 Another reintroduction site is Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, located at the fringes of the Gobi desert.Lastly, in 2004 and 2005, 22 horses were released by the Association Takh to a third reintroduction site in the buffer zone of the Khar Us Nuur National Park, in the northern edge of the Gobi ecoregion.In the winter of 2009–2010, one of the worst "dzud" or snowy winter conditions ever hit Mongolia.