Montsame reports on a dramatic increase in livestock in Mongolia. The increase might contribute negatively to existing environmental problems as overgrazing.

According to preliminary results of the 2006 livestock census, a number of livestock of Mongolia has reached 34.48 million heads. It is the greatest number reached in the history since the 1924. In 1999, 33.6 million heads of livestock were counted in Mongolia, reported L.Byambatseren, Head of National Statistical Office, at a press conference held on Friday. This year, the number of livestock increased by 4.1 million heads or 13.4 percent compared to the previous year. All aimags, except Dornogobi, bred their livestock by 2.5 - 24.0 percent more against 2005. Nine aimags such as Arkhangai, Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai, Zavkhan, Uvs, Khovd, Khovsgol, Darkhan-Uul and Orkhon and the Ulaanbaatar City equally reared five kinds of livestock--sheep, goat, horse, cattle and camel. The number of livestock of Dornogobi province dropped by 26.6 percent compared to the previous year because of an increase of miscarriage and infertility of breeding female livestock and of decline by 152,7 thousand in a number of new-born beasts. A number of camels reduced either by 1.6 thousand compared to 2005, the number of horses, cattle, sheep and goats was added by 74,5, 187,1, 1787,1 and 2037,8 thousand heads, respectively. The number of goats jumped the most. The National Statistical Office specialists consider that final results of census will show 35 million heads.

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