I Became a Regulatory Official for the Poaching of Monsters, but the Rescued Monsters are trying to Eat Me

Me too. I was always anxious and scared when I ran away from my home village with Ulu. I've been hugging Ulu the whole time. All the time except when moving. She was crying when she remembered her mother and father. But Ulu was always there. Maybe... I think Ulu remembered that and tried to comfort Taketo the same way. "

"Me?

I don't remember being comforted. Strangely, Chante laughed again.

"Taketo. Not right now. When I first came to this world, I looked really depressed. Like this, my face has been shadowed forever, and it feels so full. At first, I thought it was someone like that, but I'm sure Ulu knew. Anxiety, anxiety, that sort of thing."

"... I see."

Every time I woke up, I felt like I was on Ulu's stomach because he was always hugging me to comfort my tacket. Indeed, it was much safer to be wrapped in a larger body than to be alone. I don't know how many times the warmth has healed me.

And I was worried about Chante's words.

'I ran away from my home village with Ulu,' she said. Next, I remember a painting in the living room of Chante's house. I wonder if that was Chante's painting of her home village.

(I wonder why he escaped....)

I don't know what to do, but I guess that's something you don't want to say. If I was wondering if it sounded like a painful memory, I missed the opportunity by shaking a different topic from Chante's.

"Tacket. When it comes to beasts and animals, it's really desperate. I was surprised when I jumped into the river and when I was in Phoenix. You did the same job when you were in the other world, didn't you? Why did you want to do this job?

Asked why, the tacket thought, "Hmm.

"Police officers... like guards or vigilantes. It was because it was somehow stable and cool... I think it suits me now. But I wanted to go to the plant and animal smuggling department myself. Because I recruited people who like to take care of animals and are familiar with the conditions at the Agency. When I raised my hand, I got a quick transfer."

The work that was done in the original world is no different than it is now, such as identifying, investigating, and searching the smuggling routes of endangered species of animals and plants. I think I have a connection to that kind of work. Then why did you want to get involved in such a job?

"It's me. My parents were a father and son. My parents divorced me when I was little, and my father took me."

My father was kind and troubled, but he was busy at work and not very at home. I often went to work on Saturdays, Sundays, and on holidays, I didn't take care of schoolchildren in elementary school, so I often stayed at home alone in Taketo. Worried about his son, his father bought me an annual passport to his neighborhood's zoo.

"At that year's pass, I would have been immersed in the zoo if I had time."

Perhaps my animal liking was cultivated at that time. I remembered the animals all the time and got along with the keepers. Even if I missed being alone at home, I was fine at the zoo.

Several gorillas were kept in the zoo. In recent years, the number of gorillas has been decreasing, as have the number of animals kept in zoos. But there were still a few gorillas in the zoo.

Taketo, who was an elementary school student, often visited the breeding space called the "Gorilla Forest" and liked to spend time gazing at the gorillas. At one point, I noticed that there was a gorilla in a cage with only one pot.

The gorilla seemed to be bigger and longer in size than the others.

The cartographer knew that gorillas were creatures that lived in groups, so Taketo decided to ask a familiar keeper about the gorilla.

"Oh, you mean the diamonds. That female gorilla is slightly different from the others."

The other gorillas were Nishiroland gorillas classified as Nishiroland gorillas, while the diamonds were Mountain gorillas classified as Higashi gorillas.

"She is. I'm here to protect you from poaching and being brought here from Africa. But rearing mountain gorillas is very difficult. We're about to be transferred to a more environmentally friendly facility where we can do more research in no time."

That's what the keeper said.

"Poaching?"

It was the first time I heard it. When the nursery clerk stopped working on the tacket, he took off the hat he was wearing and clutched it around his chest to see the diamond. []/(exp, n) (1) (uk) such eyes/such eyes/such eyes/such eyes/such eyes/(2) (uk) such eyes/such eyes/such eyes/such eyes/(P)/

He seemed sad everywhere.

"Oh, she came from a dense forest in Africa. Gorillas are rare animals, so catching them is forbidden. But child gorillas are popular with some enthusiasts. That's why illegal poaching continues.... a bait. What do you think Gorillas would do if a poacher targeted a child?

The little tackle didn't know anything and shook its neck sideways. The keeper stroked the head of the tacket with an unmistakably spicy face.

"Gorillas are very family-friendly creatures. So when a child is attacked, the whole herd, including the boss's silverback, confronts the poachers. All the gorillas, male and female, risked their lives and headed for the men with the guns. So if the poachers are to get the children of the gorillas, they have to shoot all the other gorillas in the herd."

That's how they brought the diamond. And the breeder said.

The story was nothing more than a shock to the young tacket.

"I still can't forget what the breeder said back then. That's why I think I'm doing this job."

That's what Taketo laughs at.

Chante looked at the tacket with surprising eyes, but said nothing more. They just stared silently at the flaming red flame.

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Besides Currently there are about 20 gorillas in Japan, all of which are Nishiroland gorillas. Mountain gorillas used to have breeding examples, but are not currently in Japan.

Mountain gorillas are now classified as the most endangered endangered species Class IA, with 254 habitats worldwide in 1981 and just before extinction, but as of 2018 they have recovered to about 1,000 as a result of conservation activities.

Vilunga National Park, home to one third of the mountain gorillas, continues to struggle with local rangers and organized armed poaching groups, with more than 170 rangers killed, mainly in the past 20 years.

The purchase and sale of poached gorilla babies and dismantled adult gorilla meat is also said to be a source of financing for terrorists.

It is also feared that meat from wildlife, including gorillas, is being trafficked for consumption as a source of unknown infections such as Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

People who fight poaching may say that they fight not only to protect wildlife, but also to protect the forest, the environment, and humanity itself.

Reference: Official website of Vilunga National Park (https://virunga.org/)