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Domesticating Elk in a Russian National Park

1964; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 7; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0030605300003483

1365-3008

Yuri Yazan, Yevgeny Knorre,

Indigenous Studies and Ecology

In the Pechero-Ilych National Park, at the foot of the Ural Mountains in northern European Russia, where a 3-foot snow cover may lie for seven months of the year, experiments in the domestication of elk have been going on for some years. In this article the Director of the Park and his senior research worker describe the wildlife of this large Park, covering 2,758 square miles, and the history of the domesticated elk herd, and estimate the herd's value in the economy of the taiga. The Park gets its name from two rivers which form the western and southern boundaries. A third river, the Kozhim forms the northern boundary, and the Urals the eastern.