This extract from the publisher presents the introductory pages from “Living with Herds: Human-animal coexistence in Mongolia”. Natasha Fijn describes her entry into the field.
Ariunzaya was born in 1976 at Bürentsogt mine, Sühbaatar aimag. When she was three years old, her parents were appointed to work at the GOK that had just been established.
J. Nadmid was born in 1936. She tended livestock before she got married. She worked as a janitor and cleaner at sum and brigade centers. From 1990 she started tending livestock.