Ulaanbaatar
Mortality rate of livestock animals reduced by half
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ According to a report of Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia, livestock death toll reached more than 180 thousand nationwide or 0.3 percent of the total livestock population of Mongolia, which is calculated to have decreased by 50 percent compared to the previous year.
The reports revealed that it is estimated that over 20 million dams were counted and out of that, some 1.7 million dams have delivered their offsprings on a national level, as of today.
Currently, about 40 percent of the total territory of Mongolia is covered in snow, especially Uvurkhangai, Uvs, Khuvsgul and Bayankhongor aimags are in deep snow. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and the National Emergency Management Agency warned herders and residents of rural areas to prevent from high risks of 'spring flood', which is expected following a warm weather in areas where too much snowfall is experienced.
