Friday, January 27, 2017

Mongolia: Lethal livestock plague now hitting endangered antelope, warns UN agency

UN News Centre
The international pledge to eradicate a devastating livestock disease affecting mostly sheep and goats has taken on new urgency in the wake of a mass die-off of a rare Mongolian antelope, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Story here.

Mongolian antelope. 
Image from Wikipedia.

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