1,100 families with more than 218,000 livestock living in the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park (11,000 square miles). (8)

"Of the hair found in scats, about 60 percent was from livestock, about a third from wild ungulates and the rest from small mammals."(8)

"Mongolians herd their livestock primarily during the reproductive season because young horses, baby camels and calves are more vulnerable to wolves in spring."(8)

"There were 52,142 head of livestock belonging to interviewed families. Of them, 1,224 were killed by wolves…. For all livestock, the percentage of wolf kills was 2.3 percent between 2000 and 2001."(8)

"Loss of livestock to wolves occurs primarily during summer and autumn; foals, young horses and baby camels were most often killed."(8)