Ulaanbaatar
Siberian ibex provided with salt
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Specialists of the Environment and Tourism Department of Bayan-Ulgii aimag have worked at wildlife hunting areas of Kharasai in Tolbo soum, Toshint in Bort, Burgast and Bugat soum and Bakhlag mountain in Nogoonnuur soum, examining endangered animals’ population and spring situation.
Over 1500 of the Siberian ibex listed in the Mongolian Red Book inhabit in these areas. The specialists delivered 1.6 tons of salt on habitat areas of the wild goats. For this measure, MNT2 million was spent from the Nature Protection Fund and MNT1.5 million from the local budget.
The specialists predict that the number of female wild goats, which give birth in the middle of May will grow significantly, as last winter was warmer than previous years and death of wild goat population was low.
