2025년 겨울, 무리에서 떨어진 늙은 쓰촨황금원숭이가 친링 포핑 구조번식연구기지 근처에 나타났다. 스트레스로 먹지도 마시지도 않고 설사도 했다. 직원들은 치료하고 전문가에게 자문하며 야생에 가까운 환경을 만들고 사람의 개입을 줄였다. 방사가 가능하다고 판단되어 숲으로 돌아갔지만, 얼마 지나지 않아 스스로 다시 돌아왔다.
중국 산시성 한중시 포핑현, 친링 황금원숭이 포핑 구조번식연구기지
It came by itself
On November 19, 2025, the base received a group of golden snub-nosed monkeys needing rescue. Their calls attracted an old monkey wandering outside. Around December 25, it began staying near the base. Staff later named it Diandian because it was alone.
Diandian was not settled at first. Reports said it showed obvious stress, refused food and water, and had diarrhea. In wildlife rescue, the difficult part is not only bringing an animal to safety, but helping it through danger without destroying its wildness.
Rescue did not mean turning it into a captive animal
Staff treated the symptoms, consulted experts, tried to recreate a wild-like environment, fed only at fixed times, and reduced human intervention. This restraint was a form of respect. Care for a wild animal should not make it dependent on people if it may still return to the mountains.
Diandian slowly became less wary and got used to life around the base. The relationship was not a fairy tale of intimacy, but a trust with distance: people knew it needed help, and it learned that this place was temporarily safe.
After release, it came back
After treatment and observation, experts judged Diandian ready to return to nature, and staff released it into the forest. For a wild animal, that is the ending people should hope for: returning to its own place.
But not long afterward, Diandian came back. That turn makes the story more real. Release is not a slogan, and the wild is not an abstract word. A life has its own age, strength, rhythm, and choices.
Watching over is harder than possessing
Diandian's story matters because rescue was not written as possession. Staff did not treat it as a mascot, and they did not simply chase it away when it returned. It remained a Qinling golden snub-nosed monkey that needed help at one stage of life.
Kindness toward wild animals sometimes means stepping back. It means not keeping them when they can leave, and still taking responsibility when they return. Diandian's gaze through mesh, branches, and forest reminds us that protection should let wild lives remain themselves.
시간순 기록
- 2025-11-19 The base received rescued golden snub-nosed monkeys, whose calls attracted Diandian.
- Around 2025-12-25 Diandian began staying near the base and showed stress, refusal to eat or drink, and diarrhea.
- During rescue Staff treated it, consulted experts, fed at fixed times, and reduced human intervention.
- After expert assessment Diandian was released to the forest, but soon returned to the base on its own.
- 2026-06-09 State forestry sources, China Green Times, The Paper, and others reported the rescue and watchful care.
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