Wild Mongolian gazelles cross border to forage in China www.chinaplus.cri.cn
Hundreds of wild Mongolian gazelles have crossed the border to forage in China and spend one of the harshest winters in recent memory.
Officers at the Erenhot checkpoint in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have been closely monitoring the gazelles, increasing patrols in key areas to protect the grazers.
According to a census carried out in 2000 and cited by the World Wildlife Fund, over 2 million gazelles inhabited Mongolia's Eastern Steppe at the time.
But the population of the species has been decreasing ever since – under threat from poorer weather conditions, infectious diseases, steppe fires, and human and livestock interference, among others.
Published Date:2021-01-25