On February 26, 2024, more than 2 million livestock died in Mongolia. Under the influence of snowstorms and severe cold weather, Mongolia suffered a once-in-50-year snowstorm, 80% of the country's land was covered with snow, and the snow thickness in some valley areas reached an astonishing 100 centimeters, and this disaster brought huge losses to Mongolia's animal husbandry, according to Brigadier General Uganbayar, deputy director of the General Directorate of Emergency Situations of Mongolia, as of the 22nd, the number of livestock losses has reached 200The highest loss of 90,000 livestock in Sukhbatar province was 5390,000 heads.
It is reported that in this catastrophic snowstorm, nearly 190,000 herdsmen were affectedMore than 20,000 herders have been severely affected, these herders are facing great difficulties, their forage has run out, nearly 8,000 herders need food and drinking water, nearly 6,000 herders have severe shortages of fuel for heating and cooking, and 1More than 30,000 herdsmen's families are in need of medical help, these figures are shocking and sympathetic, and in this disaster, Mongolia** and the international community acted quickly to provide assistance to the affected herders**, urgently allocated materials and manpower, and went all out to carry out relief work, and the international community has also provided assistance to Mongolia to help the affected herders tide over the difficulties.
Mongolia's animal husbandry is one of its important economic pillars, this catastrophic snowstorm has brought a huge impact on the country's animal husbandry, in the face of the disaster, the Mongolian people have shown tenacious vitality and indomitable spirit, they help each other, overcome the difficulties together, and go all out to carry out self-rescue and recovery workIn the recovery work, Mongolia** has taken a series of measures, including providing emergency relief materials for the affected herdsmen, strengthening animal husbandry management and epidemic prevention and control, and the international community has also continued to provide assistance to Mongolia, Help the country to restore normal production and living order as soon as possibleIn this catastrophic snowstorm, not only Mongolia and the international community have shown the humanitarian spirit, ordinary people have also used their own actions to convey warmth and strength, they have reached out to provide help and support for the affected herdsmen, these loving actions have brought real help to the affected herdsmen, and also made them feel the warmth and care of the world.