Specifically, a takhi mare called Odod /stars/ foaled on April 8 in Bugat soum, Gobi-Altai aimag. Although it was stormy and very cold when the mare foaled, the offspring is strong and well, said O.Ganbaatar, director of Protection Administration of Zuungariin Gobi (Gobi B of the Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area). Last year, a first foal of a takhi herd in Zuungariin Gobi was born on April 19.