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Children in Khovd call for better protection for snow leopards
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Children’s “Bukhun” (Saiga antelope) and “Guyem” (Leopard cub) environmental activist clubs of Khovd province have launched a campaign several months ago against animal traps. They called for better protection for snow leopards, inhabiting in Jargalantkhairkhan Mountain.
The children have reportedly seen leopards been mutilated on videotapes from the control cameras, installed in some locations of Jargalantkhairkhan. According to the statistics, which was compiled from the information gathered by the children in frames of the campaign, there are about 500 animal traps in possession of livestock herding families, settling around Jargalantkhairkhan Mountain.
The children came up with a positive and beneficial method to get rid of the traps that have not been set yet. They have been going from door to door to exchange the traps with useful gadgets needed for everyday life of herdsmen.
“We even met a man, who gave us 22 traps. Most of the locals fovar our campaign”, the children have written in their letter to the former Minister of Environment N.Battsereg. The letter says, the clubs have collected 151 animal traps from the herders within the first two months of the campaign.
The campaign continues to recruit new supporters so far.
