The monkey guardian  

滇金丝猴看护人：我要做到爬不动那天为止

这是一个瘦削的汉子，脸上全是骨头的影子，身着一套迷彩服，已经磨得发白。他叫余建华，是云南迪庆州白马雪山国家级自然保护区维西分局的看林人，关键任务之一，便是看护国家一级保护动物滇金丝猴。

Diqing (CNS) -- Even though he is paid very little for it, 60-year-old Yu Jianhua isn't about to give up on his furry mountain friends.

"I don't want to retire, so I will continue to take care of the precious monkeys until I can't move," the ranger at Yunnan's Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve said on Sunday.

One of Yu's main tasks is to protect the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, an endangered species. He tracks them down every day, delivers food and sometimes takes sick ones to an emergency center.

Yu said he started the job two decades ago at a salary of 180 yuan (US$28) a month. Even now, his monthly pay is only about 158 dollars.

"But I never regret my choice," he said. "I feel happy when I see the cute and energetic monkeys."