Officials from the Republican Ministry of Agriculture and Food told citizens in the border area not to hunt marmots or eat marmot meat, and take preventive measures against insect bites.

In a picture captured by Chinese photographer Yongqing Bao, a female Tibetan fox and a Himalayan marmot meet. The fox, hunting to feed her three cubs, crouches, ready to pounce. The marmot ...

Marmots are large rodents which are known to be susceptible to carrying the disease. Marmot hunting is banned in the area due to the risk of catching bubonic plague but the ban is widely ignored.

The Chinese region forbade the hunting and eating of the large rodents ... two cases of bubonic plague linked to people eating marmot meat in its western Khovd province last week.

The prized image shows a female Tibetan fox, who was hunting for her three cubs, provoking a Himalayan marmot, according to the museum website. It was snapped by photographer Yongqing Bao in the ...

The Chinese region has forbidden the hunting and eating of the large rodents ... two cases of bubonic plague linked to people eating marmot meat in its western Khovd province last week.

Officials from the Republican Ministry of Agriculture and Food told citizens in the border area not to hunt marmots or eat marmot meat, and take preventive measures against insect bites.

Officials from the Republican Ministry of Agriculture and Food told citizens in the border area not to hunt marmots or eat marmot meat, and take preventive measures against insect bites.