I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 404: The Birth of the Wolf Cub

Fang Ye finished checking the surveillance and reminded them with a couple of words, "Then keep observing, and call at any time if there’s anything abnormal."

Zhang, "Okay, Director!"

After that, he went to the lion exhibit, and through surveillance and asking the animal keepers, he learned about Qiuqiu and Yueyue’s situation.

Unlike wolves, lionesses, for the safety of their newborn cubs, always leave the pride to give birth alone, and only when the cubs are about one to two months old will they bring them back to the pride for recognition by the other members.

Lionesses do not need the presence of a male during birth; they specifically prefer to hide and distance themselves from other lions, staying on their own to feel safe and secure.

Yueyue was also almost ready to give birth, but she had not yet shown any signs of imminent labor.

...

Back home, he chatted with Lan Li on WeChat for a while, telling her about Mizzle’s situation.

Lan Li expected to return to the zoo in a couple of days.

She comforted him, "Don’t worry, Mizzle will definitely be fine!"

Fang Ye had been somewhat worried, but hearing this, he felt a bit more relaxed and smiled, "I hope so!"

...

The next day!

Fang Ye got up early in the morning, ate breakfast, and then went to the wolf exhibit to check the surveillance.

"How is it?"

"She hasn’t given birth yet!"

"Hmm, keep watching, and call me if anything happens!"

In the morning, he went to the tiger exhibit and played with Jiaojiao and Ice Cake for a while!

He fed Jiaojiao a piece of meat and also built a snowman in the snow.

At noon, at 12 o’clock, Mizzle finally went into labor!

Fang Ye was just about to have lunch, so he immediately packed the canteen’s meal and also brought one for Zhang, planning to eat it in the surveillance room of the wolf exhibit.

Not only the wolf exhibit’s animal keepers but also other animal keepers were excited when they heard the news!

The vet, Lin Ying, upon hearing the news, was also ready to come over and join the excitement.

Arriving at the back office, Zhang was surprised, "Why are so many people here!"

"Exactly, seeing a wolf give birth is quite a rare sight!"

"Right, right."

Everyone held their takeout boxes, pulled up chairs or leaned against the table, interspersing bites of food with avid attention to the surveillance.

Mizzle lay in the corner of the birthing room, already whimpering in pain!

Oooh~

Awoooo~

Mmm~

Usually, Mizzle’s howls were clear and melodious, but now her grunts were short and abrupt, unexpectedly punctuating the silence – as if someone was repeatedly poking her with a stick, making the onlookers furrow their brows.

Charcoal was pacing outside, anxiously!

"Goodness, just listening to it sounds painful."

"She must be very uncomfortable now."

"Ay, poor Mizzle!"

Mizzle continually sniffed her lower body, licking it at the same time. From the surveillance feed, it was clear to see Mizzle’s swollen white belly undulating, as if something was pushing from inside – a clear sign of fetal movement.

Fang Ye hastily gobbled down his boxed meal!

"Eh!"

"Is she about to give birth?"

As the time on the surveillance display ticked past 16 minutes, reaching 12:30, everyone suddenly exclaimed in unison.

Because Mizzle suddenly changed her position, spreading her hind legs—one on the ground, the other lifted, her upper body straightened, her tail slightly lifted, mouth open revealing her teeth, her chest heaving in continuous breaths, she looked like she was making a great effort.

Everyone cried out again in surprise, "Eh, it looks like something’s coming out!"

"For real, don’t trick me, I didn’t see anything!"

"The tail is in the way, look at that tuft of fur over there!"

"Oh, I see it, I see it! It looks like a little butt coming out!"

Mizzle’s head reached over, her mouth gripped onto something black, and she pulled it out, the surrounding hay soaked with blood.

A tiny pitch-black fellow could be seen, dripping wet all over, its fur clumped together, its head small and round.

There was an umbilical cord hanging from its belly, its limbs wobbly, paddling on the ground, unable to stand at all.

The faces of all the animal keepers involuntarily broke into smiles, Fang Ye also let out a sigh of relief.

"Nice! It’s been born!"

"Congratulations to Mizzle on becoming a mom!"

"That’s great! The first one came out smoothly."

"I wonder how many she can have?"

It wasn’t clear who started clapping first, but everyone soon followed, applauding enthusiastically.

Zhang even had moist eyes, wiping the corner, and smiled happily.

"Aiyah, I don’t know why, but I’m so moved."

Taking care of these wolves, he really did have a soft spot for them!

The newborn wolf pup was all black, which has nothing to do with its future coat color.

Just like how the Francois’ leaf monkey’s newborns have golden fur, which turns gray-brown as they grow up.

Charcoal’s all-black color is due to a recessive gene, which is also quite rare.

Mizzle took a couple of breaths, then brought the pup close to her mouth, her gaze tenderly grooming the little one’s fur, licking the wet birth coat dry, biting off the umbilical cord.

Even though it was her first time being a mom, some things are etched into the genes, no one needs to teach them, they just know instinctively.

After the first little one was born, it paddled its legs for a while and seemed tired, lying still.

Mizzle, somewhat worriedly, licked it, and the little wolf pup tried to lift its head in response.

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A second pitch-black little wolf pup was born, this time headfirst.

Gently licked by Mizzle’s tongue for a while, it let out a faint whining sound.

The first little wolf pup also began to whine, regaining some strength, paddling its legs and rubbing its chin against the hay, slowly moving around, seemingly unsure of where to go.

Mizzle seemed a bit flustered, licking the second one, then turning to bring back the first to her side.

Charcoal stood outside the birthing room, ears perked, listening intently!

It was puzzled about what was happening inside, strange noises were coming from there, longing to go and see. But it was afraid that Mizzle might hit it.

When the first tried to escape again, Mizzle could only stare, too busy to care.

Lifting a leg, panting, the third was about to be born.

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"Hmm!"

"Ying!"

"Hmm hmm~"

After the little wolf pup was born, Mizzle licked for a while, too weak to even bite off its umbilical cord, limply lying inside the birthing room.

Turning her head, she looked at the few little wolves whimpering softly, her gaze full of love and some helplessness, her tongue licking her lips.

Some keepers who had things to do had already left, with Mizzle still laboring to give birth.

Licking the pups’ fur, even licking her own fur, carrying out the cleaning.

The birthing process lasted nearly an hour and a half, and in the end, four little wolf pups were born.

Fang Ye was not entirely sure, "That should be the last one, right?"

"I don’t know!"

Lin Ying exclaimed, "Mizzle really has it tough! Being a mom is truly hard."

More than two hours after the first wolf pup was born, it wobbled into Mizzle’s embrace, latching onto Mimi and began to suckle.

Seeing that Mizzle showed no sign of more births after another hour, they were certain all her babies had been born!