Visiting the ＂Snow Mountain Elf＂ Yunnan Golden Monkey Group is happy to add new recruits.
At dawn, Yu Jianhua, a patrol officer of Weixi Branch of Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve Management and Protection Bureau, and his team members plunged into the jungle and began a day’s patrol. "Oh-oh-oh-"The morning of the drums was also "awakened" in the long call of the players.
Yunnan golden monkey in Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve, Yunnan. People’s Daily reporter Liu Yishe
Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve is located in Deqin County and Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and is one of the hot spots of global biodiversity. With upturned nose, pink lips and big eyes, Yunnan golden monkey, an endangered species on the red list of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), lives in this mountain forest.
Patrol in the wild, combat poaching, protect animals, and prevent forest fires … The most important job of Yu Jianhua, 72, and his colleagues is to take care of the monkeys in the Yunnan Golden Monkey Exhibition Area in Xiangguqing District of Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve.
Yu Jianhua is patrolling in the mountains. People’s Daily reporter Liu Yishe
More than twenty years ago, as the most powerful hunter in the area, Yu Jianhua joined the patrol team. From a hunter to a patrolman, he laughed and said, "I have been hunting for half my life and protecting monkeys for half my life."
During the Spring Festival this year, Yu Jianhua and the team members did not rest. "We work in shifts every day and wait for the monkeys to fall asleep before going home every day; The next morning, the monkeys were still awake, and we went into the mountains to patrol near the monkeys. "
Yunnan golden monkey in Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve, Yunnan. People’s Daily reporter Liu Yishe
Yunnan golden monkey, which grows in the alpine forest at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in China, is mostly born in February-March. Since the end of last year, Yu Jianhua has paid special attention to the birth of young monkeys. "In the past two months, many young monkeys have been born in the exhibition area, and several others are expected to be born in the near future." Yu Jianhua introduced with joy that, together with the newborn monkeys this year, the population of Yunnan golden monkey in this area has reached more than 80.
Yunnan golden monkey in Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve, Yunnan. People’s Daily reporter Liu Yishe
"During this special period, we will strengthen patrol to ensure the health of the monkeys and give special attention to the female monkeys to be born." Yu Jianhua said.
In recent years, with the continuous increase of local protection and the continuous improvement of ecological environment, the population of Yunnan golden monkey in the region has continued to grow.