Snow Leopard Elegy

Chapter 18 Wild Cheetah (3)
They live in cages, are raised by humans, are for people to visit, and deal with people every day. They are familiar with human appearance and smell. They have no fear of human beings, such advanced animals that walk upright on two legs. Sensitive and guarded, regards people as masters, is sincere to people, and wags its tail friendly when seeing people.Master Zhong, who is in charge of feeding them, rushed into his arms and licked his face as soon as he walked into the cage. Will not get angry and roar at these uncivilized tourists.In their deep-rooted concept, people are the most worthy of respect, admiration and trustworthy friends.Most zoo residents have a similar view of people.

We call this phenomenon "Humans Are Angels Syndrome".

Some people also call this "the lover complex of animals raised by humans".

It is no wonder that these cheetahs are so tame and obedient to people. When they are hungry, people bring them food. When they are sick, they give them injections and medicines. It brings warmth, and when the body is itchy, it is people who comb them with a grate to remove ticks and fleas hidden in the fur.Master Zhong is always kind and amiable, and never beats or scolds them for no reason. Even if one of them makes a mistake, such as throwing feces in the trough, or scratching someone's face when they fight with each other, Master Zhong will be the most rough A few reprimands, or a whip twice on the naughty buttocks, are just symbolic punishments, and they have never been harmed maliciously.The cheetah cub is full of golden fluff, lively and beautiful, like a huge dandelion, very cute.These seven cheetahs were all hugged, kissed and loved when they were young, and their childhood memories are engraved with the beautiful imprint of people.Even after the female cheetah gave birth, other cheetahs were not allowed to approach the cubs, but Master Zhong was allowed to take the cubs out of the cage to play.They trust people far more than they trust their own kind.

It doesn’t matter whether human beings suffer from angelic imaginary syndrome or the “human” complex of being raised by humans. If these seven cheetahs continue to live in the zoo, this kind of beast’s dependence on humans is not only not a problem, but it is still a good thing to advocate emotion.

But they will soon become wild cheetahs. This kind of high dependence and trust in people has become a mental illness that must be treated and a mental disorder that must be carefully eliminated.

If they were allowed to go to the primeval forest of Xishuangbanna with the obsessive affection for human beings cultivated in the zoo, the consequences would be disastrous.One day, they saw the figures of people farming at the edge of the forest, and ran over excitedly, wanting to reunite with the angel in their hearts after a long absence. Wouldn't it scare these people out of their wits?Or one day, unscrupulous poachers evade the sight of the forest rangers and enter the primeval forest with a double-barreled shotgun. Became a ghost under the shotgun, a poacher's bag?

As far as the seven cheetahs are concerned, being undefended against people has a hundred harms and no benefit.

The attitude of a real wild cheetah to humans should be like this: they have learned how powerful humans are, and they are ashamed of themselves. They know that humans will hunt and kill them wantonly in order to get their beautiful fur, and they can’t afford to hide them; Although there are a large number of super species, although cheetahs are rare and weak species, villagers in the same global village should be equal to each other, and there is no relationship between master and slave, so they will not worship people; humans set fire to wasteland, Destroying forests, plundering natural resources, destroying ecological balance, and ravaging the beautiful homeland of wild animals, wild cheetahs should feel indignant about this.

In short, wild cheetahs can't be friendly to people. When they see people's shadows from a distance, they either run away or find a hidden place to hide.

Yes, as the voice of protecting the ecological environment around the world is getting higher and higher, visionaries among human beings no longer wield butcher knives at wild animals, and many people are working hard to protect wild animals. When meeting such good people, cheetahs Of course there is no danger.However, it is unrealistic for these cheetahs to learn to tell who is good and who is bad.Humans are the best at disguising among all creatures, hiding a knife in a smile, a Buddha face with a beast's heart, one thing in front of the other and another in the other, good things said and bad things done, full of benevolence and morality, full of male robbers and female prostitutes... There are a lot of people like this, even people with high IQs Often misread people, let alone cheetahs.

Only by trying to make them change their views on people, cut off their relationship with people, and restore their repressed wildness, can we ensure that they will not hit the hunter's gun in a daze in the primeval forest.

After careful research, it was decided that Master Zhong would take on this important task.Master Zhong has passed the age of knowing destiny, and has worked in Yuantongshan Zoo for more than 30 years. He helped deliver the seven cheetahs and raised them with his own hands.Master Zhong is serious and responsible in his work, with a very good temper. He has never blushed with anyone, and has never abused non-speaking animals.It is no exaggeration to say that in the eyes of the seven cheetahs, Master Zhong is the embodiment of beauty, an idol of worship and the most competent master.In fact, they have developed their dependence and trust in people through Master Zhong's actions. As long as they can break up with Master Zhong, their attitudes towards people will naturally change.

"From today onwards, you have to change your face and be fierce to them, so that they are afraid that you will hate you!" The leader of the garden repeatedly told Master Zhong.

The park leader asked Master Zhong to wear a canvas coat borrowed from the military dog ​​school for training wolf dogs. This kind of canvas coat is thick and strong, and it is not easy to bite through. There is no danger in biting.

With a bitter face, Master Zhong stepped into the rewilding center with a whip in hand.For a man with a bodhisattva heart like him, this is undoubtedly a hard job.As soon as the seven cheetahs saw the familiar figure and smelled the familiar smell, they immediately rushed over from all directions. Yoyo shouted happily, flicked their tails vigorously, rushed into Master Zhong's embrace, and stuck out their bright red tongues. Lick and kiss Master Zhong's face.For them, every time they meet their dear master, it is like a festival.

"Crack, get out! Crack, get out of here!" Master Zhong brandished his whip ferociously and scolded loudly.

The cheetahs looked at each other in surprise, not understanding what was going on.Suddenly, the old eunuch squatted down, curled his long tail under his crotch, buried half of his face in his arms, and whimpered.The other cheetahs also followed the example of the old eunuch, lying down on the ground.I have done a little research on the behavior of cheetahs, and their posture is an expression of acknowledgment, submission, and begging for forgiveness.

This is a typical slave mentality. No matter what happens, the master is always right, and he never dares to stand on an equal footing to examine whether the master's behavior is right or wrong.

"Useless thing, get up, growl at me, get angry at me!" Master Zhong couldn't laugh or cry, he lashed at Ma Xiong with a whip, the leopard fur swirled, and a bloodstain like a little red snake appeared on Ma Xiong's back immediately, and then With one kick on Duanhunwei's ass, he kicked Duanhunwei upside down.

Unfortunately, the effect is equal to zero.After being beaten, Ma Xiong didn't even dare to look resentfully, and timidly hid under a rock, stroking the burning whip marks on his back with his tail.Duan Hunwei moved a few steps away, looking at Master Zhong with sadness mixed with anticipation.I believe that as long as Master Zhong calms down and beckons to it, it will immediately let go of its suspicions and throw itself into Master Zhong's arms to have fun.

What kind of cheetah is this? It's clearly a group of good cats!

They lived in cages since they were young, and were hugged and stroked like cats. Master Zhong gave each cheetah a name, trained them to defecate and defecate in a fixed place, and played with them. The way cats raise them large.

Can you expect to raise real cheetahs the way you raise cats?

"My God, why don't you have any wildness of cheetah?" Master Zhong was heartbroken and asked to himself.

I suddenly remembered one thing. Five years ago, there was a male cheetah named Anthony with a strong temperament and unruly temperament. Once it and the old eunuch fought each other for a bone in the cage. It was young. Exuberant, with sharp claws and teeth, in just one round, the old eunuch was pinned down, and blood was drawn from the old eunuch's neck with one claw.Master Zhong usually favored the old eunuch, so when he saw this, he rushed into the cage, knocked on Anthony's back twice with a broom, and sternly reprimanded him.Unexpectedly, Anthony was not convinced, he turned his head and bit the broom, no matter how much Master Zhong scolded him, he would not let go, so angry that Master Zhong threw the broom to grab the stick, ready to teach the disobedient leopard a lesson.Anthony's tail stood upright, his teeth bared and his mouth cracked, and he let out a low growl deep in his throat. His body language clearly said: I'm not easy to mess with. If you dare to mess around again, I'll be rude to you!Master Zhong was so frightened that he turned around and escaped from the cage.After a while, when the cheetahs were breeding, Mr. Zhong excused Anthony's wild temper and would hurt other cheetahs, and locked him in a small iron cage alone, preventing him from getting close to the female cheetahs.Anthony died of illness at the beginning of this year, leaving no heirs.

There is one more thing that left a deep impression on me.Two years ago, in a litter of newly born cheetah cubs, there was a female leopard cub with a particularly rich coat. For some unknown reason, she didn’t like to be close to people. She would howl and bite anyone who hugged her. , became more and more stubborn, Master Zhong gave a shout, and all the other cheetahs lay obediently on the ground, but it ignored this and continued to go its own way, filling the cage with chaos.This kind of virtue is naturally not pleasing to others, although it has a gorgeous coat color like a cheetah princess.Later, Yuantongshan Zoo and Shanghai Xijiao Zoo exchanged animals in order to increase the variety of exhibits. Master Zhong exchanged the disobedient female cheetah for a pair of clumsy penguins.

Cheetahs born and raised in zoo cages lack the independent and uninhibited wildness of wild cheetahs, and we are so partial to obedient cat-like cheetahs, and use our likes and dislikes standards to eliminate cheetahs trade-offs.Occasionally, one or two cheetahs with rebellious spirits and dare to treat humans as equals appear in the cage. They are either not allowed to leave their genetic genes, or they find opportunities to send them to other places, and try to eliminate them.Under such a selection mechanism, can a real cheetah emerge?

Master Zhong shook his head in pain, closed his eyes and twitched the whip indiscriminately.Being beaten so badly for no reason, although the cheetahs didn't dare to stand up and resist, they gradually developed resentment, jumped away one after another, and stared at Master Zhong with humiliating eyes.Only the old eunuch, still showing no regrets, lay down in front of Master Zhong, turning his injured face, wagging his tail, and whimpering.It was seriously injured, its entire ear and half of its face were bitten off by the wild boar, and the gray and white bones were visible. Obviously, it was begging for mercy from its owner, hoping to get help.

Not long after the old eunuch gave birth, the female cheetah fell ill and died. Master Zhong took her home and fed it with milk and rice soup.It stayed at Master Zhong's house for more than four months, and returned to the zoo cage when it grew to the size of a big cat.

Among the seven cheetahs, the old eunuch was the most docile and friendly to people. The reason why he was given such an insulting nickname was because his attitude towards Master Zhong was too sweet, respectful and flattering.

"Let me bandage its wound, otherwise it will be infected." Master Zhong suggested.

"No!" The park leader flatly shook his head in denial.

If they were still residents of the zoo and suffered such serious injuries, they would have asked a veterinarian to treat them.But fate has arranged that they will soon become wild cheetahs. In the primeval forest where the weak prey on the strong, can human doctors still expect to treat them?As a wild animal, life, old age, sickness and death must be resigned to fate.Besides, they are now working hard to cut off their "human" complex, forcing them to learn to look at humans with the eyes of wild cheetahs.Just made a little progress, they began to turn from love to resentment towards Master Zhong, from resentment to hatred, at the critical moment of character transformation, at this time, bandaging the old eunuch's wound, wouldn't all previous efforts be wasted, and the stern relationship between humans and animals would be reborn. Put on a veil of tenderness?

According to the plan, the seven cheetahs will leave for Xishuangbanna in three days. Time is tight, and they must learn to get along with humans correctly as soon as possible.

Master Zhong enters the rewilding center several times a day, playing the role of evil spirits and acting as a negative teacher.Two days later, the other six cheetahs all looked sideways at him and stopped fawning over him, but the old eunuch still hugged his knees and licked his shoes as always, no matter how much Master Zhong scolded and whipped him, he still remained infatuated. No complaints or regrets.Its wounds were getting worse and worse, it was inflamed and festered, it was bleeding thickly, it couldn't swallow food, and it had no strength to run. .All indications are that it is dying.

"Let's end this matter!" The leader of the park handed a brand new double-barreled shotgun to Master Zhong.Master Zhong took the gun with trembling hands.

It's cruel, but it's impossible.Doing so can at least shorten the pain of the old eunuch.Besides, firing a shotgun in front of the other six cheetahs is a strong medicine that can effectively cut off their "human" complex.

When Master Zhong raised his double-barreled shotgun and pointed the black muzzle at the old eunuch's head, the old eunuch still opened his dazed eyes, struggled to move forward, stretched out his bleeding white tongue, and tried his best to lick Master Zhong. shoes.

The other six cheetahs were all standing not far away, staring at Master Zhong and his shotgun intently.

Master Zhong turned his face away and pulled the trigger. There was a loud bang, and the old eunuch was shrouded in a cloud of black gunpowder smoke.

The six cheetahs were terrified in an instant, and fled into the woods on the other side of the stream like flying.After that, when they saw a biped walking upright, they quickly hid.

The six cheetahs finally finished their rewilding training and were transported to the primeval forest of Xishuangbanna. According to the results of monitoring with infrared trackers, they are safe and living a good life.

(End of this chapter)