Ulaanbaatar
Equipment provided for saiga monitoring
Environment
Khovd /MONTSAME/ The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) provided
MNT 16.2 million worth of equipment including cameras and spotting scopes to epidemiologists
of the Veterinary Departments of Khovd and Gobi-Altai aimags, specialists and saiga
rangers of the two aimags, rangers of World Wildlife Fund Khovd mission to enhance
research and monitoring of the endangered Mongolian saiga antelope.
Head of Veterinary Department of Khovd B.Munkhbaatar
recently handed over the equipment to the rangers of the aimag’s Mankhan,
Chandmani, and Darvi soums and reviewed the results of research and monitoring
works carried out in September.
WCS is also funding monthly research of the endangered
species between September and November. surveillance team. Every month between
19th to 22nd, a team of specialists visits habitats of Mongolian
saigas, monitoring their distribution and population, pasture condition, and factors
that may negatively affect the species’ health.
