Road ecology blog: No hunting sign, Hustai Nuruu National park, Töv, Mongolia.
Poaching is a big problem in Mongolia, mostly because of Chinese medicine. In Hustai National Park about a dozen female red deer (Cervus elaphus) carcasses were found in 2012. Each carcass had the tongue and uterus removed, leaving the remainder. In Chinese medicine the uterus is believed to help with human fertility problems.
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