After retirement as service chef of Animal Center, james decided not to return to live in the city and he decided to sell his apartment that he owned there. And then he moved to a small village in the Taiga area located in the middle of large and beautiful forests and bought a small house surrounded by a large field. He spent a lot of money for renovation, but he came to regard it as a place where he would spend the rest of his life. And he deserved to spend all his money and care for his beloved animals free. But he had a little secret that no one in this village knew about.
James spent two years after killing a thief in his apartment. The people of the village didn’t know that James had just come out of prison and the man didn’t want to tell anyone his story because he realizes that people will judge him. In addition, they’ll refuse to coexist with him, especially since the residents of the village are known to avoid contact with strangers or someone who has bad history. James found everything he wished for in his house. Isolated from the village and close to the forest.
The place is quiet and beautiful and far from the noise of the village and the surrounding forest is wonderful. Has a beautiful animal that spends most of his time with james bought all the supplies that he would need for several months without going to the store and decided that he would spend the harsh winter alone at home. And he was fortunate that he did that because the winter this year was very harsh and the snow was thick and prevented people from the movement freely. The man had everything firewood, food, gasoline to light the stove, so he didn’t care what was happening outside. When he notices that leaving the house is not possible, he spends his day reading books and looking out in the woods from behind the window panes of his room.
One day James took his hunting rifle and went out to wander in the woods. The snow was high and closed road, which made him think of returning home minutes after entering the forest. But suddenly he heard a continuous howling of tigers. Then he started walking quietly and listening intently to discover the source of that howl. He was walking very carefully because he knew that the tigers were hungry and would not hesitate to attack him.
That was very clear. The sound was coming from outside the woods and it was exactly from a field near a large deserted wooden house that belonged to an old farmer but died last year. And it was empty since then. A man saw a group of tigers gathered near an old tractor belonging to the owner of the farm, screaming with whole soul. And then he approached quietly and hid behind the wall of the house.
And remained watching from a distance he saw three tigers surrounding a tigress that was lying on the ground and protecting her because the tigress was pregnant and about to give birth but she was suffering a lot. The man was astonished when he saw the tigress and began to wonder about the reason for these tigers wrapping around and he remained waiting for those tigers to leave in order to approach her and discover what exactly was happening with this poor animal. As soon as those tigers disappeared the man approached the tigris and found out that it was dead while his stomach was swollen and he confirmed that when he found out it was not breathing and that its limbs were completely frozen. James didn’t understand the cause of the tigris death and he kept regrets about her condition and in the end he decided to bury her. But suddenly he felt that something was moving in her stomach and then he began to gently touch and make sure that the tigris was pregnant before death.
The man suggested that her babies are still alive and he thought of a way to help them so that he might help their mother’s soul in a different way. James brought the knife out of his aid bag that he took with him everywhere and he began to slash the tigris belly with tears in his eyes. When he finished, puppies appeared moving with difficulty and hardly breathing. The man had to deal with it quickly because it was so cold and those little puppies would definitely need heating and milk not to die and other veterinarian care that should be an animal care center. At first he tried to sneak into that deserted house and put the little pups there to bury their mother and leave but he found that its doors and windows were tightly closed.
Then he realizes that he has no other choice but to take the puppy’s home with him to be treated and he called two other friends who work together in animal medical care and they totally surprised when they know how he saved these puppies and leave their mother in the same place. James carried the little pups in his hands and bade farewell to the mother tigris while shedding tears. Then he carried his rifle in his bag and quickly returned home. There he put tigris babies on a mattress near the stove and his friend gave him special milk that brought them and began to check them and make sure they’re safe. Now, the man had no idea how to deal with little puppies but with his friends experience with tigers everything could be okay because he spent most of his life in the city with domestic animals.
Mostly, however, he was aware that milk was important for the baby tigers as he gave it to drink milk and asked what he should do with those puppies to save their lives. The next week he visited the veterinarian center after his friends back to the city again and told him what happened to him the week before. Then the veterinarian gave him some vitamins, recommended that he buy some food from the animal shop and give them the four little pups. He also advised him to keep her near the stove in the early days so that they wouldn’t get cold, and asked him to tell him if he noticed their condition was getting worse. James was getting old and he forgot sometimes.
So this veterinarian was constantly visiting to check up with the puppies and see their weight as normal, advised him that he shouldn’t keep them not like other animals that he used to care about. James used to take care of newborn tiger pups in his house, watch them all the time, bring them food and water and follow the vet instructions. And with the passage of days, they began to grow and became able to walk around the house. She was so young, beautiful and fun that James would stay with her all day without getting bored and treat her like a domestic animal. Small animals contributed to improving his mood because the man lived alone and didn’t find anyone to stay with for a long time.
One day a man came on a tractor and asked James to help him get those pups because he had heard that he had found them inside his grandfather’s farm. However, the man refused and assumed that he would not let the tigers go anywhere because he made a pledge to himself that he would return them to the forest when the winter ended and he noticed that they were able to take care of themselves. The man left furious and he wanted to take revenge on James. The man, after asking about him, he revealed that he escaped from prison several weeks ago and that he’s the grandson of the farmer who died and left the house in which James found the pregnant tigris. The man called Andre wanted to get these puppies in order to sell them to people who come from a board to buy small wild animals at very high prices.
And he’s very dangerous and wants to get everything he wants, regardless of the price. The man discovered that some hunters who passed near his house every day in order to enter the forest noticed the presence of tigers running in the yard of his house. Then the news spread and it reached the criminal Andres and the latter knew that James found the pups on his grandfather’s farm and insisted on getting them back as his own property. James keeps an eye on the poor tigers and he used to stay next to them all day. But on an early morning, three men came and knocked on the door.
As soon as the man opened the door, they began to ask the stranger about the reason for knocking the door at that early time. However, suddenly someone hit him. It was Andre with a stick he was holding in his hands and he dropped him on the ground. The men took James inside, then grabbed the four puppies and held them in their bags and then left. When the man woke up from this attack, he didn’t find the small animals in his house, which made him very disappointed.
James immediately went out to the village and began to ask about the identity of these people, but everyone was afraid to tell him because they were afraid of Andre. But an old man told him that he was the bad man Andre and his gang and gave them the address of the place where he had hid the stolen puppies. James was preparing his tools during snowstorm that day and went to the hut in which Andre and his men were hiding animals which they illegally hunted and stole from the villagers. And there he found Andre and his gang sitting in a small corner inside the hut. They drank wine and laugh.
The man quietly crept into the hut and there he found the four little baby tigers and two other tigers inside cages. Then he broke the cages and removed the four tigers, then opened the door of the cage with the two tigers, then took all the animals to the forest and released them. He returned home proud of everything he had done. The next day, James went to the police station and lodged a complaint against the man who escaped from prison and reported the crimes he committed against the villagers. Arrested as a fugitive in the woods and transferred to a prison along with his friends, these animals should be left in the wild in their native territories.
The only time these animals should be in captivity is if they’ve been injured and are not able to be released in the wild. Also, when irresponsible persons have bought them and then find out they’re not able to care for them or they become too much trouble, most of the time, these animals have to be rescued and once again can’t be returned to the wild. As I’ve stated before, just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should. We should leave them alone in the wild where they belong. Except for the instances I’ve stated above, if allowed out of the cage, human raised may flee the human.
It won’t be comfortable in the wider world, whereas wild raised will be likely comfortable in a tree or similar. Some animals, when put into a sanctuary, will also respond to natural environments they’re never known to have seen before, with clear familiarity, giving away that they were wild born. That’s what they really deserve.