Farmer from across the Baikal, while making a round of his land, stumbled upon an improvised lair, in which some kittens were squeaking. If only he’d know then what kind of kittens they were!
Kittens looked tiny, could fit in the palm of your hand, had carrot tails and closed eyes. But at the same time they were well-fed, stocky and had unusually thick fur. It was clear they weren’t pets, but the farmer didn’t dare to leave them.
There are simple rules in the wilderness: either animal parents protect their offspring to the last, or they become prey. The kittens were abandoned and the mournful, hungry cry only confirmed this guess. Fortunately, the farmer’s neighbors recently had a cat, which produced a litter and she easily took to feeding the babies.
When the kittens grew up, more information appeared: they turned out to be wild cats, in particular — Pallas's cats! Pallas' cat (or manula) is a rare steppe cat. The cost of such a kitten on the black market can be measured in hundreds of dollars or even more. But their sale is illegal since manuals are protected by the state. Besides, money wasn’t the main thing for the farmer.
The kittens were fed, fitted with radio collars and released into the wild in Daursky reserve. But that happened what everyone was afraid of: the habit of living next to a person and eating from a bowl made it difficult for manulas to adapt to wild nature. The farmer had to recapture them, feed and treat them until spring, because they wouldn’t have survived the winter themselves.
But in spring, striving for freedom and independent life, partially domesticated cats asked to go into the steppe. And everything has worked out this time. The employees of the reserve are confident that everything will be fine now.
Source: Lemurov
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