away the ferocious "hairy child" is still the guardian of the animal
In October 2020, Yang Wenjing received a notice from the local animal protection unit that she needed to place the wolves in a more professional breeding site, and Yang Wenjing, who had been living with the wolves for 4 years, had to say goodbye to this group of fierce "hair children".
"I'm very reluctant, but I don't feel sorry, and I'm glad they have a better resettlement site." Yang Wenjing, who stepped down as a wolf pack keeper, has not really "retired", and the former wolf park has now become a new home for 16 dogs.
The once video diary of raising wolves has become a precious memory in Yang Wenjing's life. "My video account is still being updated, whether it's a wolf or a dog, I hope to encourage more people to be the guardians of animals in my own way." Yang Wenjing said.
Source: China News Service