Wolf cubs rescued after their mother vanishes

Police officers and local residents in Penba county of Chamdo, Tibet, saved the lives of three wolf cubs recently, Tibet Daily reported.

The rescue was reported by Nyima Tsering, a local resident, to the Penba Brigade of the Forest Fire Fighting Detachment of Chamdo.

According to Nyima Tsering, he and fellow villagers found the cubs on the mountain when they were collecting caterpillar fungus.

They found that those three wolf cubs got lost, and the villagers did not see the mother wolf returning.

After receiving the report, together with workers from the local forestry and grassland bureau, rescuers from the brigade rushed to the site.

After identification, the three cubs were recognized as the Tibetan wolf (Canis lupus chanco), a subspecies of gray wolf, which is rated as a national secondary protected animal in China.

In the following days, firefighters and workers spent two days looking for the mother wolf, but they could not find her. For better protection, the cubs were sent to the county's wildlife rescue and breeding station to receive further treatment.

Currently, the cubs are in good condition and will be released after demonstrating the ability to survive in the wild.

Between 2020 and 2022, the firefighting detachment of Chamdo ity twice rescued griffon vultures, a species under national first-class protection in China.