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Mongolian drought threatens starvation for herders

02/07/2001

Mongolian herders are facing nothing less than the complete annihilation of their way of life as the country’s worst drought in living memory draws ever onward.

Having suffered one of their worst winters on record, in which 3.3 million head of livestock froze or starved to death, many herders are now abandoning their nomadic way of life and migrating to the urban areas.

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