Local enthusiasts are reviving the former traditional hunting in the region, where they use sled dogs, bred on the basis of Siberian Husky. Nobody can tell for sure how many Taymyr sled dogs are in the peninsula’s northern part or whether there are any. The explorers bought several dogs and took them out of Russia. Back in the early 2000s, a French trans-continental expedition used dogs from Volochanka, a village in the heart of the Arctic peninsula. The Taymyr sled Laika, a local breed, was well-known in Taymyr. Quite popular are the sled breeds - Siberian Husky, and much less - Alaskan Malamute. The sleds were used in hunting, fishing, at various agricultural works," the expert said.Ĭurrently, Russia’s registered breeds include Russian-European, Karelo-Finnish, West-Siberian and East-Siberian Laikas. Laikas were also used as transport animals. "In the past, the Yakutian Laika was divided into "squirrel," "sable," "animal" and others. Result of that mixture was that the "average" breeds could not be used successfully throughout Siberia, where climate conditions differ from district to district. This mixture had no positive results, as the breeds ceased being regional," an expert in hunting and sled dogs Alexander Bagayev told TASS. Over centuries, many new types appeared, and then the Soviet dog handlers on their basis made a few types of Laika - for example, using the Amur Laika they made the East-Siberian Laika. "The situation with breeds is complicated and complex - initially, every geographical region formed a special breed adjusted to certain conditions and practices. In case with Yakutian hunting Laika, the breed has almost disappeared due to diseases, but generally speaking the traditional breed suffered greatly from work of the Soviet-time dog handlers. We have been traveling to many villages to collect the hunting breed material." Mistakes of Soviet dog handlers The Sled Laika has been registered at Yakutian Laika. "There are a few types of Laika here - sled, reindeer and hunting dogs. "Yakutia is very big, it is the size of seven Frances, they say," Borisov continued. The experts will have to collect similar dogs fitting a temporary standard. They should be high - as snow covers grow early… Besides, a Laika should have thick undercoat as frosts may be as low as 50 degrees," Borisov said, and Grigoryeva added there are no clear requirements about hair color for a hunting Laika, though, on old pictures, the dogs were mostly white.Ĭlones only would not be sufficient to revive the breed. "The dogs should work hunting the sable, bear, moose. Collecting the breedĪccording to Borisov, gene purity and, consequently, a set of exterior features are a necessary condition for using the breed. It was not the first public appearing for her: prior to that, it had visited the capital as a guest to the Festival of Science. Kerecheene, the girl, represented Yakutia at the region’s Days in Moscow in December, 2017.
The girl is very lively, and the boy is a built balanced dog, like his father," the dog club’s head Yuri Borisov said. It is too early to hunt, but they go to the forest, and get trained there. "The puppies are nine and nine months old. According to Grigoryeva, the cloned dogs are not different from those born naturally - they are healthy and in future would be able to produce offspring. These dog’s puppies would be used to revive the breed.
The puppies are called Kerecheene and Belekh, which in Yakutian mean "beautiful girl" and "gift." In summer 2017, the Korean Sooam Foundation presented to hunters two cloned puppies of Yakutian hunting Laika, who they had cloned together with the University’s scientists. Luckily, the researchers managed to find in Yakutia the breed samples, though the gods were too old to reproduce, thus their tissues’ samples were taken to clone the breed.
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