Ulaanbaatar
Livestock loss increased in February
Economy
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. In Mongolia, the number of natural
losses of adult livestock reached 174.0 thousand heads in the first two months
of 2020, increased by 8.1 (4.9%) thousand heads compared with the same period
of the previous year. In February 2020, the number of natural losses of
livestock amounted to 125.3 thousand heads that made up 72.0 percent of total natural
losses of livestock as of the first two months.
An analysis of losses of adult animals by livestock type
reveals that there were losses of 80.1 thousand head of sheep, 71.1 thousand
head of goats, 13.9 thousand head of cattle, 8.8 thousand head of horses, and
81 head of camels. Of the total losses of adult livestock, 40.9 % were goat,
and 46.0 % were sheep.
By aimags, there were losses of 78.3 thousand head of
livestock (45.0 percent) in Khuvsgul, 38.3 thousand head of livestock (22.0
percent) in Arkhangai, and 18.4 thousand head of livestock (10.6 percent) in
Zavkhan aimag in the first two months. The losses of the three aimags made up
77.6 percent of the total natural losses of the livestock of the country.
Of the total losses of adult animals, 0.7 percent perished due
to diseases, 3.8 percent -- due to disasters, 95.5 percent -- due to other
reasons (wild animal depredation such as wolves, bears, leopards, falls through
the ice, hunger and chill etc.,).
Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia
