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Warmed by a love of horses Russia from different angles

The red deer farming

Deer are herded here for their antler velvet which is a very valuable product for holistic medicine in East Asia countries as well as in Russia where a range of medication is produced from antler velvet and deer's blood.
By Gazeta Russa
A range of medication is produced from antler velvet and deer's blood in Russia.
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Andrey Shapran

A range of medication is produced from antler velvet and deer's blood in Russia.
Altayans having fun after a long working day

Andrey Shapran

Altayans having fun after a long working day
A powder is used in pharmacology and sold to markets of East Asia.

Andrey Shapran

A powder is used in pharmacology and sold to markets of East Asia.
A powder is used in pharmacology and sold to markets of East Asia.

Andrey Shapran

A powder is used in pharmacology and sold to markets of East Asia.
A powder is used in pharmacology and sold to markets of East Asia.

Andrey Shapran

A powder is used in pharmacology and sold to markets of East Asia.
Cut antlers are boiled by special technology, then dried and milled to a powder.

Andrey Shapran

Cut antlers are boiled by special technology, then dried and milled to a powder.
Cut antlers are boiled by special technology, then dried and milled to a powder.

Andrey Shapran

Cut antlers are boiled by special technology, then dried and milled to a powder.
Cut antlers are boiled by special technology, then dried and milled to a powder.

Andrey Shapran

Cut antlers are boiled by special technology, then dried and milled to a powder.
A range of medication is produced from antler velvet and deer's blood in Russia.

Andrey Shapran

A range of medication is produced from antler velvet and deer's blood in Russia.
A range of medication is produced from antler velvet and deer's blood in Russia.

Andrey Shapran

A range of medication is produced from antler velvet and deer's blood in Russia.
Antlers grow as spongy tissue filled with blood and covered in a soft velvet skin.

Andrey Shapran

Antlers grow as spongy tissue filled with blood and covered in a soft velvet skin.
Antlers grow as spongy tissue filled with blood and covered in a soft velvet skin.

Andrey Shapran

Antlers grow as spongy tissue filled with blood and covered in a soft velvet skin.
Antler velvet is a very valuable product for holistic medicine in East Asia countries as well as in Russia.

Andrey Shapran

Antler velvet is a very valuable product for holistic medicine in East Asia countries as well as in Russia.
For deer keeping large area of mountain forest is fenced and animals live in the natural conditions.

Andrey Shapran

For deer keeping large area of mountain forest is fenced and animals live in the natural conditions.
Here, in Souzar and Talda villages farms run about two thousand animals.

Andrey Shapran

Here, in Souzar and Talda villages farms run about two thousand animals.
The harvesting of antler velvet starts at the beginning of May and continues until the middle of summer when antlers become a hard bone.

Andrey Shapran

The harvesting of antler velvet starts at the beginning of May and continues until the middle of summer when antlers become a hard bone.
Deer are herded here for their antler velvet.

Andrey Shapran

Deer are herded here for their antler velvet.
For deer keeping large area of mountain forest is fenced and animals live in the natural conditions.

Andrey Shapran

For deer keeping large area of mountain forest is fenced and animals live in the natural conditions.
Here, in Souzar and Talda villages farms run about two thousand animals.

Andrey Shapran

Here, in Souzar and Talda villages farms run about two thousand animals.
…though firstly for economic purposes red deer in this area were collected in the second half of 19th century.

Andrey Shapran

…though firstly for economic purposes red deer in this area were collected in the second half of 19th century.
In regions of Altai mountains the red deer farming has existed since 1930s…

Andrey Shapran

In regions of Altai mountains the red deer farming has existed since 1930s…
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February 15, 2012

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