Tag: herders
Wolves were tortured in a scissor trap hidden in reindeer carcasses – reindeer herders from Norrbotten risk prison
It was in April 2021 that the suspected hunting crime was discovered when staff from the County Administrative Board discovered a reindeer carcass and predator shears where the wolverine was…
At least six dead in clashes between herders and farmers in the south of the country
At least six people have been killed and four others injured in new intercommunal clashes between farmers in the Goré sub-prefecture of Logone Oriental province, in southern Chad. As is…
Reindeer herders feel compelled to let the ropes calve in enclosures
In a large enclosure outside Soppero, north of Kiruna, the reindeer herder Simon Issát Marainen has his reindeer together with some others from the Sami village. There he lets the…
nomadic herders in Mongolia, first victims of “dzud”
For the second year in a row, Mongolia is currently being hit hard by dzud, a weather phenomenon during which prolonged summer drought is followed by severe winter conditions. The…
Reindeer herders critical of the government’s new plans: “It’s a mockery”
The Norwegian government wants to reduce the wolverine and wolf population in central and northern Norway in order to establish grid and electric power plants in the reindeer grazing areas.…
The new defense agreement between Sweden and the USA worries reindeer herders
On December 6, Sweden and the United States signed the new defense agreement in which the United States gets unimpeded access to 17 different Swedish military bases. If the defense…
Chad: new outbreak of violence between herders and farmers in the south of the country
In the south of Chad, near the Central African border, the death in still unclear circumstances, on May 5, 2023, of an important breeder from the canton of Goré, led…
Reindeer herders in Jämtland without phone coverage for weeks
Ice formation on a mast has meant that telephone coverage has been almost non-existent in the areas around Valsjöbyn in Jämtland. This affects, among other things, around 20 reindeer herders…
NATO application worries reindeer herders: “Great impact for us”
Both Finland and Sweden have now submitted their applications for NATO membership. This also means that Sweden is now leaving its 200-year freedom of alliance. Previously, Håkan Jonsson, Chairman of…