A total of 710,740 animals have died so far this year in Mongolia due to the extreme wintry weather known as “dzud”. The dzud is a brutal weather phenomenon in Mongolia where a dry summer followed by a frigid winter kills vast numbers of livestock either by starvation or cold. Snowfall covered up to 50 … Continue reading More than 700,000 animals die after brutal weather phenomenon called dzud engulfs Mongolia – Herders devastated