Endangered Gobi bear dies in southwest Mongolia

STORY: Endangered Gobi bear dies in southwest Mongolia DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:56 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. video clips of endangered Gobi bear in southwest Mongolia STORYLINE: A critically endangered Gobi bear (Mazaalai) has died in the southwestern Mongolian province of Bayankhongor due to unknown cause, the country's minister of environment and tourism said on Friday. "Our ministry has set up a working group to find out exactly when the bear died and the cause of death," Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene said in a statement. According to the latest survey, a total of 51 Gobi bears existed in Mongolia, the ministry said in May. Gobi bears, whose habitats have shrunk dramatically compared with the 1950s and 1960s, persist as a unique ecotype in the Gobi Desert of southwestern Mongolia, according to Gobi Bear Project, a non-profit organization focusing on the protection of the endangered species. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ulan Bator. (XHTV)

Population of endangered Gobi bears exceeds 50 in Mongolia

STORY: Population of endangered Gobi bears exceeds 50 in Mongolia DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. video on Mongolia's critically endangered Gobi bears 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Mongolian): BAT-ULZII BAT-ERDENE, Mongolian minister of environment and tourism 3. video on Mongolia's critically endangered Gobi bears STORYLINE: The population of Mongolia's critically endangered Gobi bears (Mazaalai) has exceeded 50, Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene, the Mongolian minister of environment and tourism, has said. Only 36 Gobi bears remained in the world at the end of 2018, according to the Institute of General and Experimental Biology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. While releasing the update, the minister appreciated China's help on Mazaalai protection as the two countries signed an agreement on the implementation of a technical assistance project in 2018 to save Mazaalai and improve their range. SOUNDBITE 1 (Mongolian): BAT-ULZII BAT-ERDENE, Mongolian minister of