It’s 2022 now and Changchub Lhamo is 67 years old. She used to work at the Riwoche National Nature Reserve in Riwoche county in the city of Chamdo, Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region. The reserve was set up to protect red deer. Though it has been seven years since Changchub Lhamo left her job, the former ranger(护林员) often returns to the grassland to visit her “friends”.
现在2022岁了，Changchub Lhamo 67岁了。她曾经在中国西南西藏自治区尚多市里沃切县的里沃切国家自然保护区工作。建立保护区是为了保护马鹿。虽然Changchub Lhamo离职已经七年了，但这位前护林员经常回到草原看望她的 “朋友”。
When Changchub Lhamo was 15 years old, she saved three deer in the wild. She found them while farming in the field. She waited all day without seeing their parents, so she decided to take them home. At that time, Changchub Lhamo’s family was not well-off. Her family didn’t have much food. But she still raised them on milk and barley(大麦). Fearing that the little red deer would catch a cold at night, Changchub Lhamo hugged them to sleep.
Changchub Lhamo 15岁时，她在野外救了三只鹿。她在田间耕作时发现了它们。她等了一整天都没有见到他们的父母，所以她决定带他们回家。当时，Changchub Lhamo的家人并不富裕。她的家人没有多少食物。但是她仍然用牛奶和大麦饲养它们。由于担心小红鹿会在晚上感冒，Changchub Lhamo拥抱他们入睡。
The three deer grew healthily under her care, and one of them was even named after her. Two years later, Changchub Lhamo released them into the wild. “I didn’t want to part with them, but I knew that nature was their home,” she said. During the first winter after their release, Changchub Lhamo was surprised to find the three red deer returning, followed by several others. The deer couldn’t find enough grassland.
这三只鹿在她的照顾下健康成长，其中一只甚至以她的名字命名。两年后，Changchub Lhamo将它们释放到野外。“我不想和他们分开，但我知道大自然是他们的家，” 她说。在他们被释放后的第一个冬天，Changchub Lhamo惊讶地发现三只红鹿回来了，接着是另外几只。
The local government knew Changchub Lhamo’s story with red deer. They found a place for the deer and hired Changchub Lhamo as a ranger. In 1993, the Riwoche Red Deer Nature Reserve was established. The local government spends more than 200,000 yuan every year helping red deer survive the winter. Thanks to the protective measures, the red deer population in the reserve has risen from more than 1,000 in the 1990s to about 3,000.
当地政府知道Changchub Lhamo和red deer的故事。他们为鹿找到了一个地方，并聘请Changchub Lhamo作为护林员。1993年，Riwoche红鹿自然保护区成立。当地政府每年花费200,000多元帮助马鹿过冬。由于采取了保护措施，保护区中的红鹿数量已从20世纪90年代代的1,000只增加到约3,000只。
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