Chapter 847: The Underground Warehouse of the Protection Center
The road is narrow but straight, and you can see a small conservation center with cement walls from a distance.
The Kenya Wildlife Conservation Center is not located in the center of the savannah, but on the outskirts of the city, at the border of the wilderness.
What can be seen is that the cement house is surrounded by barbed wire, enclosing a large area. The top of the barbed wire is even wrapped with caltrops. You can also see policemen surrounding the barbed wire with guns and live ammunition, which shows their seriousness.
Once here, Bi Fang took out the drone, opened the car window, and let it fly.
Seeing this, Chu Zhaohua sat upright.
"Don't be nervous." Bi Fang smiled and then started the live broadcast. This kind of behavior was familiar to him.
Soon, everyone who had booked the live broadcast was notified quickly.
An Internet storm was quickly ignited, and countless people's signals poured into the servers that had been prepared early.
The air conditioner is turned on to the lowest temperature, and the fan whines in the coolant, turning up the slightest stream of water.
The waiting staff breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the viewers successfully enter the live broadcast room.
The number of people in the live broadcast room grew by leaps and bounds, and soon exceeded three million.
Although this live broadcast seemed a bit rushed and started less than five days after it was announced, this did not affect the enthusiasm and excitement of Bifang fans at all.
Cheetahs, migrating geese, African savannah, various elements, and finally a Bifang.
How can we not make people look forward to it?
【Go, go, go, go, go!】
【sofa】
【Front row reservation】
[Come on, tell me, what is the content of this live broadcast? 】
[Holy shit, are you already on the grassland? 】
[Damn, is that a real gun? 】
[Muyuren gives 10 spaceships to the host - it finally begins! 】
【Damn, the new tycoon!】
[Damn, dang, there are ten spaceships right after the broadcast, who else is there!!!!]
After a short carnival, the audience saw the surrounding wilderness and even saw the soldiers in front of the barbed wire. They were a little shocked by this and hurriedly asked where this place was.
"Now it can be regarded as the edge of the grassland. We are going to the Kenya Wildlife Conservation Center now. When we get there, you will know what we are going to do this time."
It's so pitiful that Bifang still wants to sell things off, and countless fans are going crazy.
[Why are you still trying to sell things off?]
【I can’t do it anymore, it’s too torture】
【It's poisonous, it's poisonous!】
[Teacher Fang, please give me some, I feel like ants are crawling all over my body]
It's a pity that Bi Fang remained unmoved.
As long as he doesn't pay attention to the comments, the fans' madness will not affect him.
With the audience eager to know the truth, Chu Zhaohua ordered the driver to stop at the door, went to the door to verify his identity, and entered the protection center.
Taking this opportunity, Bi Fang also observed the surrounding environment. There were some animals living in every barbed wire fence. It looked like he had entered a simple zoo.
"What happened to the lion?"
Bi Fang looked through the barbed wire fence and saw an African lion patrolling the ground.
It was an extremely thin lion, almost skin and bones, and a tragic scar could be seen on its abdomen.
[Hiss, this wound hurts just looking at it]
【Is this a rescued lion?】
【so skinny】
"Recuperating." Chu Zhaohua took a look and said, "The staff of the reserve found it a month ago. At that time, it was lying on the grass dying, with a large hole of nearly 40 centimeters in its abdomen, and even part of its intestines was exposed.
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Bi Fang looked at the wound: "Did it hunt bison?"
"That's right." Chu Zhaohua was not surprised that Bi Fang could guess it. After all, the person next to him now was GOD FANG. "The staff also concluded based on the wounds and marks that he had been injured by a bison, so he was brought back under anesthesia for treatment.
But because I injured my intestines at that time, I could only eat liquid food for a long time, and I was skinny and skinny. Fortunately, I have almost recovered now, and I should be able to gain weight again soon."
Bi Fang nodded.
It is very common to be injured by a bison and nearly die, and then rescued by the staff of the reserve.
It sounds like there is nothing wrong with it, but if you think about it more seriously, you will find that this is an alternative kind of interference with nature?
After all, this lion was not injured by humans. If, like the cheetah, its mother was killed by humans, it would be reasonable to bring her back and raise her, but the lion was injured by a bison.
When a lion preys on a bison, humans watch the bison being preyed on because they do not interfere with nature. But on the other hand, the bison kills the lion, so why should we take action?
Just like Bi Fang did not choose to take action when the wolves were preying on the camels.
Sure enough, with the extremely large number of fans, as Bifang expected, some fans raised such a question.
But Bifang was not at all panicked by this kind of doubt, because a long time ago, he also had considerable doubts about this issue.
Isn’t this playing with double standards?
It wasn't until he later studied with an old professor that Bi Fang understood the difference.
"This is actually a compensatory rescue act."
"All our interventions, no intervention, are just a statement, and their essence has only one purpose - balance!"
【balance?】
【Ah this.】
“What is interfering with nature?”
"In a narrow sense, human beings' interference with nature has been too serious and cannot be changed. Such interference continues every moment."
"Building dams changes rivers, which may be catastrophic for some fish species."
"Even just building a concrete road will have a huge impact on the earthworms underneath the road."
"So unless humans don't exist, humans are interfering with nature all the time, and this process cannot be changed."
"The most commonly used method currently used by humans to protect endangered animals is to formulate relevant laws to protect endangered animals, and at the same time establish nature reserves so that endangered animals have a place to thrive without threat."
"The legal protection of endangered animals and the establishment of nature reserves for protection are aimed at people."
"That is to say, the law only binds people, not animals."
For example, Tibetan antelopes naturally have their natural enemies in the wild, such as wolves. It is not illegal for wolves to hunt Tibetan antelopes, and humans will not interfere with this.
Therefore, this kind of protection of endangered animals does not mean to interfere with nature. It only eliminates human influence for endangered animals, and they themselves are still a part of nature.
There are many similar examples. For example, many zoologists who study wild animals watch helplessly as the objects they have been studying are hunted by natural enemies, but cannot intervene because it is a part of nature.
What Bi Fang said was easily understood by the audience.
"What humans have to do is to return nature to nature itself."
"Whether it is survival of the fittest or survival of the fittest, everything must return to itself, allowing living things to unleash their most essential life potential."
"But ideals are beautiful, but reality is always skinny.
The emergence of human beings is too powerful for the fragile program of nature.
Moreover, even if the laws are enacted, there is still a loophole in the entire system - those poachers who are greedy for profit.
With poachers killing people on a large scale, it has become impossible to return nature to nature itself.
So, as opposed to the poachers, the wildlife conservation center appeared, which was a compensatory intervention."
At certain times, wild animals are in an extremely endangered state and may be in danger of extinction in the wild at any time. At this time, humans may intervene to maintain the continuation of this species.
For example, the South China tiger has become functionally extinct in the wild due to human hunting. Today's South China tigers are the offspring of captive breeding.
Due to the construction of dams, the wild spawning grounds of Chinese sturgeons have been damaged. In order to protect this species, humans conduct artificial releases every year.
"Such human intervention is actually an interference with the laws of nature.
However, most of the species that have been interfered with have fallen into extinction due to human beings. In fact, it is not so much that humans are interfering with nature, but that they are making up for their own mistakes.
This is what is called compensatory intervention, which is true animal protection."
In addition, protecting kittens and puppies is not essentially the original intention of animal protection, but the result of the overflow of human love.
The two are completely different things.
[But African bison are also targets of poachers, so why only save lions?]
"That's a good question. The reason is actually very simple, because more lions are killed than bison."
Bi Fang snapped his fingers, "Remember what I said? Balance."
"Everything humans are currently doing is for balance. We need to keep predators and prey in a balance without human intervention."
"If a species wants to become extinct and disappear forever, it should disappear normally in nature, rather than being killed by humans."
"When poachers kill many lions and a small number of bison, humans need to save the lions to avoid this imbalance of human intervention."
"And this kind of rescue is not a widespread behavior. If the lion is killed on the spot during hunting, this kind of rescue will not happen. But if the lion is injured but not dead, this kind of rescue becomes important."
"This is compensatory rescue, compensating those animals that are killed more and upset the balance."
"Unfortunately, even though humans have racked their brains to return nature to nature, a very fatal problem has always existed, that is, in the midst of such constant efforts to make amends, the entire natural system is constantly declining."
Hearing this, the audience was shocked.
Yes, the overall population of all animals is indeed balanced, but it is steadily declining.
There is still a long way to go before nature can truly return to nature.
[I probably understand somewhat]
[On the surface, you are rescuing a lion that was injured by a bison, but in essence, you are rescuing a lion that was shot and killed by a hunter. Is that what you mean? 】
[Good guy, you can summarize it]
[Awesome, simple and easy to understand, Fang Shen’s explanation is just a picture. If you really want to understand, you have to look at netizens]
Putting back his scattered thoughts, Bi Fang entered the park under the leadership of Chu Zhaohua.
The man who came out to greet Bi Fang was a man dressed as a soldier. Bi Fang glanced over his shoulder and was surprised to find that this man actually had the rank of general.
"This is Mr. Julius Kimani, acting director of the Kenya National Wildlife Service."
Chu Zhaohua introduced from the side.
Bi Fang nodded and stepped forward to shake hands with the man.
The Kenya National Wildlife Conservation Service is a large unit, with thousands of armed personnel, equivalent to part of the Kenya Armed Police, responsible for patrolling and guarding all national parks and wildlife reserves.
Armed anti-poaching is one of their most important tasks.
With a smile on his face, Julius actually said a fairly standard Chinese sentence: "Mr. Bifang is here!"
"You're too polite." Bi Fang responded in English.
The official language of Kenya should actually be Swahili. Although English is also available, it is not as good as Swahili.
Swahili belongs to the Bantu language branch and is one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa. It is one of the three major African languages along with Arabic and Hausa.
It's a pity that Bi Fang didn't get any language coupons in the past two days, so he couldn't master this language skill. At most, he only knew a few common greetings.
Fortunately, I can communicate in English, so there is no big problem.
Then Chu Zhaohua introduced the second heavyweight, Stephen Manechini, the director of the protection center, as well as the remaining senior figures.
Bi Fang didn't feel too excited to meet so many people.
Such a situation was troublesome and difficult to deal with. In fact, he wanted to see Harley right away and then pet the big cat.
It is inevitable to visit the entire conservation center. Bi Fang himself is actually curious to a certain extent and has good knowledge.
Chu Zhaohua also said goodbye at this time. He was not from the protection center, but he had a good relationship and often cooperated.
The main task this time is to bring Bi Fang. Now that the task is completed, Chu Zhaohua has to go back and do his own things.
Everyone present expressed their gratitude to Chu Zhaohua and watched him leave.
General Kemali was very happy about Bi Fang's arrival, because the relationship between China and Kenya has always been good, not only as foreign trade partners, but also in the protection of wild animals, China has also made efforts.
Last week, the Chinese government just donated 18 vehicles and some other equipment to the conservation center.
With his kind invitation, Bi Fang even took Bi Fang to visit the underground warehouse of the Protection Bureau.
When a female police officer struggled to open the iron door, a special smell hit her nostrils.
Bi Fang couldn't help but cover his nose. The smell was hard to describe, but when the light illuminated the underground warehouse, everyone's eyes widened.
【Fuck, what the fuck is this?】
【Ivory?】
【Isn’t this too much?】
The audience in front of the live broadcast room was stunned.
The two small rooms are filled with ivory. Almost all the ivory here was taken out by poachers after they killed the elephant and chopped off the elephant's skull with a knife!
The ends of many tusks were stained with blood.
"Each ivory has a mark and number on it, indicating the time when each ivory was put into storage, its weight, and the area where the ivory was seized."
"Kenya's current national ivory inventory is 132 tons, rhino horns are 1.5 tons, and the ivory in the two rooms we visited is 84 tons."
Lubya, assistant director of the Kenya Wildlife Service, explained on the side: "This means that 12,000 elephants were killed. These are just the ones we seized, and more ivory was smuggled out."
Upon hearing this, the audience was instantly filled with indignation.