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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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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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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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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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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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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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Future Livestock Guardians
One of the best parts of working on MBDP is getting to see the whole process 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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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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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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ABC News Australia
How two young Americans ended up breeding a Mongolian dog to save snow leopards and wolves By
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