Twenty-five years of love: Tibetan Grandpa guards wild macaques

Tobgye feeds peanuts to Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

LHASA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Linze Village in Gongbo'Gyamda County is a well-known habitat of the Tibetan macaque, a national second-class protected animal.

Since serving as a forest ranger around the year of 2000, Tobgye has voluntarily taken on the responsibility of protecting the Tibetan macaques during his mountain patrols.

His kindness to the macaques touched the villagers of Linze Village, who cleaned up the areas where the Tibetan macaques often occur, so as to prevent them from mistakenly eating garbage.

The Tibetan macaque families thrive, with more than 7,000 of them inhabiting here at present.

Tibetan macaques are pictured at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tourists take photos of Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye feeds peanuts to Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Staff members prepare peanuts for Tobgye (C) to feed Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye drives to Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye observes Tibetan macaques on a tree at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye take photos of Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye is surrounded by Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye is surrounded by Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye patrols on a boardwalk of Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tobgye feeds peanuts to Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Tibetan macaques are pictured at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 23, 2025 shows a view of the Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)