Super Zoo

Along with the application for 5A scenic spot, there is also a report on "Suggestions on the Preparation for the Release of Zoo Animals into the Wild". The difference is that this report is sent to the city for discussion, and the Yangchuan Municipal Government can study and approve it.

The report uses the wolf cub Gray Fang and the Saker Falcon as examples to analyze the feasibility of the release work, and puts forward that the biggest problem now is the site problem. There must be a place similar to a nature reserve, which is not allowed to be entered by outsiders at will and managed by the zoo, so that the animals can initially adapt to the wild environment. In this way, the next generation of animals grown in the nature reserve can be directly released into nature.

Although it is not said explicitly, everyone knows that the back mountain of the zoo is close to the zoo and is also a branch of the Qinling Mountains. It is the most suitable location for both management and future release work.

At the discussion meeting of the municipal party committee, the retiring vice mayor Sun simply proposed that the back mountain was a barren mountain anyway, so it was better to give it to the zoo for wild release, and the zoo would be responsible for the environmental protection of the back mountain. If it did a good job in the future, it could also rely on the resources of the back mountain to participate in the national 5A scenic spot selection, killing two birds with one stone.

Don't underestimate the 5A scenic spot. A well-managed 5A scenic spot can greatly boost the tourism economy of a city.

Just like the compensation for the zoo's failure to be rated as a 5A scenic spot this time, the municipal party committee meeting finally decided that the zoo could try out wild release in the back mountain.

This is a rather vague resolution, and it does not clearly assign the entire back mountain to the zoo.

After all, "back mountain" is a rather vague term. Strictly speaking, it includes dozens of hills, several large mountains, and directly leads to the Qinling Mountains, rather than a small hill of dozens or hundreds of acres. Even if this area is not used for the time being, it is impossible to give such a large area directly to the zoo, and even the mayor does not have this right.

This is like no matter how big a leader is, he can't say that the Greater Khingan Range will be assigned to a certain unit. The so-called back mountain of the zoo is not as famous as the Greater Khingan Range, but its nature is the same, both are a mountain range.

But with this resolution, the zoo can at least use the back mountain legally.

"This is the best and biggest benefit I can get for the zoo before I retire." Director Song said to Su Ming earnestly: "But you also have to understand that the back mountain can only be used for wild release now. Strictly speaking, it is not the asset of the zoo."

Su Ming understood what Director Song meant and smiled: "Director, don't worry, the road must be taken step by step, and the meal must be eaten bite by bite! Now it is just the first step. Since our hands have reached the back mountain, this is the first step. If we have the opportunity in the future, we will eat up the back mountain bit by bit."

"I have never thought about making money in my life. I am old and greedy." Director Song smiled a little self-deprecatingly, but there is nothing he can do. Now facing the reform, if he can get more, the capital after the reform will be larger in the future. Both these animals and the people who follow him can benefit from it.

"Then you are busy, I will go to the aquarium to take a look."

The city's overall plan is to build an aquatic life protection center next to the Shuijun Lake inside the zoo, but things have to be done step by step. If it is too big at the beginning, it is easy to make it like the provincial protection center, which becomes an empty shell with only appearance, so at present, only an aquarium with relatively complete functions has been built.

Of course, the key is that there is no money.

The family of three finless porpoises and the giant salamander are the first batch of visitors. The giant salamander is the world's number one, and the finless porpoise family is a star animal. In just one week after the opening of the museum, the number of visitors has exceeded 30,000.

Thirty thousand people are not many. Some nationally famous attractions have a daily flow of more than this number of people on holidays. But before Su Ming came to Yangchuan City Zoo, the monthly flow of people was only between 15,000 and 20,000.

So no matter what, even if the flow of people decreases in the future, the ticket revenue brought to the zoo will also roll upward on the original basis. So much so that Su Ming and Director Song discussed not to raise the zoo ticket price at all, and even to reduce the ticket price at an appropriate time. As long as the total number of people increases, the total income will naturally rise.

The main part of the aquarium is connected to the Shuijun Lake, and the finless porpoises live in a new small artificial lake. However, there are two transparent glass walls for visitors to watch. In order to avoid being too monotonous, the zoo also bought a lot of various fish and put them in it to live with the finless porpoises.

There is a large artificial cave behind the aquarium. A circular walkway is built above the cave, and there are artificial waterfalls and artificial pools below. The style is very similar to the cave that Su Ming saw in the back mountain. Visitors can see the giant salamanders living below on the walkway.

Seeing Su Ming coming, the giant salamander expressed dissatisfaction with some depression.

"Gugugu..." In fact, the giant salamander not only learns to cry like a child, but also makes some frog-like sounds when angry, and it can also be angry in waves, which looks very interesting.

"If you are not satisfied, I will put you in the back mountain again?" Su Ming said with a smile.

The giant salamander immediately became obedient. The older it gets, the less courageous it becomes. After being almost killed last time, the giant salamander has become very precious about its life and does not want to be in such a precarious environment again. All in all, it is more comfortable and safe to stay in the zoo, and people are offering food to it.

This guy is a bit greedy. Just like people, after keeping warm, he starts to think about that. Has this old thing lived alone for decades, or even hundreds of years? After living a stable life, he seems to feel too lonely and wants to find a companion.

"If you don't mind cross-species, it's easy. I'll just get you a few big fish..."

The old giant salamander looked at Su Ming blankly with his dark eyes, as if he was looking at an idiot.

Speaking of which, it is not easy to find a companion for the old giant salamander. There are artificial breeding farms in China, but generally female giant salamanders are used as breeding fish, which are very expensive. More importantly, although the old giant salamander is very obedient in front of Su Ming, and mainly shows cute attributes, its personality is actually very irritable. If the female giant salamander is too small, it is easy to be bitten to death by it.

Su Ming patted its head: "So, you have to change your temper first. When you know how to cherish women, I will find a companion for you!"