The largest mountain sheep in
the world, with impressive, spiraling horns, argali inhabit
the cold, arid grasslands and mountains of central Asia. These
majestic mammals appear to be declining and are listed as
threatened or endangered throughout their range. Mongolia’s
democratization a decade ago has led to rising livestock levels
and an increase in poaching, both by subsistence hunters for
meat and commercial hunters for horns used in traditional
Chinese medicine. Legal trophy hunting adds to the mortality,
and the high fees hunters pay have so far contributed almost
nothing to the conservation of argali populations.
From
the Journal
Jamie's Daily Log April 4, 2005
Nine a.m. to five p.m. Up, down, over, under, through, between,
in, out, and around. They are the directions we trekked while
observing argali for the wonderful 8 hours today. The approximate
distance we walked was 36 kilometers, which is about 20 miles.
The terrain we hiked included mountains, plains, dry riverbeds,
frozen rivers, and rocks.
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