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Latest Project Updates – Videos
View the latest videos about Mongolia’s Bankhar Dog Project here.
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Introducing our New Public Relations Coordinator!
MBDP is very pleased to announce our newest team member- Bec Stubley! Drawing on her previous experience in marketing…
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Wolves in Hustai
by Soyolbold Sergelen Nov 3rd, 2017 – While I was doing my sunrise surveillance from a ridge top at Hustai…
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Livestock Guardian Behavior with Sheep
1-11-18 Much is said of LGD and their interactions with livestock. The next two videos show Baavgai trying to dominate…
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Could Dogs Help Save the Mongolian Steppe? – Scientific American
Read Jason Overdorf’s story about Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project and how livestock guardian dogs can be a part of…
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Become a Part of the MBDP Team!
Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project is launching our 2018 Crowdfunding Campaign to raise…
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The Passing of a Beloved Dog
MBDP suffered a great loss this passed Fall. One of our Bankhar in Mongolia was shot…
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Ford Diesel Runaway in Minus 47 Degree Temperatures
1-3-18 Unfortunately the saga of deep cold has raised its head again. Not only has our Webasto heater failed…
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Notes From the Field – The Trials of Field Work
1-26-18 Withstanding the elements is a huge part of life in Mongolia. Due to severe drought this Summer and high…
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Bankhar and the Clarification of Landraces vs. Breeds Part I: Cold Adaptive Features
Bruce Elfström – As I sit here in my office overlooking our Bankhar, Baavgia, tending sheep in -10F…
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Born to Be Wild GMA
Popular wildlife TV show in the Philippines, Born To Be Wild, featured Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project this Summer. They…
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Bankhar In the U.S. Progress – Notes From the Field (Connecticut Edition) 1-13-17
The snow washed in sheets from the roof of the small barn. There was nearly a foot…
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Guardian dogs conserve ecology of Mongolian steppes
Guardian dogs conserve ecology of Mongolian steppes – Nikkei Asian Review By Timothy Ferry Livestock protection eases human pressure on…
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Notes From the Field – Testing Bankhar in the U.S. – 1/4/18
As many of you may have heard, MBDP recently brought a young male Bankhar to the U.S. His…
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Visiting MBDP – A Guest Post by Keeley Rideout
October 4 2017 This is a post by a friend of MBDP after her visit to the facility in September….
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Bringing Back the Balance
Bringing Back the Balance: A Short Introduction to the Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project is a short film by Oliver Hartman…
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Picture Day – Notes From the Field 8-11-17
Greetings from Mongolia! Zoë here – Andrew is getting a break from blog-writing as he wraps up his final…
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Nadaam in Bayan-Ölgii Province
Nadaam, a midsummer festival that falls in the middle of July each year, is a national holiday in Mongolia….
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Gobi Pupdates
The team is back after a successful trip to the South Gobi! The Gobi was not like I imagined–no…
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We take good care of our Pups!
After car troubles grounded us to the city for a delay of over a week, Baagii, Trisha, and I…
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Thank you from Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project!
All of us on the Mongolian Bankhar Project team would like to thank our followers, especially our…
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Notes from the Field – 6/7/2017 – My First Week
I walked through Customs in Mongolia’s Chinggis Khaan International Airport on May 31st bleary but wide, bright eyed, and…
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Bruce Elfström Interviewed on The Current
The Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project founder and director Bruce Elfström was features this week on Canadian public radio show…
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Notes From the Field 3-24-17 Trip to Nomgon Part II
Too much happened to fit in one blog post! In our last NFtF you read about our trip…
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Notes From the Field – 3-23-17 A Trip to Nomgon Part I
Hey friends! Batbaatar and I just returned from an action-packed trip to Nomgon in South Gobi….
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Two Months Old! And the dogs receive a gift
The youngest of our pups turn two months this week! A lot goes in to becoming a livestock guardian…
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Future Livestock Guardians
One of the best parts of working on MBDP is getting to see the whole process of…
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Meet Blondie
Name: Blondie Sex: Female Height (cm/inches) : 65/25.6 Weight (kilos/lbs): 38.1/84 Meaning of Name: She has lighter coloring than the traditional bankhar…
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Meet Spork
Name: Spork Sex: Female Height (cm/inches) : 64/25.2 Weight (kilos/lbs): 30.4/67 Meaning of Name: a very useful hybrid utensil Approximate age: ~7…
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Roads and Kingdoms – The Return of the Guardian Dogs of the Steppes
BY ANNE BAILEY AND SHANE THOMAS MCMILLAN with
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Animal Planet
“Dogs: The Untold Story” featuring one of our Bankhar dogs is premiering tomorrow night in the United States with…
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Connecticut College – Landrace Guardians
To restore an ancient way of life for Mongolian herders, a Connecticut-based NGO is reintroducing a special type of…
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The Team Goes to the Gobi!
Last week the MBDP team hit the road for the Gobi to visit some of our dogs placed over…
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Notes from the Field – Trip to Ikh Nart
Dec. 7th 2016 We returned a few days ago from Ikh Nart, my first trip to interview herders to potentially…
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Notes From the Field – The Food
Content in this blog post contains material that may be disturbing to some readers, including pictures and comments…
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Orsilla gave birth
Orsilla gave birth to seven pups! Field scientist Zoë Lieb says that they haven’t been able to get in there…
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Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital in the world.
Winter in Mongolia is not something to be taken likely. Though Mongolia is impossibly beautiful to look at in…
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Houses fit for royalty!
Our field team has been working long and hard on making our new facilities even better than our last ones….
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Note From the Field – Meeting the Dogs
Mongolia is stranger and more beautiful than my wildest dreams. It…
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Notes From the Field – First Days in UB!
It’s my second full day in Mongolia. I am already working on being a regular at…
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Notes From the Field – Getting Ready
After learning about MBDP over a year ago, I am finally preparing to…
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Meet Sharaa
We have added another member to our dog crew! Sharaa comes from Bogd Mountain near Byongovi and we think…
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Biogeographic Breeding Mimicry
What is a “Steppe Dog”……… “Silk Road Dogs” It is clear, the more you look into the “Livestock” dogs of…
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Don’t forget about our wooly friends!
We mustn’t forget about our wooly friends! We keep livestock around our breeding dogs, and especially the puppies all…
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October 2016 Update!
Khutter has mated with Orisilla, and Baagvai with Blondie! We will soon have pages to tell you…
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The New Enclosures!
Welcome to the new home of the Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project dog facilities in Mongolia! This is a very delayed…
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DNA Study of the Bankhar Project
“This is a Mongolian solution to a Mongolian problem based on ancient Mongolian tradition.” NGF Founder Bruce Elfstrom, on restoring…
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ABC News Australia
How two young Americans ended up breeding a Mongolian dog to save snow leopards and wolves By
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Featured in INK Magazine
Thanks to INK Magazine for the great feature article on MBDP Read it online here – or pick up…
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Climate Change Issues
Summers are shorter, which leads to less developed grasslands and the plants that do grow contain…
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MBDP Climate Change Solutions
While our goals are focused on grassroots efforts and cooperating with other programs we hope through…
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Cultural Issues
Mongolia’s Soviet Union influenced Socialist period lead to loss of community and with that the loss…
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MDBP Cultural Solutions
We work with local community groups and cooperatives in order to chose herders to offer…
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Economic Issues
With the 1990 collapse of the Soviet Union, Mongolia moved almost overnight to…
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MDBP Economic Solutions
Through cooperation with the local community and cooperative leaders we connect our project and the…
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Predator Issues
An increase in poaching causes a decrease in the apex predators’ natural prey which, in turn,…
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MBDP Predator Solutions
Livestock Guardian Dogs are an effective and proven, non-lethal method of direct and indirect predator deterrent. …
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Barbus Update
Remember the Bankhar pup named Barbus who we placed with a new family this spring? Here’s a photo of…
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Curious about the Gobi desert?
Here is a bit of adventure writing about the Singing Sands by our media coordinator Petra Elfström! “The sand shifted,…
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Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism, also called Northern Buddhism, spread to Mongolia in the 13th century around the time that the Khans…
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Gers & Ger Camps
In many of our posts we mention “gers” and “ger camps,” and while many of our followers know what…
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The Five Jewels
The “Five Jewels” or “Five Snouts” of Mongolia are the five main types of livestock of the herders of…
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Working in Pairs
An interesting fact that we have found throughout our research and work in Mongolia and elsewhere, is that Livestock…
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The Uniqueness of Mongolia
Mongolia is not only a unique place in terms of wildlife and culture, but the landscapes that one encounters…
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Bichigtiin Khundii
During our travels, we visited Bichigtiin Khundii. This means “The Valley of the Ancient Script” in English and is…
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Huffington Post June 28, 2016
Dogs Save Snow Leopards and Wolves in Mongolia The Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project, is a non-profit, non-governmental, conservation organization registered in Mongolia since October 2014. The organization built the first livestock guardian breeding and training facility in Mongolia. The concept is unlikely: raise dogs to protect sheep to save wolves and snow leopards.
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Data Collection, Research and Reporting
MBDP will systematically collect data from host families, partner NGOs and independent research to determine the effectiveness of Bankhar…
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Shaman good luck ceremony
During the Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project and Overland Experts trip, we were lucky enough to meet up with a…
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Monitoring Progress
During each visit to a host family, if the dog wasn’t far away with the herds, we took the…
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Søren Nielson’s Mongolia & the Bankhar Dog Album
Follow Søren on Flicker HERE All photographs © Søren Nielson – all rights reserved
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Soyolbold Sergelen’s Nomadic Culture Album
Follow Soyolbold, our official Photographer and Translator on Flicker HERE All photographs © Soyolbold Sergelen – all…
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On the Move
Two days ago we were informed by the Environmental Police of Ulaanbaatar (UB) that they will…
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Trip Roundup
The Overland Experts and Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project Trip was a great success! Our group of…
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Breeding
NGF will use the DNA data collected and analyzed by its partners to ensure maximal out breeding….
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Checking up on our pups
As we traveled through desert and steppe, and even through high mountain passes, we visited some of the dogs…
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Soyolbold Sergelen’s Bankhar: Man’s Best Friend Album
Follow Soyolbold, our official Photographer and Translator on Flicker HERE All photographs © Soyolbold Sergelen – all…
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Press Release Jan 2015
First litter of rare puppies born in innovative Mongolian conservation project January 2015 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia The first litter of Bankhar puppies belonging…
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MBDP Launches Indiegogo campaign for 2016 funds
For Immediate Release Contact: Kate Fritz, press@bankhar.org (707)484-8885 Website: http://igg.me/at/bankhar, www.bankhar.org NGO announces campaign to raise funds for one…
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Placement + Continued Education
A head-started and bonded dog or group of dogs will be placed with host families carefully chosen based on…
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Huffington Post December 20th, 2015
Mongolian dog tradition revived to protect sheep, leopards TUV AIMAG, Mongolia (AP) – Through three decades of marriage, they have wandered together across the rolling hills of Mongolia’s northern Tuv Province, accompanied by their herd of sheep and stalked by the wolves and snow leopards that threaten their livelihood.
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Meet Arlson
Name: Arlson Sex: Male Height (inches): 26” Weight (kilos/lbs): 38/83.6 Meaning of…
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Meet Baavgai
Name: Baavgai Sex: Male Height (inches): 30” Weight (kilos/lbs): 48/105.6 Meaning of Name: Mongol word for Bear Approximate…
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Meet Bradley
Name: Bradley Sex: Male Height (inches): 26” Weight (kilos/lbs): 32/70.4 Approximate age: 1+ yrs Breeding Site: Has…
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Meet Chad
Name: Chad Sex: Male Height (inches): 26” Weight (kilos/lbs): 34/74.8 Approximate age: 1+ yrs Breeding Site: Has…
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Meet Red Scarf
Name: Red Scarf Sex: Female Height (inches): 25” Weight (kilos/lbs): 32/70.4 Meaning of Name: Wears a red…
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Training/ Bonding
It is essential that effective livestock protection dogs be raised with livestock (sheep in this case) from…
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