'Being A Herder Is Hard': The Exhausting, Dangerous Lives Of Modern-Day Kyrgyz Shepherds

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Every spring, hundreds of shepherds and herders across Kyrgyzstan move into mountainous pastures on a long, complex, and often dangerous route. Modern Kyrgyz nomads need to travel higher into the mountains than they did a few years ago in search of greener places to keep their animals.