Two million livestock animals die as Mongolia endures extreme weather
More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this winter, a government official said today, as the country endures extreme cold and snow... But this winter has been more severe than usual, with lower than normal temperatures and very heavy snowfall, the United Nations said in a recent report.
As of today, 2.1 million head of livestock have died from starvation and exhaustion, Gantulga Batsaikhan of the country’s agriculture ministry said. Mongolia had 64.7 million such animals, including sheep, goats, horses and cows, at the end of 2023, official statistics show.
The extreme weather is known as “dzud” and typically results in the deaths of huge numbers of livestock.
The United Nations said climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of dzuds.
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