Currently, 70% of Mongolia is snowbound, 98 soums (districts) of the 18 provinces have experienced constant heavy snowfall and 113 soums in 20 provinces have had frequent snowfall. As of yesterday (22^nd February), 125,000 herds of cattle have died during the winter.

The herders do not have the money – cash is required – to buy animal feed for their cattle. To make matters worse, because of the lack of vaccines, infectious diseases are spreading. Therefore, in order to prevent a catastrophic situation developing Mongolia has decided to ask for aid from international humanitarian organizations.