29 Oct The Last of the Reindeer Herders (Al Jazeera)
Anders Kroik, one of the last of the Sami reindeer herders, must herd his reindeer to their winter grazing land or they would starve in an environment of minus 30 degrees, but for the past few years these forests have been at the front-line in the Sami’s battle for survival. Many of the traditional winter grazing grounds are now privately owned, and while the owners argue that reindeer cause damage to land they legitimately purchased decades ago, the Sami argue they have been herding reindeer in these forests for thousands of years… go to article