Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson followed by Greece PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis ride sleighs pulled by reindeers during a visit to a reindeer farm in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland on on December 21, 2024. During the two-day security meeting they discuss European security, defence and preparedness, as well as migration, instrumentalisation of migration and border security. The guests of the Summit include also Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson followed by Greece PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis ride sleighs pulled by reindeers during a visit to a reindeer farm in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland on on December 21, 2024. During the two-day security meeting they discuss European security, defence and preparedness, as well as migration, instrumentalisation of migration and border security. The guests of the Summit include also Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Finnish PM Finnish PM Petteri Orpo followed by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas ride sleighs pulled by reindeers during a visit to a reindeer farm in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland on on December 21, 2024. During the two-day security meeting they discuss European security, defence and preparedness, as well as migration, instrumentalisation of migration and border security. The guests of the Summit include also Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo hosts meeting in Finnish Lapland

Finnish PM Finnish PM Petteri Orpo followed by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas ride sleighs pulled by reindeers during a visit to a reindeer farm in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland on on December 21, 2024. During the two-day security meeting they discuss European security, defence and preparedness, as well as migration, instrumentalisation of migration and border security. The guests of the Summit include also Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Tourists have fun with reindeers in China's northernmost city

STORY: Tourists have fun with reindeers in China's northernmost city DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:22 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists and reindeers STORYLINE: Watch how tourists feed reindeers at Ewenke reindeer park in Beiji Village of Mohe City, China's northernmost city. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-EWENKI ETHNIC GROUP-REINDEER HERDER-LIFE (CN)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-EWENKI ETHNIC GROUP-REINDEER HERDER-LIFE (CN)

(230113) -- GENHE, Jan. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Juele calls his dogs in front of a mobile lodge, preparing to look for his reindeers, at the Jinhe forest range near Genhe City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 12, 2023. Every two or three days, Juele Bulituotian will head for the Jinhe forest range about 80 kilometers from Genhe City. That's where the 39-year-old Aoluguya Ewenki herder, wearing a traditional fur coat, will find his foraging reindeer. Instead of keeping reindeer in a barn, Ewenki herders let the animals live in the forest and check on them every couple of days. Juele owns over 60 reindeer. He will call his reindeer in the Ewenki language and wait for his reindeer to respond. To him, the jingles of deer bells sound like heaven, which mean his reindeer are around, safe and sound. "I need to make sure my reindeer are not too far away, nor threatened by the predators in the forest." said Juele. The Aoluguya Ewenki people, known as "the last hunting tribe in China," are

China's Inner Mongolia welcomes reindeer calving season

STORY: China's Inner Mongolia welcomes reindeer calving season DATELINE: May 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of reindeers and herders in Aoluguya Township STORYLINE: Ethnic Ewenki herders in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also known as "the last hunting tribe in China," said the reindeer calving season is now in full swing. In Aoluguya Township, reindeer were the main means of transportation for the Ewenki ethnic minority in the past, while in modern society, many hunters there still maintain the tradition of raising reindeer. During the calving season, ethnic Ewenki herders also enhance patrols in the forests to guarantee the safety of reindeer. The township has seen the expansion of the reindeer population in recent years, as the local government has taken actions to protect the breeding of the species and also worked with an agricultural institution to improve survival. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from H