Former village chief
EN TZU is my classmate. Her grandfather once served as the village chief. Their home is located near our school on Fenyuan Mountain. When he knew that we were studying leopard cats, he took the initiative to tell us that he had seen leopard cats back then. In order to understand the situation when he saw leopard cats and the recent changes in the environment and ecology, we would like to ask the former village chief for help. Learn from the interview why the leopard cat on Fenyuan Mountain disappeared.
| Have you ever seen leopard cat before? |
| I have seen leopard cat before. |
| How long ago did you see it? How many are there? When did you last see it? |
| I saw leopard cat about 20 years ago. At that time, when I was the village chief, in addition to working in my own orchard, I also had to go around the village to see if there were any areas that needed renovation or improvement. I saw leopard cats in the pineapple field in the mountains, one big and two small. It was the only time I saw it and later I heard that someone had seen it. |
| What did you see leopard cats doing at that time? |
| I don’t know what leopard cat was doing at that time. I guess he was looking for food. There were many mice in the pineapple field, and these mice would bite the ripe pineapples. leopard cat probably came here after discovering the mice in the pineapple field. |
| Has anyone else seen leopard cat? |
| I was the only one who saw leopard cat at that time, but no one else did, but later someone else said that he also saw leopard cat in the pineapple field. |
| Has there been any loss to residents? |
| The residents did not suffer any losses, but the pineapple harvest was better during that period. We all speculated that it was because the mice were scared away by the leopard cat and did not dare to come to the pineapple fields. |
| Why do you think we can no longer see leopard cat now? |
| There are many wild dogs on the mountain. How dare leopard cat come? Domestic cats are often killed in the village because of wild dogs. Dogs and cats are not compatible by nature. It is also the nature of dogs to hunt, not to mention wild dogs when there is insufficient food. If they are territorial, they will attack other small animals whenever they see them. On the road outside our house, there are often incidents where knights are chased by wild dogs and fall down and get injured. |
Grandpa is interviewed
Grandpa said he had seen leopard cats
I write down the answers I hear
leopard cat was in the pineapple field
In addition to grandpa, other farmers
saw leopard cat
saw leopard cat
There are pineapple fields all over the
mountains, so there is nothing to lose.
mountains, so there is nothing to lose.
Grandpa said there are many
wild dogs in the mountains
wild dogs in the mountains
No one sees leopard cat
in the mountains anymore
in the mountains anymore
