On a helicopter he headed for the Middle Gobi region, some 250-300 km from the capital. He failed to find the herder family planned for visit, but what he saw on the way was sufficient enough to announce a national emergency, and to promise herders an urgent supply of free of charge forage. Another forage convoy is about to leave Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Herders who hardly have cash on their hands and make little money anyway, can hardly afford to buy forage at this price. No much reason to celebrate, even Tsagaan Sar .
Cattle have nothing to eat.
We find only stones and earth in the stomachs of dead sheep. Whatever money we had was spent long time ago to buy forage. Throughout January snow storms raged, and it is so cold as never before. Copyright 1999-2001 Mongolia Today . All rights reserved.