Over 3800 carcasses of diseased saiga, found in nine soums of Gobi-Altai and Khovd aimag were disposed. The saiga in Mongolia died due to outbreak of ovine rinderpest, also known as Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), of which 70 percent of them were baby saiga, 27.8 percent were male saiga and 1.3 percent of them were female saiga.
Currently, 2000-3000 saiga in Shargiin Gobi steppe of Gobi-Altai aimag and over 200 saiga in Khovd aimag are settling in unhealthy areas.
Mongolian saiga, one of the most threatened species on the planet inhabit six soums of Gobi-Altai and Khovd aimags, the western Mongolia. In 2016, saiga population in Mongolia were stood at more than 10,000.
Since 1930, Mongolia has prohibited hunting Mongolian Saiga which is listed in the Mongolian Red Book of Endangered Species as a specially protected species. However profit seekers poach healthy saiga aggressively for its horn, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. Thus it is needed regular monitoring.
The Government is seeking ways to save saiga and obliged Governors of Gobi-Altai and Khovd amiags to take following actions;
- Study the location of cattles settling in diseased regions
- Vaccinate the cattles settling in Biger, Erdene, Chandmani soums of Gobi-Altai aimag
- Estimate the potential difficulties of blood disease that may spread according to the conclusion of international experts
- Monitor the disposal of carcasses of diseased saiga by intelligences, polices and professional inspection agency due to people are cropping the saiga`s horn.
Saiga once had a much larger range. Today, saiga are only found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia and Mongolia. All of the saiga’s range states were part of the Soviet Union or China for most of the last century. Saiga went extinct in China in the 1960s.
Saiga hold a sad record in the animal world – they are one of the fastest declining mammal species on our planet today. Since the early 1990s over 95% of the saiga population has disappeared. There is considerable international concern, and saiga have been listed as Critically Endangered by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Over 3800 carcasses of diseased saiga, found in nine soums of Gobi-Altai and Khovd aimag were disposed. The saiga in Mongolia died due to outbreak of ovine rinderpest, also known as Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), of which 70 percent of them were baby saiga, 27.8 percent were male saiga and 1.3 percent of them were female saiga.
Currently, 2000-3000 saiga in Shargiin Gobi steppe of Gobi-Altai aimag and over 200 saiga in Khovd aimag are settling in unhealthy areas.
Mongolian saiga, one of the most threatened species on the planet inhabit six soums of Gobi-Altai and Khovd aimags, the western Mongolia. In 2016, saiga population in Mongolia were stood at more than 10,000.
Since 1930, Mongolia has prohibited hunting Mongolian Saiga which is listed in the Mongolian Red Book of Endangered Species as a specially protected species. However profit seekers poach healthy saiga aggressively for its horn, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. Thus it is needed regular monitoring.
The Government is seeking ways to save saiga and obliged Governors of Gobi-Altai and Khovd amiags to take following actions;
- Study the location of cattles settling in diseased regions
- Vaccinate the cattles settling in Biger, Erdene, Chandmani soums of Gobi-Altai aimag
- Estimate the potential difficulties of blood disease that may spread according to the conclusion of international experts
- Monitor the disposal of carcasses of diseased saiga by intelligences, polices and professional inspection agency due to people are cropping the saiga`s horn.
Saiga once had a much larger range. Today, saiga are only found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia and Mongolia. All of the saiga’s range states were part of the Soviet Union or China for most of the last century. Saiga went extinct in China in the 1960s.
Saiga hold a sad record in the animal world – they are one of the fastest declining mammal species on our planet today. Since the early 1990s over 95% of the saiga population has disappeared. There is considerable international concern, and saiga have been listed as Critically Endangered by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature.