Tayana Arakchaa

Contest: Peoples of the North
Note: Hunting East-Siberian Laika
Locate: Serlig-Khem Taiga
City: Adyr-Kezhig
Comment: The Tozhu reindeer herder-hunters heavily rely on indigenous hunting dog breed Laika in winter. In the fall of 2014 the majority of dogs in the camps died from canine distemper. The young reindeer herder-hunter lost his dog. He borrowed this dog from his kin.