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Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do, which suffered a lot from recent wildfires, is also the largest habitat for goats, a natural monument in Korea.

After the fire, the goat disappeared, but after the fire was extinguished, it was found that it returned to its habitat.



Reporter Lee Yong-shik conducted on-site coverage.



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is in a forest in Uljin, Gyeongbuk, which is one of the main habitats of goats.



The goat was caught by the unmanned sensor camera installed here at dawn on the 7th, three days after the fire.



But the next day, the habitat was also engulfed in flames.



The flames burning the leaves and the firefighters who put out the fire were captured on camera.



The goat, which had not appeared since then, returned to its habitat at dawn on the 10th, after the fire was extinguished.



All of the goat's food, including leaves and dried grass, was burned and found a feeder in the habitat.



[Kim Sang-mi / Goat Conservation Association Uljin Branch Secretary: This is like shit this morning.

I ate mulberry leaves, there is a fire.]



72 kg of mulberry leaves brought by the Ministry of Environment as food for goats.



We have been giving little by little in winter when there is heavy snow for about 10 years, but we are increasing the supply of food after forest fires.



Earlier, the Ministry of Environment provided 125 kg of dried mulberry leaves to the goat feeding stand on the 16th.



It is estimated that 11,000 hectares, about half of the goat's habitat, were damaged by the fire.



[Kwangbae Yoon/Senior Researcher, Endangered Species Restoration Center: It takes about 5 to 10 years for herbaceous or woody plants to come up with a shrub layer...

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The first-class endangered species and natural monument No. 217, a survey three years ago found that 126 goats inhabit only Uljin.



About 10% of the domestic goat population.



The National Institute of Ecology has decided to come up with a restoration plan by conducting a joint investigation on the damage to the ecosystem, including experts from not only animals but also plants.



(Video coverage: Ho-Jun Choi, screen provided by: Endangered Species Restoration Center, Uljin Branch, Goat Conservation Association)