Chapter 344: Sweetwater Sanctuary
A week later, in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, a team of volunteers from CWCA walked out of Jomo Kenyatta Airport. Team leader Zhuo Bingyang called the interpreter who came to pick up the plane, and soon a black guy trotted towards everyone.
The incubation period of yellow fever is 3~6 days, and the results have to be waited for after the injection of the vaccine. Originally, this was what everyone was most impatient with, but right now, at least half of the team was secretly saying good luck, thanks to the extra week of waiting time. After all, in addition to the incubation period, everyone also has to take care of "injuries".
In Zhuo Bingyang's words, in order to give a certain badger this epidemic indication, the rescue team reimbursed half of the people on the spot before they set off. Either he was scratched and his face was scratched, or he twisted his arm and kicked his foot. Most of them have only been vaccinated, and they turned around and went to get rabies vaccines.
This led to Wang Ping's temper becoming surprisingly good in the previous week. In the rescue team, anyone with gauze wrapped around his head or with wounded hands can touch him at will, even pinch his little face and pull his little ears.
Only one thing, whoever tried to trick him into the research room, ended up failing.
Because of the strength of a certain badger against the laws of nature, I don't know how many people want to fool him every day to "go to see goldfish with my uncle". It's a pity that no matter how much everyone tries, a certain badger with great vigilance will not take the bait.
In the end, most people have given up the idea of a badger. After all, I'm a volunteer who is determined to protect wild animals, and I'm not a Frankenstein, so I can't really solve this problem.
Of course, there are also persistent ones, such as Liu Min, who was blacklisted by a certain badger from the beginning. Until she got off the plane, the female TCM doctor was still thinking about giving a badger a "physical examination" and studying the application of her TCM acupuncture therapy to animal medicine.
Wang Ping squatted in the airbox at this time, and was held by Gu Lang in his hand and walked out with the team, without any staff or customs to inspect it.
After all, Gu Laosan brought a certain badger here for a serious matter, if he was quarantined at the airport for a week, the cucumber dishes would be cold. In this regard, when Zhuo Bingyang communicated with the management of the O'Pegeta Reserve, he gave the excuse that a certain badger was a "working badger" who followed Gu Lang and could go deep into some areas that were inconvenient for personnel to enter for him to shoot and explore.
There are many benefits to using small animals in the wild compared to staff. On the one hand, it is to promote their protected area, and on the other hand, what special circumstances, such as injured animals, can be detected early, right?
From a theoretical point of view, Zhuo Bingyang's statement has no problem at all, and the logic is very smooth. Since humans sometimes can't approach animals, let them approach themselves. But the reserve is still curious, what kind of animal is so big, isn't it afraid that it is a meat bun to beat a dog? until I saw a picture of a badger.
As a result, curiosity was dispelled and vigilance was raised. People didn't want to fight off the poachers here, and when they turned around, they met a "straight-tempered" flat-headed brother. It would be a disaster for a honey badger to provoke all the animals in the reserve.
So while giving the green light to the rescue team's entry, the reserve also asked for an "interview" with a badger when everyone arrived. After passing the qualifications, he was allowed to follow Gu Lang into the reserve, otherwise he would stay in the hotel honestly.
After leaving the airport, without waiting for Gu Lang to take a badger to feel the customs of the largest city in East Africa, the interpreter and the accompanying pick-up staff led everyone into a minibus and drove directly north in the direction of Meilu. Most of the team were doctors, and the time was tight, so the other party didn't give them time to recuperate, and they went straight to the point.
The O'Pegeta Reserve is located 240 kilometres northeast of Nairobi in the equatorial region, west of Mount Kenya, the "equatorial snow-capped mountain". The total area is more than 90,000 acres, 360 square kilometers.
In the unofficial designation, the O'Pegeta Reserve is referred to as the Sweetwaters Private Reserve. Many people are confused and unfamiliar with O'Pegeta's name, but when they say it is Sweetwater Sanctuary, they are suddenly confused.
Even if you've never been there, you've heard of the world's only surviving northern subspecies of white rhinoceros, the rare black rhino and the world-famous chimpanzee sanctuary.
Along the way, Gu Laosan was silently reciting these materials. In addition to planning a reasonable live broadcast route as independently as possible, I also want to be able to "get off the script" when "pretending" in the live broadcast room.
However, according to Zhuo Bingyang, if it is before this, let alone live broadcast, you can travel by car in it. But at this sensitive juncture, the chances of the reserve being willing to let him make his own route are not very large.
Come to think of it, it is difficult to achieve full coverage of such a large area of protected areas with manpower. All it takes is a small path to render the protective power of the periphery useless.
After driving for nearly four hours, I saw a complex of buildings in the distance in front of the minibus.
O'Pegeta is the name of the reserve, as well as the name of the place. At first, because of the war and the bottomless killing of humans, it led to a large-scale migration of animals to come here. Seeing this, the local ranch merged with the Sweetwater Reserve, which was still small at the time, to achieve its current size.
It is known as the "freest place of life" and is a paradise for wildlife. Of course, surrounded by iron fences and artificial barriers, this freedom is probably also marked in quotation marks. It's just that compared to the cage in the zoo, it's really heaven.
The minibus came to the complex, went through two checkpoints, and finally stopped at a small square. This is the hotel area, surrounded by resort hotels and souvenir shops, as well as the offices of the reserve.
When I got out of the car, I could see rangers and military police running by with guns on their backs, as well as medical staff in white coats in a hurry. From time to time, there are vehicles coming in and out, bringing in or sending away various animals.
Not many people are here at this time, most of them are staff from other protected areas in Kenya. The CWCA's movements are fast, and there are rescue teams from many countries on the way. After all, in addition to the incubation period of yellow fever, there are also miscellaneous things to communicate, and most of the non-governmental organizations that can set off at any time are associations.
Zhuo Bingyang immediately followed the staff to report to the current agency in the reserve, and the rest of the people arranged accommodation first. The condition is good, all of them are large suites of high-end hotels.
With the closure of the reserve, the hotel was naturally empty and became a place for various volunteer teams. However, everyone was not very interested in chatting, and everyone felt that sleeping in the wild was the theme next.
Wang Ping, who was released as soon as he got on the minibus, was squatting in Gu Laosan's arms at the moment and listening to everyone's gossip. I found that everyone was talking about sleeping in the wild and when the conditions were difficult, their expressions were very casual, and there was no dissatisfaction or resistance on their faces at all.
Come to think of it, those who are willing to volunteer in such places are either accustomed to this kind of life or are mentally prepared. Even Gu Xianyu is not afraid of hardship, let alone these seniors.
Gu Lang and everyone were arranged together, and a certain salted fish also occupied a large suite alone. But before Wang Ping finished walking around the room and bathroom, a black guy with a work sign came to the door and led Gu Lang to the reserve office across the square.
Wang Ping knew in his heart that the interview with him was about to begin. It's just that I don't know what kind of test it will be for him, and I'm still a little excited to think about it.
"Will you give my brother a work card or something?
Wang Ping held his chin and was carried by Gu Lang all the way through the square and into a building similar to an office building. It was full of people coming and going, and it seemed extremely busy. Bypassing the stairs, the little brother pushed open a door similar to a conference room and signaled Gu Lang to go first.
As soon as they entered the door, a salted fish and a badger were stunned at the same time.
There were indeed a few people who resembled "interviewers" sitting behind a desk, including Zhuo Bingyang. But in addition to that, there was a special guy lying in the open space in front of the table.
"This lion ...... Are you here for an interview? Is this industry so competitive?"