- 19/06/2025
In this episode, CGTN travels to Xining Wildlife Park in northwest China's Qinghai Province to see the country's first breeding center for snow leopards. Veterinarians and wildlife keepers work tirelessly to ensure that this endangered big cat will always roam the plateau!
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01:29Xining Wildlife Park is not among the world's most famous zoos, yet it has one attraction
01:40that really draws in visitors, and that is snow leopards.
01:44Auxui is one of them. Born in 2016, it was the only artificially bred snow leopard in China
02:00at the time.
02:11This one is named Dahu. Now well into its late years, it was abandoned by its parents at
02:17birth. Mountain herdsmen found it and sent it to Xining Wildlife Park.
02:34In an area of the park that is not open to visitors, two newcomers have settled down.
02:40Xining Wildlife Park is also called the Qinghai Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Center because
02:45it saves injured animals found in the wild and carries out captive breeding.
02:50This snow leopard hiding inside is named Ling Shuang. It came to the park at the age of two, in
03:02a state of paralysis and unable to eat.
03:05Keepers spent half a year treating it and helping it to stand up again. But it was never again
03:15able to hunt on its own, so the park decided not to send it back into the wild.
03:20The End
03:23The End
03:32The End
03:37This is Lingxue, nicknamed the Empress. In November 2017, herdsmen found it badly injured
03:59and sent it to Xining. Lingxue received two operations, in Xining and Beijing, and has
04:06since been living in a customised cage.
04:36The summer of 2019 was a time of celebration at Xining Wildlife Park. Shui Mo and You Hua,
04:51two younger sisters of Ao Shui, were born.
04:55It was another successful attempt to artificially breed snow leopards in China after Ao Shui.
05:15Unfortunately, the two cubs fell sick three months after they were born, so the Park stopped
05:20their breastfeeding early and gave them medication.
05:27This disease, if you look at the large numbers, has a huge impact on the animals.
05:33It's very high.
05:35But we had to do it right now.
05:37We had to do it right now.
05:39We had to do it right now.
05:41We had to do it right now.
05:43We had to do it right now.
05:45My guess if this was a layout we should reopen.
05:51So the next research document we used was right after I wasemaal came.
05:54We had to do it right now.
05:56I'm going to get out of here.
06:11Shuai Mo and Youhua pulled through the disease, but a few months later they had trouble eating.
06:17The wildlife park had to turn to experts from Beijing for help.
06:26It's time for burial, and it's time for the
06:29treatment of the
06:56How old is it?
07:00It's very thin.
07:02It's too thin.
07:04It's time to take a look.
07:06I'll cut this part.
07:08I'll cut it out and cut it out.
07:10It's just like the cut.
07:12Then it's like the cut.
07:14I'll take care of it in the arach.
07:166 months.
07:18We'll take care of the arachis.
07:20How much?
07:22I'll take care of the arachis.
07:24We can see if there's only 26 or 27.
07:26Then, we'll remember.
07:28We'll remember for 30% for us.
07:29We're not over 30% at all.
07:32We'll remember the results we did.
07:37On the human care work,
07:39the water-based animal use for us.
07:41This is very successful.
07:43Today,
07:44the animal animal has changed.
07:46The animal animal has used to be used to
07:48to use the animal control over the animal.
07:50We have to fix the problem for those problems.
07:53The effect is very good.
08:13The San Zheng Yuan region lies deep inside the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
08:17Its average altitude is more than 4,700 meters above sea level, so the air is thin.
08:23It is sparsely populated.
08:30In June 2013, construction began on a large-scale power grid in San Zheng Yuan,
08:36bringing the modern world to a very remote area.
08:39In spite of difficult terrain, the project now covers all living zones.
08:44Ri De is a herdsman in Chindu County of Qinghai Province's Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
08:52He lives on the grassland, and his family lived a nomadic life for generations.
08:57In 2010, he moved into a government-funded settlement, and his children started attending school in town.
09:03He feels delighted whenever he talks about the changes brought to herdsman by the Power Grid Project.
09:09The Power Grid Project.
09:10The Power Grid Project
09:17The Power Grid Project
09:19The Power Grid Project
09:33The Power Grid Project
09:35The Radio Network
09:39The McIntern Krambias
09:42And then they will get used by the water and other water.
09:47I'll just like to get through the water.
09:49To get the water, I'll get through the water and to get home.
09:53The water we have, I'll get the water.
09:58I'll give you the water.
10:01So I'll get to the water.
10:03And I'll take out a little bit of water.
10:07And then we'll get to the water,
10:09Last night's rain has turned to ice on the grassland.
10:34It's late autumn, and the temperature is dropping sharply.
10:38Unfortunately, a recently born yak has frozen to death.
11:05Climate-wise, Sanjeng Yuan is a transitional zone between alpine meadows and alpine deserts.
11:12Grassland is the most important resource.
11:15The grass grows slowly here because of the big temperature difference between day and night.
11:20Local wild species, including peakers and marmots, eat the grass, making less available for yaks, which are generally short of food.
11:27Because Reid De depends on yaks for his livelihood, he is sensitive to the number of upland buzzards on the grassland.
11:34The upland buzzard is a large raptor. Vigilant and fierce, it sits at the top of the local food chain.
11:52Buzzards feed on small grass eaters, like peakers, voles and marmots, so their number is an indicator of ecological balance.
12:01As long as there are enough buzzards, rodents will not infest the grassland.
12:05A stable raptor population ensures the grassland's resilience.
12:10raptors are vulnerable when they are breeding. They nest in high places.
12:26These power lines have attracted an upland buzzard, posing a risk of electric shock and power failure.
12:32The local power company has found a solution to the problem.
12:57After a period of experimentation, the power company has arrived at a design for building artefacts.
13:03After a period of experimentation, the power company has arrived at a design for building artefacts.
13:21artificial nests on high-voltage cable poles. Shielded with electrical insulation, the nests are safe for the birds to use without posing a hazard to themselves or the power network.
13:40artificial nests on high-level
14:08This is a very important thing for our land, so we changed the idea.
14:18Artificial bamboo nests have turned out to be a key measure for ensuring the grasslands' ecological health.
14:24They are 50 centimeters in diameter and 40 centimeters deep,
14:28making them big enough to accommodate breeding raptors.
14:38When we saw the birds in the world, it was really a big challenge.
14:46The river in the region in the 17th century,
14:48we installed 200 birds in the year,
14:50and we managed to get 120 birds.
14:53The birds are one of them.
14:56The birds are one of them.
14:59The birds are one of them.
15:02The birds are one of them.
15:04They are one of them.
15:06This is more than high.
15:08We have a high level here.
15:10How much time do we have to do that?
15:16So, it has come to pass that on the vast grasslands of Sang-jen-Wang,
15:20power lines, which are a symbol of industrial civilization,
15:23are also the birthplace of birds.
15:26Shu and Che and his colleagues enjoy encountering the birds
15:30when they go about their daily line patrols.
15:33It is aяч
15:48and we can't see this.
15:54We are now in the city of Ost�,
15:55in the city of Ost�,
15:57the people of Ost�.
15:59We have no signs of light.
16:02We should get to go.
16:04We should get to go.
16:07We should get to go.
16:11We should get to go.
16:16I hope you will get better.
16:32In January 2019, another snow leopard arrives at the Xining Wildlife Park from Sanjeng Yuan.
17:00It is ten years old, and the staff have called it Ling Han.
17:05Although it has no injuries, it looks bony.
17:08It was actually found by a herdsman after starvation caused it to collapse.
17:30So we need to add some salt and salt and water.
17:35After the body of his body, we will be able to restore his eye to his eyes.
17:45On November 25, 2019, night falls at around 6 p.m. A two-and-a-half-hour flight has given
18:09Jin Yipeng a break from his daily teaching and research routine.
18:15Qi Xinjiang, Vice Director of the Xining Wildlife Park, is waiting at the airport.
18:35They set off for a local animal clinic. Jin Yipeng will perform cataract surgery on Ling Han
18:41the next day. Tonight, they must make preparations.
18:58Jin Yipeng is Vice Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at China Agricultural University.
19:04He has been researching wild animal diseases and veterinary surgery for many years.
19:21The next day's surgery is full of uncertainty. Fierce animals like snow leopards can only
19:27be examined under general anaesthesia. Research on snow leopards is scarce and cataract surgery
19:33is unprecedented.
19:34Jin Yipeng is an adult in his life.
19:35Jin Yipeng is a great point. It's been a long-term study. It's been a long-term study.
19:40I don't know if we can take a look at our first-time family. It's a long-term study.
19:43但是我们确实之前
19:45查新闻也好
19:45查文献也好
19:47学术记录也好
19:48都是没有的
19:49我们现在分析
19:50它是一个陈就性的
19:51板立长
19:52这种时间越长
19:54移除的精体
19:55又越硬
19:56另外一个第二个难点
19:57就是因为
19:58没有专门给野生动物生产的人物精体
20:01那只能用款来替代
20:03老实说匹配度还是不错的
20:05前提是尺寸要合适
20:07这是咱们的一个爱新企业
20:11能从德国给进hält
20:12This is 3 inches.
20:14This is 21mm, 22mm, 24mm.
20:1722mm is almost.
20:19But today we have to look at the具.
20:22It's a different one.
20:30Welcome.
20:32We are so happy.
20:34Welcome.
20:36We are going to make a meal.
20:38We are going to eat dinner.
20:40At 10pm, a second group of medical workers from China Agricultural University arrives in Xining.
20:49After a simple meal, details of the following day's surgery are discussed.
20:54following night, with the guests on the 不平安 food store.
20:57It's a beautiful place to eat dinner.
20:59There are two days later.
21:00We are ready to eat dinner.
21:02We are ready to eat dinner.
21:03I am seven days since I'm finished today.
21:05And we are gonna eat dinner with dinner today.
21:07This is what will eat dinner today?
21:09I'm ready to eat dinner.
21:10It's the best thing you could eat dinner.
21:12I am ready to eat dinner today.
21:13I am ready to eat dinner.
21:15I am ready to eat dinner today.
21:17I will put the dinner dinner.
21:23We are all travelers, in one way or another, in search of a truth, a light, that will lead us in our quest.
21:49Adventures that will fill our spirit and soul, an exploration beyond what can ever be imagined.
22:19At 9am, shortly after the park opens, work begins in the leopard house.
22:37Ling Han has become stronger and healthier after 10 months of being looked after.
22:45But the leopard still moves slowly and its eyes are cloudy.
22:49Through its hearing, perhaps, it seems to know something unusual will happen today.
22:53Let's go.
23:23Let's go.
23:47The first step is anaesthesia by means of a blowpipe tranquilizer dart, which succeeded.
24:06After a few minutes the animal loses consciousness and can be handled safely.
24:20The animal hospital where the operation will be performed is around 15 minutes away by
24:24car.
24:25It's a short journey for the team, who are now racing against the clock.
24:45Linghan is weighed after arriving at the hospital.
24:48Then the big cat is placed in the hands of the medical team from China Agricultural University.
24:54Jin Yipeng is not sure whether the artificial intraocular lens to be implanted is suitable
25:00for Linghan.
25:03The results of an initial examination does not give cause of optimism.
25:20I think it is important to see the situation.
25:23It is the structure of the body.
25:25The body is also the most important.
25:27The skin is the most important.
25:29When you see the eye out, it will just hit the eye out.
25:31So you can only do it at the moment.
25:33You can only use the eye out of the eye.
25:34You need to remove the eye out of the eye.
25:36And also to the eye out of the eye.
25:38The eye out of the eye.
25:42You can do it.
25:43Take it off.
25:47Get it off.
25:51It might cause tears and it caused the other eye problems.
25:54The spider's also an illness, and the other is a disease.
25:57The prey is a monster.
25:59The other animal's blood is hit and the other animal's face is hit.
26:03This time, the spider's dead.
26:06The spider's dead.
26:09The spider's dead and the spider's dead.
26:11Jin Yi Peng is confronted with another challenge soon after the start of surgery.
26:18The nucleolentis or inner section of the lens in Ling Han's right eye is abnormally hard,
26:24so a step that should usually be completed within a few minutes needs over an hour of surgery.
26:41If you have a little bit of an eye, you have to take a little bit of an eye.
26:47I think this eye has never seen a thing for a long time.
26:51It's always in the middle of an eye,
26:54but it can only be taken to the surface of the human movement.
26:57Because this area is not going to go back to this area.
27:00Luckily, the size of the artificial intraocular lens brought by Jin Yi Peng
27:05is a good fit for Ling Han's eye ball,
27:08so implantation can go ahead as planned.
27:11After today's surgery, Ling Han's sight will be restored.
27:15The first is for Dumbo.
27:17magical music
27:19Never mind
27:20The first is for them
27:21Running the scales
27:22Good
27:23The second is for Imaginary
27:24The third is for the first to get started.
27:25The first is for美味
27:29If I can...
27:30But they're not in the same way.
27:31There are young people who don't live in an eye.
27:33They may not live together.
27:34They may not live together in an eye.
27:36But they must live together in an eye.
27:37They may not live together.
27:38They may not live together in an eye.
27:40But you may live together in an eye.
27:41So I think...
27:43We don't have a lot of freedom before, but at least we can have food, healthy, safe, and live.
27:54We can put the pills in the air.
28:01Let's put the pills in the air.
28:06We can put the pills in the air.
28:11We're happy to be able to get the pills in the air.
28:16We can use the pills in the air.
28:18The second day we saw it, it was very nice to be able to get the pills.
28:23I don't think it can be heard like this.
28:26At least, it doesn't have to be in the dark.
28:30Can you tell us?
28:31Yes, it is.
28:33Let me tell you a second.
28:36Let me tell you a second.
28:38On October the 15th, 2019, the winners of the world's most influential wildlife photography
29:02contest, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, are announced at London's Natural History
29:08Museum.
29:09The Moment, a photograph shot on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, wins the top award in the Mammal Behaviour
29:15category.
29:22The face of the Marmot, you might think it's funny at first glance, but then you realise
29:27that the feelings go far deeper and the reality of this is that it's a fight for survival.
29:33What a stonking photograph!
29:36Please welcome, all the way from China, Yongqing Bao.
29:43One hour later, Bao Yongqing is also named as the contest's overall winner.
29:48The first Chinese person to be named Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
29:53The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 is Yongqing Bao.
30:00One hour later, Yongqing Bao.
30:01One hour later, Yongqing Bao.
30:02One hour later, Yongqing Bao.
30:06Yongqing Bao.
30:08Yongqing Bao.
30:29Bao Yongqing was born in 1967 and did not start studying photography until he was over 40.
30:43Every morning after getting up, he turns on his laptop and watches an online photography
30:48lesson.
30:49He has been following this routine for years, even after claiming the title of Wildlife Photographer
30:54of the Year.
31:12In the kitchen, Bao's wife is preparing his food for the day.
31:15To photograph wild animals, he always leaves early and comes back late, sometimes even
31:21staying outside in the wild overnight.
31:23The meal box prepared by his wife gives him the sustenance he needs.
31:39Bao Yongqing is a native of Qinghai and he lives in Tianzhong County of the province's
31:44Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
31:49He grew up by the Qinghai Lake in the shadow of the Qilien Mountains.
31:53Since devoting himself to photography, the mountains, streams, blue sky, lucid waters and wild animals
32:00of his hometown have all become his sources of inspiration.
32:11Efficient in both Mandarin and Tibetan, Bao works as a purchasing agent of cattle and sheep
32:16at an animal husbandry company.
32:18He is deeply attached to the herdsman of the area.
32:25In fact, it was the herdsman who led Bao Yongqing into wildlife photography.
32:30This is an amazing area of climbing to keep the nature of the population alive.
32:31In my hometown, there are many animals living here.
32:36You can see there are many animals in the urban forest.
32:39There are many animals around the Gunders.
32:42The most important thing is to take a picture of the dog.
33:00The dog is a big picture of the dog.
33:06The dog is a big picture of the dog.
33:09At that time, it was like our動物 is the same.
33:13When it was cooked in the meat, it had a bit of bone.
33:17It was the best of the meat of the meat.
33:20When it was three, it was the one who didn't eat it.
33:23I felt like the動物...
33:26As we said, we were high-level animals.
33:28Actually, when we had this one,
33:30it was the same.
33:39Tibetan foxes are a species unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and animals that Bao
33:56Yongqing has been following for years. Their breeding season is the period between March
34:01and July, which is also the best time to photograph them.
34:31The moment, which was the picture that won Bao Yongqing the title of 2019 Wildlife Photographer
34:39of the Year, was shot by him after following a Tibetan fox for more than 20 days.
34:45.
34:47.
34:48,
34:49.
34:55.
34:59.
35:00.
35:05.
35:06.
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35:12Herdsmen in Tianjun county often supply Bao Yongjing with information that gives him a
35:30better chance of freezing vivid moments of wild animals in action with his camera.
35:36He hopes future generations will be able to carry forward his love for nature and live
35:41in harmony with the creatures that are part of it.
36:11In the summer of 2020, Xining Wildlife Park opens its own animal hospital.
36:21From now on, animals in the zoo won't have to be sent to animal hospitals outside for diagnosis or treatment.
36:28The snow leopard Ling Shuang has been staying in the zoo for two years.
36:36After arriving as a paralyzed two-year-old, she was nursed back to health and is now grown up enough to be a mother.
36:42.
36:49.
36:57.
37:02I think it's the basic rule of the mother.
37:04In the form of the form,
37:06it has the basic rule of the mother.
37:10But now,
37:12the mother needs to see the blood flow,
37:15the blood flow.
37:19It's a big deal.
37:21I'm not a big deal.
37:32On March 11, 2021, a snow leopard is discovered outside a school in Menyuanhui, Autonomous
37:43County, Qinghai.
37:48Vets from the Xining Wildlife Park are called to the scene.
37:52After an initial observation and evaluation, they decide to anaesthetize the snow leopard
37:56and run a blood test on it.
37:59The snow leopard at the time is crouching at the foot of the wall.
38:03There is a visible injury to its head and it is staring blankly, as if unable to react
38:08to anything around it.
38:20The snow leopard doesn't have a strong reaction to the anaesthetic dart.
38:24The vets are worried about the injury to its head.
38:46The blood test result shows that the leopard is not suffering from any contagious disease.
38:51Considering possible consequences of its head injury, the vets decide to take it back to
38:56the zoo for observation.
38:59The zoo names the snow leopard Lingzhe.
39:11After resting overnight, its condition improves, although it is uninterested in food offered
39:17to it.
39:18A week of close observation excludes the possibility of hidden disease.
39:23The zoo's experts decide to return it to the wild at the earliest opportunity.
39:29In the end, after
39:47If you have a disease or a disease, we will talk about it.
39:57This is the only way we can talk about it.
40:02This is the only way we can talk about it.
40:08It's the only way we can talk about it.
40:14The first thing is that you can use a muscle.
40:19You can use a muscle.
40:22The muscle and the muscle can be attached.
40:25The muscle can be attached to the muscle.
40:30The muscle can be attached to the muscle.
40:35The muscle can be attached to the muscle.
40:40If you have a body, it will be filled with the muscle.
40:43It's perfect for all the rules.
41:13This is an easy part of the family.
41:16This is a little bit too.
41:19This is the family.
41:22This is the family.
41:25This is the family.
41:27This is the family.
41:30This is the family.
41:33We are also going to wear a mask for the last time.
41:39We need to do a long-term mask.
41:42Even if we can find it.
41:45We can see it in the same way.
41:59The wind is called the
42:02health care system.
42:05We know that the wind is
42:07the water and water.
42:09If the wind is less,
42:10There are a lot of fish and animals that increase,
42:12the fish and fish will be very easy.
42:14There are so many thousands of fish,
42:16but in fact,
42:18it can affect our people's lives.
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45:43At about 4,500 meters, alpine meadows, thickets, and forests offer them various living spaces.
46:06They have bigger hooves than other deer, which are suitable for climbing.
46:11They can even climb rocky cliffs.
46:23Winter has come.
46:24To avoid the accumulated snow, the deer move to lower places to feed and breed.
46:38On the other side of the thicket, there is an open space by the stream where the deer usually
46:44look for food.
46:46Their main food includes bluegrass, sedge, and some other herbs.
46:52But this doesn't offer enough nutrition.
46:58During feeding, they drink stream water, or like rocks on the shore, to replenish themselves
47:06with salt and minerals.
47:08Thorold's deer prefer gentle slopes and open areas.
47:14When they find a stream, they will play and have a good bath.
47:21After that, they wait for the rallying call.
47:27Thorold's deer are quite large, with a body length of up to 2 meters.
47:33Yet, they are very timid, with keen senses of smell and hearing.
47:38When moving around in open fields, they are always on the alert.
47:46Dole's, wolves, and snow leopards are constant threats to their survival.
47:53The stags not only bear the task of protecting the does and fawns, but also have a more important
48:00responsibility of leading the herd during migration.
48:07As time goes by, snow begins to fall on the mountains.
48:16The cold wind is blowing the horn, calling on the deer to embark on their journey.
48:37It is a species native to the Kinhai-Tibet Plateau, and also one of its earliest inhabitants.
49:03According to paleontological records, the Plateau Pika has survived on this land for 37 million years.
49:13There are 30 Pika species in the world, the Plateau Pika being one of them.
49:27It is mainly distributed on the Kinhai-Tibet Plateau, and adjacent areas like Nepal and Sikkim.
49:40In late autumn and early winter, the warm sunlight leaves the plateau.
49:49Animals that inhabit this land are busy preparing for winter.
49:56Though pikas, however, still enjoy the pasture, because they are actually a non-hibernating herbivore.
50:13The Kinhai-Tibet Plateau is the birthplace of many rivers in China.
50:21The rivers flow across the region, forming lakes, swamps, and tablelands.
50:32At over 3,100 metres above sea level, these alpine meadows and grasslands are the pikas' favourite habitats.
50:45November arrives.
50:50Snow falls on the plateau.
50:55Pikas must hurry up before the land is covered with snow.
51:01They have to eat.
51:04The Pika has a round body with no tail.
51:09It weighs nearly 180 grams.
51:13Compared to their size, they are truly big eaters.
51:17They consume food that equals half their body weight every day.
51:23They spend most of the day eating.
51:30Before winter sets in, they need to find enough plants for their wintering storage.
51:42In the afternoon, after all the hustle and bustle, the pikas need a break.
51:49They prefer sunny, open spaces to enjoy sunbathing.
51:58Sometimes they like to wander around the burrow.
52:11Because of their small size, many carnivores on the plateau hunt them for food.
52:17Those birds of prey would never let them go free.
52:24To escape from the predators, they seldom go far from the safety of their burrows.
52:39The pika has a loyal ally.
52:42The rufous-necked snowfinch.
52:46The snowfinch hides in the pikas' burrow from the blazing sun, storms and hail.
53:00The pika is alerted by the calls of the bird when danger is close.
53:06Ancient Chinese books have recorded that birds and rodents could share the same cave.
53:15throughout the natural evolution and competitions, the pika has survived.
53:34These little elves in the snow have been witnessing and maintaining the ecological balance of the plateau.
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