A large truck drove to the entrance of Lingyuan Zoo. After it came to a complete stop, two men got out of the cab, and two men jumped out of the carriage. They shook hands with Duan Jiaze who was waiting at the door, and said hello.
"You've worked hard, you've worked hard." Duan Jiaze smiled sweetly.
These few were employees of the city zoo. Through Sun Aiping's relationship, Duan Jiaze had already contacted the city zoo. They were indeed willing to send the abandoned animals here.
The city zoo didn't feel that this private zoo would pose any threat. Besides, even if there was, the abandoned animals would reduce the burden on themselves, and there would be no great benefit for the other party to accept them.
This time, the city zoo is going to transfer a 20-year-old lioness to the Lingyuan zoo.
Lions raised in captivity usually live between 20 and 25 years old, and this lioness is already an old man based on human age.
Duan Jiaze saw it lying in the big cage from the carriage. Its coat color was much darker and duller than that of the young male lion in Lingyuan. It was lying in the cage, listless.
Its breeder Xiao Xu looked at it with reluctance, and introduced: "Its name is Huanhuan. It was introduced to the city zoo from a foreign zoo when it was two years old. It has been eighteen years now. I haven't worked before. , I visited it at the zoo, and it should be the childhood of many young people in Donghai City.”
"It's just that now it's getting older, its teeth are bad, its appetite has decreased, and it doesn't have much energy."
Xiao Xu said, choked up a bit, "I hope you can take good care of it."
It can be seen that Xiao Xu really does not want to be separated from Huanhuan, but this is the decision of the leadership out of business, and there is nothing he can do about it.
In fact, because Huanhuan's condition is getting worse, the city zoo has long wanted to abandon Huanhuan. It's just that there are a few citizens living next to the zoo who are also very affectionate towards Huanhuan, and they have been reporting it to the leaders. In addition, they couldn't find a suitable zoo to accept them for a while, until the qualified and close Lingyuan Zoo jumped out. , No one has anything to say about this condition, the leader made a decisive decision, and sent Huanhuan over first.
Duan Jiaze was very moved and said, "Don't worry, we will take good care of Huanhuan. You are welcome to come and see it anytime!"
Xiao Xu forced a smile, "Where does Huanhuan live?"
"We have a male lion here, let's live next to it first, and then we will see if we can cage together at our discretion." Duan Jiaze called his staff, and together with them, they took down the cage and put it on a special large cart.
Laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway. Ordinary tourists will only think that the design and facilities here are good, but the employees of the zoos in these cities can tell at a glance that these are all very advanced equipment.
Going to the exhibition hall to see another male lion here is very well taken care of, full of energy, shiny hair, and extraordinary bearing.
Xiao Xu feels more at ease, thinking that this private zoo is indeed qualified and is taking good care of the animals. It is adjacent to Cape Mountain, with fresh air and a quiet environment. It should be a good ending for Huanhuan to retire here.
Huanhuan was put into the cage next to the aboriginal male lion, and after entering, she lay down quietly. The male lion next door has been sniffing at the door and growling from time to time. It has already found a new companion, but it cannot be seen for a while.
However, this new companion doesn't seem to care about it.
For Huanhuan, who has lived for twenty years and even has insight into some human rules, the kid next door is still too young. And it knows very well that no matter how much the male lion roars, he can't get over it.
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Duan Jiaze took the employees of the city zoo to the office building to drink tea and rest for a while before sending them away.
It is noon now, and there are no tourists in the zoo. Duan Jiaze ran to see Huanhuan again, he had a bucket of feed in his hand.
As soon as the male lion saw Duan Jiaze, he stood up, and there was a very humane expression on his furry face. However, when it saw Duan Jiaze carrying the bucket to the next door, it was very disappointed, "Hey—"
Aunt Huanhuan next door was closing her eyes and resting her mind. When she sensed the stranger approaching, she stood up unhurriedly.
A piece of meat was put into the trough, Huanhuan's dark, dry nose twitched, and then followed the food without hesitation.
If Xiao Xu is here, he should be very surprised.
When Huanhuan was young, he could eat 20 to 30 catties of meat in one meal, but zoos generally only fed him a dozen catties, but in recent years, his appetite has become worse and worse, and he can’t finish eating even a dozen catties. Every time I eat, I will dawdle again and again.
Although he has just entered old age, the condition of the zoo in the early years was not as good as it is now, and the breeding is not particularly scientific. As a result, his current physical condition is indeed not very good, and his teeth and appetite are not as good as before.
Huanhuan walked to the trough, lowered his head and bit down a piece of meat. Although his teeth were not as sharp as before, he took a very firm bite.
Although the five senses have begun to decline, like the male lion at the beginning, it can feel that there are things that are good for its body. It is not its original intention to decline physically and mentally. In fact, it still longs for vigorous life, just like every creature in nature.
The male lion next door seemed to have heard the sound of Aunt Huanhuan eating, and grunted aggrievedly, staring at Duan Jiaze while digging the soil.
Duan Jiaze looked at its aggrieved eyes, rubbed its chin and thought: The only animal with a name in the zoo (not counting the two sent here) is Huanhuan from the city zoo. This name makes their spirits very simple!
Larger zoos will also collect names for star animals and newborn animals, but Lingyuan doesn't have so many fans now. Besides, do you dare to collect names for Yousu and Luya
Duan Jiaze pondered for a while, and decided to customize a batch of brands and give the animals names. It will be bigger and stronger in the future, and it won't be too late to play solicitation again. Now it's time to give them a name so that they can cultivate repeat customers.
Duan Jiaze pointed at the male lion, "You're called Lele!"
After speaking, he turned and left with the feed bucket in the male lion's aggrieved and blank eyes. Huanhuan picked up Lele next to him. Isn't this very normal
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Duan Jiaze talked with the staff about naming the animals, and asked everyone to brainstorm and name the animals.
Only Su and Luya were emptied, and Duan Jiaze said with certainty: "I saved the bird, it's like my personal pet, and it's just kept here. I plan to shape the arctic fox into a star animal, and you've seen it too." It is very popular, and its name is waiting for tourists to come up in the future."
No one doubted that what Duan Jiaze said was indeed true, especially the arctic fox, which was so magical that a group of tourists quickly became fans, not only saying that they would come next week, but also giving various suggestions to let them see the arctic. The fox cage was made a little more luxurious.
Duan Jiaze was chatting here when a call came from the ticket office. The newcomer Xu Wen told Duan Jiaze that there were three people dressed as Taoist priests at the door looking for him.
Duan Jiaze was embarrassed immediately, and hurriedly said, "Just say I'm not here!"
God, he didn't contact, and those Taoist priests came to the door again. However, he is determined not to pay attention.
Duan Jiaze asked Xu Wen to lie to them that he was not there. About half an hour later, when he was about to take a lunch break, he received another call from a street officer. Usually, he received some help, so Duan Jiaze was also very polite. Hearing that he was at the door and had something to do with him, he went out immediately.
As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw that the officer was indeed at the door, but there were three Taoist priests standing beside him, all of whom he had seen before, one fat, one thin, and one small.
This is embarrassing...
Duan Jiaze laughed dryly: "Oh, what a coincidence, hahaha ==."