The process of taming cheetahs is full of hardships for both humans and beasts, and accidents such as cheetahs being tortured to death and animal trainers being bitten are frequent. After the domestication is completed, the carefully selected domesticated cheetahs will be used as a tribute to the Tang Dynasty, a great power of the Celestial Empire, and will travel thousands of miles to Chang'an for the royal family and nobles to hunt and play.

When the Tang nobles led the cheetah for a ride on the street, they probably didn't think about what kind of pain and torture the docile cheetah they were holding in their hands had experienced, and how many animal trainers had died in order to domesticate these mighty cheetahs.

There is a good saying, there is no harm if there is no trade, and it is not the animal trainer who makes the cheetah suffer great harm at all, but the nobles from all over the world who like to take the cheetah for a ride and hunt with the cheetah.

For example, many beauty lovers in later generations liked to wear fur clothes very much, but it was because they liked to wear fur clothes that directly led to the suffering of many wild animals, and even, many wild animals were skinned alive, and then died slowly and painfully.

There is also a very popular ivory, because many people like ivory, resulting in the price of ivory remains high, so many people who want to get rich will go to the prairie to hunt elephants, in order to obtain ivory, and this has directly led to a sharp decrease in the number of wild elephants, and even, after a long time, many elephants have begun to grow no tusks, this may be the result of biological evolution! In the face of poachers' desire for ivory, elephants instinctively want to lose their tusks, which directly leads to the elephant's tusks getting smaller and smaller, and even starting to lose their tusks.

In Ang Lee's view, whether it is for money or for recreation, hunting in the wild is a very desirable thing, even the great poet Su Dongpo wrote, the old man chatted about juvenile madness, and the hunting poems of the left and right led the yellow, which shows how popular hunting is.

In actual activities, hunting is divided into two aspects: professional hunting and amateur hunting.

Professional hunting is also called productive hunting, hunters who specialize in hunting production are called professional hunters, and professional hunters do not engage in other work during hunting production. However, due to the different conditions in various places, there are different flexibility and changes, therefore, professional hunters are divided into perennial and seasonal two, perennial hunting, that is, hunting all year round, and seasonal hunting, refers to a year, only a certain season of hunting, other seasons to engage in other activities, for example, there are many places have the habit of autumn hunting, to the autumn season of abundant prey, a village, all run out to hunt, so as to obtain winter meat food, excess prey can also be used to replace grain, oil, rice and flour, So as to make yourself live better.

Amateur hunting, also known as sport hunting, is a special type of amateur activity. Amateur hunting can meet the special interests of amateur hunters, exercise, and obtain some hunting products such as hares, pheasants, and ducks, and improve the life of hunters, which is a very meaningful activity. But amateur hunters should also hunt with evidence, not unorganized and leaderless indiscriminate hunting, for example, royal hunting and aristocratic hunting, must be amateur hunting of a recreational nature, after all, they are never short of food, and the purpose of hunting is entirely for entertainment.

For example, during the Stuart dynasty in the 17th century, it was believed that hunting could keep people away from the hypocrisy and treachery of the city, get in touch with nature, and cultivate noble sentiments. As a result, hunting was highly respected, and people domesticated fox hunting horses and foxhounds in large numbers. During this period, organized fox hunting gradually became a popular leisure activity among the British upper class. Fox hunting is regarded as an ancient British tradition, forming a hereditary tradition of gentlemen's culture. Until a few hundred years later, the greatest hobbies of the English gentleman were hunting, shooting, and fishing.

The origin of hunting of the Chinese nation is also very early, as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, there is a record in the Book of Poetry in this regard, "one day in the raccoon, take the other fox, for the son Qiu." On the same day, they carry martial arts, speak privately and elegantly, and dedicate themselves to the public. It's about hunting.

During the Han Dynasty, due to the large number of fierce beasts in the Guanzhong area, which caused great harm to people and animals, the imperial court issued a decree to reward the killing of jackals, stipulating that the reward for killing a jackal was 100 yuan, and the reward for killing a tiger was 3,000 yuan.

During the Yuan Dynasty, because of the war, the population declined sharply, and the wild beasts in the land of Guanzhong were rampant, and after the world was settled, such an environment became a very good hunting ground, so the Mongolian nobles could hunt prey in the forest and enjoy the fun of hunting.

In the era of the Ming and Qing dynasties, many places will eliminate the scourge of tigers as an important reference standard for the appreciation of local officials, for example, Sun Yingshi of the Ming Dynasty, because of his meritorious service in driving tigers and leopards, was promoted to the garrison, and Han Liangfu of the Qing Dynasty killed 99 tigers and was promoted to the post of chief soldier.

However, due to the continuous increase in population and the destruction of the environment and forests, the number of tigers began to decrease sharply, and by the time of the Republic of China, there was no longer a single tiger in the entire Guanzhong Plain.

It is said that scarcity is precious, in the era of rampant tigers, hunting and killing tigers is a great thing to eliminate harm for the people, for example, Wu Song is regarded as a hero, and in the era of extremely scarce tigers, hunting and killing tigers is a serious crime that violates the law.

For example, in the later generations, a rich merchant had nowhere to spend his money, so he killed a tiger to eat, and was sentenced to thirteen years in prison by the great people's court, and was fined 1.55 million, which is a huge amount of money!

Therefore, in the civilized society of the previous life, with Li An's ten guts, he did not dare to eat tiger meat, because the price of eating tiger meat was too great, and in the era of the Tang Dynasty, it was possible to eat it, but with the gradual prosperity of the Tang Empire, the number of wild tigers began to become scarce, let alone eat tiger meat in the future, if there are no certain restrictions, I am afraid that it is a problem whether you can see tigers.

Ang Lee is also a person who loves hunting, and often participates in hunting, but Ang Lee's hunting is limited, everything needs to have a limit, a few people hunt occasionally, it does not have much impact on animals in the wild, and once a large number of people like hunting, then, the situation is worse, animals in the wild will become fewer and fewer, and even, many animals will gradually become extinct because of human hunting, so as to disappear forever on this planet, in that case, for human beings, it is definitely a big loss.

Since ancient times, species have been extinct all the time, some because the natural environment has changed, and some because of human overkill, although the reasons are different, but the extinction of these wild animals is always heart-wrenching, and the necessary protection is also extremely necessary.

Ang Lee is already working hard in this regard, by breeding wild animals to meet the people's demand for game, so as to protect the wild animals living in the wild to a certain extent.

The lynx captured alive in front of him made it difficult for Li An, what should such a ferocious beast do? Whether it is sent to another place to be released, or sent to the Royal Zoo, or taken home to be raised.

Considering the ferocity and cunning of the lynx, Li An didn't dare to take it home to raise, in case he accidentally hurt people, it would be bad, although Li An's other yard raised a lot of animals, but there were absolutely no dangerous animals such as beasts, all of which were domesticated by humans, pigs, rabbits, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, and some herbivorous wild animals, such as hares and hamsters, these animals are relatively less dangerous, and generally do not take the initiative to hurt people, and the lynx is a fierce beast, it is too dangerous, Li An has to consider its danger.

As for sending it to the Royal Beast Garden, Li Ang felt that there was no need, after all, there was already this kind of animal in the Animal Garden, and besides, this beast was not the favorite of the emperor and nobles, they still preferred cheetahs from the African continent.

The last situation is to send this ferocious lynx to other valleys, so that it can continue to live in the wild environment, so as to increase the number of wild lynxes, which has certain benefits for increasing the population of wild lynxes, however, now there are more and more hunters hunting, if after being released, this lynx is hunted by hunters again, it is not in vain, if the lynx is released and hurts people, it is even worse.

In fact, there is another way, that is, live cooking, this is not easy to catch the lynx to barbecue, the taste of this wild animal is definitely not too bad, it must be an excellent delicacy, it is estimated that these guards also think so, they don't think too much about things, and they can eat game is what they hope the most.

"What do you think is the best thing to do with this lynx?"

Li An looked at everyone and spoke.

"Steam! Haven't you ever eaten this kind of big cat meat?"

"The teriyaki tastes better!"

"Let's barbecue! It's a little more convenient that way. ”

The answers of the guards were a little different, but the general opinion was surprisingly unanimous, and that was to eat the lynx.

The beasts that were hunted before, in addition to those captured alive, some of the beasts that were shot to death had already been eaten by them, but the number of guards was not very large, and they couldn't eat a few in three days.

"You know how to eat, now, big cats like this are not common, let's release them! Send it to a valley farther away and let it go! ”

Li An said.

"Let go? Why let it go if you finally caught it? It's a shame. ”

The butler spoke.

"It's a pity, what do you think, is it steamed or braised in a braised position?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Ah Lang, this big cat might as well be kept in this valley! Anyway, there is a big cage trapped, and it can't hurt anyone, didn't Ah Lang say that he wanted to set up a zoo, this lynx will definitely be able to use it in the future. ”

The housekeeper's words reminded Li An, although there is a royal beast garden in Datang, but this is not open to ordinary people, so, ordinary people can not see wild and rare animals, it is imperative to build a zoo open to ordinary people, and the lynx in front of him is a good resource, although the people of Datang, many have seen lynx, but the people who have not seen it are the majority, after all, not everyone can have the opportunity to hunt in the mountains, especially the people in the city, there should not be many people who have seen wild beasts.

"Alright! Then stay here and raise it first, you have a good rest, you are tired of the day, and you will continue to search tomorrow, remember to bring the watchdog. ”

Li An said.

Subsequently, Li An went back, for the construction of the zoo, the supply of land will not be a big problem, although now the land in Datang is becoming more and more expensive, but the zoo will not cover a large area, and it will not cost much.

And the biggest problem is that for the acquisition of cherished animals, now the lynx is there, but the lynx is not how precious, even if you add wild boars, pheasants and hares, it is still too little, if you want to have some shops, at least there must be some very cherished animals, such as tigers, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, ostriches and the like, without these animals, the people will not be interested, let alone spend money to go to the zoo to watch, there is nothing to see, and watch a fart!

It is also unrealistic to go to the market to buy, after all, not all wild animals are sold, wild boars and pheasants can be bought, but beasts like cheetahs and lions are tributes from foreign countries to the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible to sell them in the ordinary market, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy them.

Go to the wild to hunt, although you can get a lot of wild animals, but the species must be very limited, especially near Chang'an City, there are many types of wild animals, and there will not be much harvest.

Thinking about it, Li An still aimed at the Royal Beast Garden near the capital, where there are so many precious beasts, it is too wasteful to keep them in vain, if you can temporarily rent some beasts, it is also good, but, even so, all this, the emperor must be the same.

At this time, Ang Lee's plan to spread the sound of Wanli has not yet succeeded, if he goes to tell the emperor for no reason and puts forward his own request, Li Longji, the old guy, may not agree, and as long as he does not agree, Ang Lee's goal will not be achieved, and after that, it will be even more useless to mention it again.

Although, Li An is fighting the idea of the Royal Beast Garden, but in order to ensure success, he still has to wait for the opportunity, and only when the time is ripe can he put forward his own request, and when the time comes, the emperor will agree as soon as he is happy.

Now he is even looking forward to such a scene, but after he studied the phone, Li Longji was happy, and he must have given Li An a great reward, and asked Li An what kind of reward he wanted, Li An took the opportunity to build a large zoo, and it was necessary to rent the precious beasts of the Royal Animal Garden for the people to watch, and it was estimated that Li Longji agreed as soon as he was happy, and even directly changed the Royal Animal Garden into a zoo, so that ordinary people could visit it to their heart's content.