Reindeer around the world are starving to death because of the unstable climate.
ADVERTISEMENTReindeer around the world are starving to death because of the unstable climate.
More than 80,000 of the animals, 22% of the total population, starved to death in Siberia between 2006 and 2016.
Temperature fluctuations result in a layer of ice on top of the lichen, which is what reindeer eat.
Reindeer keepers are forced to feed the beasts pellets in order to keep them alive.
Johan Andersson, a reindeer keeper from Ammarnäs, says the problem gives him sleepless nights: “When the reindeer are happy, I’m happy.
“I don’t sleep during nights, where I see that that they can’t get to their food. You suffer with them. And you do everything you can for them to get their food.”
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