Anthrax -- Russia
"You feed a reindeer and step away -- and it suddenly drops dead. Within a day it swells up like a ball ready to burst. We thought the heat was to blame, as they were still in their thick winter coats. A neighbour lost 50 of them." AN is an indigenous Nenets man from the Yamal Peninsula in Northern Russia. He lost most of his reindeer during the sudden outbreak of anthrax in the region this summer.
"People were evacuated, dogs put to sleep, chums (traditional Nenets tents) and sledges and
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