This is a great article about this Livestock Guardian Dog, the Bankhar of Mongolia, discussing the economic, environmental, political and spiritual impact this LGD has on the people and land.
Click here to see the article: atlasobscura.com/mongolia-bankhar-dog
“To this day flocks are guarded in the hills of Asia, Europe and Africa* by powerful, robust dogs that are neither clumsy nor pacific. Despite the distances that separate them these breeds have much in common, and the Kuvasz is a member of this extended sheepdog family.”
Dr. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó. P. 100.
*(and now also in North America, South America and Australia)
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