Northern Kamchatka deer remain at risk of starvation
Photo by the government of the Kamchatka Territory.
In the north of the peninsula, icing of pastures threatens with starvation and death of deer, the regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told Kamchatka.Today.
According to the Kamchatka Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, at the end of March, in the vicinity of the village of Tilichiki in the Olyutorsky district, the thickness of snow crusts reached dangerous values.
Now it is 37 millimeters and the situation is unlikely to change until the twentieth of April. As reported by Kamchatka.Today, this can lead to the death of deer from starvation. They simply cannot get to the yagel, which is under the snow, if there is a crust of ice on top.
As reported by Kamchatka.Today, in April 2021, there was a mass death of reindeer near the village of Ust-Khairyuzovo. The reason for the deaths of more than 350 animals was hunger. The thickness of the snow cover reached 40-50 centimeters, and there was water and ice under the snow.