AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR FRIENDS IN MONGOLIA 8 Jan
2009
To all Wild Camel Supporters.
We have just heard the following from Bilgee, our project director
in Mongolia,
Our herdsman has phoned to inform that 1/3 of hay bought in the autumn
for winter food is already finished.
He explained to me that there it is very very cold and therefore
the captive wild Bactrian camels must eat the hay every day more
than four times.
In connection with this I need to inform you urgently John that
in west of Mongolia, especially Gobi-Altai has very harsh and severe
winter since mid of December and covered most of areas with heavy
snow. A meteorology office says that more snow will come and weather
becomes worse then now and herders expected that the spring will
be harder and longer as well as meteorology office. All western
aimags under a National Emergency Management Agency control because
of snow and cold.
Therefore, I talked and discussed with vet and herdsman what we
need to do immediately. Urgently we need to buy more bales of hay,
immediately nearest places which possibly has hay from Zakjyn-Us
before all mountain passes are closed by snow and prices goes up
of hays in country side. We need at least 1200 bales of hay. It
will be much expensive.
To be sure we have enough food for the camels until the spring we
have purchased 1500 bales of hay today.
It has been impossible to source all the hay locally and in addition
we have had incurred very expensive transport costs to take the
bales on the 1200 mile journey to the Breeding Centre. Total cost
to the Foundation $15,000
This has just about cleaned out our funds.
In view of this Emergency we are taking the unprecedented step of
writing to our members and supporters asking for any possible help
you might be able to provide, to help us raise money for the wild
Bactrian camels. You may not be able to make a donation, but you
may know of a source to which we could apply for funding. If you
do we would be delighted to hear from you.
Thanking you all for your continuing support for our work
Very best wishes for the New Year
John Hare
Wild Camel Protection Foundation
www.wildcamels.com
People can donate via the website www.wildcamels.com
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