The Dukha: Mongolia's reindeer herders

Bloomington: Mongolia Survey, a Publication of The Mongolia Society, No 6, 1999. — p. 56-66.Most significantly, the MRF is now making steps toward helping to enhance the present gene-stock of the Dukha's reindeer by importing up to 100 reindeer from Tofilaria, a Russian district northeast of Tuva. With major funding from the Canadian government and private donors in the U.S. through the Totem people's project, the MRF is currently planning on having the reindeer purchased and transferred across the Mongolia-Russia border by September 15, 1999. With a large portion of funding for the actual transfer of reindeer already raised, the MRF's Dukha people's reindeer project is still seeking support for facilitating other objectives, such as, management advancement and planning of reindeer husbandry and sustainable veterinary care, as well as research and development of appropriate economic activities in accordance with the aspirations and capacity of the Dukha.