I have a wildlife zoo

Fang Ye watched as the barrage of comments from netizens heated up. Some proposed ideas for preventing bird collisions, others complained about the urban environment dominated by towering buildings, and some wanted to know how to better protect birds.

After thinking a bit, he said, "Bird collisions are a tough problem worldwide, not so easy to solve.

But just like the saying goes, ’Only with understanding comes care, only with care comes action. Only with action does life have hope.’

In our daily lives, we can pay attention to these issues, look at the impact we have on the natural environment, talk to our friends and family about bird collisions, and when more people are aware, there naturally is hope for improvement."

Believing that in the future, with increased awareness, future buildings will incorporate more animal-friendly designs, allowing birds to fly freely in city environments.

Moving past a cluster of trees, he arrived in front of a small cage.

A small bird of prey with brick-red feathers stood on a stump inside the cage, with a shallow water basin next to it.

Its talons firmly clutched a large piece of meat as it bowed its head, pulling the flesh with its sharp beak and savoring the meal.

On noticing someone approaching, it immediately turned its head, its beady eyes looking over warily.

It seemed to be considering whether to hide behind the sheltering branches or inside the nesting box!

The netizens watching this bird of prey exclaimed, "Wow, so handsome!"

"What kind of bird is this?"

Fang Ye said, "This is a common kestrel! It’s a type of raptor that has adapted well to the city. Nowadays, you often see common kestrels nesting on air conditioners or people’s balconies."

After giving it a soothing skill, the common kestrel stopped paying attention to them and continued to sit on the stump, eating its meat.

"/Laughcry, Director, are you serious? Why haven’t I seen any of these common birds?"

"They are indeed common. There’s a kestrel nest on the air conditioner outside my cousin’s house!"

"Are we really living on a planet called Blue Planet?"

"I watched a video not long ago, it seemed to be the common kestrel hovering in the air! Truly impressive, hardly flapping its wings at all, just calmly staying in place. I even suspected it was edited."

"Actually, it’s the world that’s glitching /doghead"

Fang Ye laughed and said, "Hovering indeed is the common kestrel’s specialty! In our country, only a few kinds of raptors have this hovering technique. They make use of air currents to hover in mid-air, scouting the ground below with their sharp eyes for prey, and then swooping down once they spot something."

"This common kestrel accidentally entered a citizen’s home, and the person didn’t know how to handle it, so they bought a birdcage to put it in, and didn’t contact us until the next day.

By the time we went to retrieve this kestrel, it had been bruised in the cage, with worn wrist joints and tail feathers. It was stressed from being captured and wanted to escape.

Normally, it wouldn’t have been a big deal and could have been released right away, but due to wear on the feathers and talons, it needed a few months to recover from the wounds."

"The citizen really meant well, but this is a case of good intentions leading to a bad outcome. So, it shows that having some basic rescue knowledge is indeed beneficial."

"If you encounter this kind of situation, after you’ve secured the bird, the best thing to do is to place it in a cardboard box. Cardboard boxes are common in our homes.

The size of the box shouldn’t be too small where the bird can’t even raise its head or stretch its legs—just large enough so that it can take a couple of steps inside."

Line the bottom with some soft paper or old towels, clothes, etc., to protect its feet."

After checking on the rescued animals and sharing some rescue knowledge,

the netizens exclaimed that they learned a lot today!

Fang Ye took a tour and said, "Let them stay here quietly to rest. Let’s see the other animals."

"Panda, panda!"

"Always watching pandas is boring; let’s change to something else!"

"The elephant exhibit is open now, isn’t it? The director took us to see the elephants."

"I want to see the golden hair monkey, they’re so cute!"

"Lately when I come to the zoo, I noticed two red pandas are missing. I heard Chestnut and Red Bean have been paired up for mating and are not on display! How are they doing now? Are they pregnant?"

Fang Ye said, "It’s only been about half a month since they started mating, so it’s still too early to tell!"

Considering the animal hospital is closer to the panda exhibit, he thought for a moment and said, "Alright, let’s go see the red pandas first!"

...

Red panda exhibit, the back house.

There are several cages in here, all with wire mesh doors.

When Fang Ye arrived, Lingling and Shuaishuai had already finished their breakfast and gone off to the display area.

Chestnut climbed down from the perch and paced back and forth in the cage, waiting for breakfast.

Red Bean, rather impatient, clawed up the wire mesh of the cage door, trying to draw attention.

Guan Shan was just about to perform a health check on the red pandas, having placed an electronic weight scale on the ground.

Online friends usually only see the red pandas moving around in the exhibit area. They’re quite curious about the operations behind the scenes, which they’ve never seen before.

Fang Ye said, "How about giving everyone an introduction?"

Guan Shan smiled, "Our daily health check for the red pandas primarily involves weighing them. For Red Bean, there’s also ultrasound training.

Actually, training red pandas for health checks is quite easy; just giving them apples makes them willing to do anything.

For breakfast, in addition to fruit, we also provide these red panda kibble, somewhat similar to biscuits, augmented with some vitamins and minerals which are beneficial to their health.

Bamboo is kept in the inner field, so later when they play there, they can eat it on their own."

"Haha, they’re truly foodies at heart!"

Open Chestnut’s cage door!

Chestnut is now very familiar with routine health checks, seeing Guan Shan point to the scale, she promptly stood on it.

Having taken the apple Guan Shan offered, she happily began munching away.

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Carrying two small bowls, she walked into the cage and set them down, while Chestnut followed lightly and eagerly started on breakfast.

Guan Shan took a spray bottle and explained, "Next, we’ll simulate the ultrasound training. This contains warm water, which we’ll spray on her belly because the red panda’s fur is too thick. It helps the ultrasound waves penetrate better. This flat, elliptical bottle simulates the ultrasound probe."

Opening Red Bean’s cage door, after Red Bean stepped out and got weighed, Guan Shan brought out a "T" shaped stand.

She placed it on the ground and pointed at the stand. Red Bean immediately stood up on her hind legs, her front paws resting on the two ends of the "T" shaped stand, behaving very cooperatively.

Fang Ye squatted down, grinning as he took a piece of apple to feed Red Bean.

Red Bean’s thick white eyebrows twitched as she ate the apple, and her ears moved too, making her look extremely adorable.

While she munched on the apple, Guan Shan sprayed warm water on her belly.

After spraying the water, she took the small bottle and gently swept it back and forth across her belly.

"This is just a simulation training, but hopefully, when we do the actual ultrasound, it can bring us some good news!"