Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project breeds, trains and places Bankhar livestock protection dogs with nomadic herding families on the Mongolian steppe.
The Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to help slow down and reverse the desertification of the Mongolian Grassland Steppes, and to preserve and protect traditional Mongolian culture. We strive toward these goals by resuscitating the traditional use of the livestock guardian dog known as the ‘Bankhar dog’.
MBDP researches, breeds, and trains Mongolian Bankhar livestock protection dogs and places these working dogs in homes of nomadic herding families on the Mongolian steppe, where the Bankhar perform their traditional role of protecting livestock herds (sheep, goat, horse, camel, yak) against large carnivorous predators including snow leopards, wolves, brown bears, foxes and eagles.
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Bankhar are a unique landrace of livestock protection dogs native to the Mongolian Steppe. Bankhar dogs have traditionally performed a critical role – mediating between endangered predator species such as snow leopards and Mongolian herding families as they work to maintain their traditional lifestyles. We breed, train and place Bankhar with qualified herder host families.
