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A mass program to vaccinate reindeer against anthrax is underway on the Yamal tundra

Some 550,000 reindeer are set to be innoculated against the bacteria.

By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer June 19, 2020
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The world’s biggest reindeer population is up for big vaccination as regional authorities in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug act to stave off outbreaks of anthrax.

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