 In 2004, there were roughly 47,000 heads of livestock, among them 16,000 sheep, 15,000 goats, 11,000 cattle and yaks, 5,300 horses, and 5 camels.In the 1920s, a small Danish group led by Carl Krebs, and with Henning Haslund-Christensen among its members, tried to build up a permanent farming settlement about five kilometers from today's sum center.By 1929, all but Carl Krebs had left the place because of the authority's ever-increasing suspicions towards western foreigners.