When the Survey Team of Mountain Wildlife Resources in Qilian Mountain, Qinghai, Gansu Province, carried out a pre-sample survey at the Qifeng Nature Conservation Station in Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve in the spring of this year, it found a large population of Tibetan wild donkeys and Tibetan hartebeest. This means that after years of sharp decline in populations, these rare wild animals have shown signs of gradual recovery due to the improvement of the ecological environment.
In a recent survey conducted by the forestry department of Gansu Province in the hinterland of the Qilian Mountain National Nature Reserve, a total of more than 160 Tibetan wild donkeys, more than 30 Tibetan hartebeests, and more than 100 rock sheep were found.
According to reports, it is recorded that Tibetan wild donkeys and Tibetan hartebeest were distributed in the survey area in the past, but due to human overgrazing, it interfered with the living environment of Tibetan wild donkeys and Tibetan hartebeests, and at the same time caused an extreme lack of food for Tibetan wild donkeys and Tibetan hartebeests, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of Tibetan wild donkeys and Tibetan hartebeests.
In recent years, the Qifeng Nature Conservation Station of Qilian Mountain National Nature Reserve has continuously improved the ecological environment of the reserve through regular inspections and strict crackdowns on poaching, effectively protected the wildlife resources in the area, and gradually restored the population of some rare wild animals such as Tibetan wild donkeys and Tibetan hartebeest.
The Tibetan wild ass is the largest of all wild donkeys, similar in appearance to the Mongolian wild donkey, and is listed as a first-class protected animal in China and listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The Tibetan wild donkey lives in the alpine desert area, living in the mountains at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters in the summer and at a lower altitude in the winter. Good cluster life, good at running, high vigilance. Prefers to eat thatch, moss and artemisia. In the arid environment, you will find a suitable place to dig out water with hoof planer pits to drink, and you can also provide water for ungulates such as Tibetan hartebeests.
Tibetan wild donkeys have the habit of group activities, female donkeys, male donkeys and young donkeys live a wandering life together all year round, generally 5 to 6 for a group, the large group of 10 heads, the largest group up to hundreds, small groups led by a male donkey, wandering life.
Tibetan hartebeest, also known as hartebeest, small antelope, Tibetan yellow sheep and Tibetan hartebeest, is a second-class protected animal in China, with a thinner body than przewalski's gazelle, and only males with horns. The Tibetan hartebeest is a typical alpine desert animal, inhabiting alpine meadows, subalpine grassland meadows and alpine desert areas between 3000 and 5750 meters above sea level, mainly feeding on sedges and grasses and grasses such as Artemisia annua.
Tibetan hartebeest will form groups of different sizes in different seasons, usually in winter and spring, the group is larger, often dozens, and sometimes forms a large group of hundreds; In the summer and autumn, small groups of several to a dozen heads are formed, and there are also individuals who are individually active. The Tibetan hartebeest is not very sensitive to smell, but the hearing and vision are excellent, the temperament is alert, and it will quickly escape after encountering predators.