China News Network Hulunbeier, April 21 (Li Aiping and Zhang Chunxiang) On the 21st, affected by the strong cold air, the Arihashat port in Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, welcomed thousands of wild yellow sheep migrating in the border area between China and Mongolia "landscape".
According to official sources, on the 21st, the temperature in Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia suddenly dropped by more than 10 ° C, with gusts ranging from 8 to 10. At the Arihashat port, police officers on duty at the border inspection station discovered that a large number of wild yellow sheep were moving in the border zone. They sometimes bowed their heads to forage, and watched the surrounding environment. When they saw someone approaching, they ran to the distance.
The picture shows the police monitoring wild yellow sheep. Photo by Zhang Chunxiang
The police said that the number of yellow sheep currently operating on the border line of the Azhashat port is about 6,000. According to analysis, due to the strong cold air, the sudden drop in temperature and the high wind force, this group of wild yellow sheep is "forced" to make a choice to forage and migrate to the border area between China and Mongolia.
In recent years, with the improvement of the ecological environment of the border grasslands and the increasing intensity of entry and exit border checkpoints to combat the smuggling of wild animal products, the number of wild animal populations in the Arihashat port area has gradually recovered.
Yellow sheep is a national second-level protected wild animal and is included in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. It mainly inhabits Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang in China and Mongolia. (Finish)