The macabre life of Russia's Arctic reindeer herders
Killing thousands of reindeer each year is controversial, but it's part of a herder's job
by Jackie Friedman
January 2, 2017
Herders select and sort reindeer inside an enclosure on Nov. 29, 2016.
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)But such a dense population can threaten the fragile landscape of Siberia's northern Yamal region and cause more frequent epidemics within the local nomadic communit
A tent belonging to reindeer herders in the tundra, Nov. 27, 2016.
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
Herders select and sort reindeer.
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
Herders select and sort reindeer.
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
Severed reindeer antlers.
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
Farm employees process reindeer skin.
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Severed reindeer antlers.
(REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
