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Associated Press

A Norwegian reindeer herder says that freight trains have killed more than 100 of the animals on the tracks in three days.
Torstein Appfjell, a distraught reindeer herder in Helgeland county, said Sunday that the worst incident happened Saturday when 65 animals were mown down.
Appfjell said by telephone it was “totally tragic” and “unprecedented” for so many reindeer to lose their lives in this way. A total of 106 reindeer had been killed since Thursday.
Appfjell represents four families in the area with a total of around 2,000 reindeer. He said that in the worst previous 12-month period, 250 animals were killed in train accidents.
VG newspaper reports that Bane NOR, which operates the trains, has now reduced speeds in the area.


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The Orochen were nomadic hunter-gatherers "modernised" during the Cultural Revolution. Colour photos: Tang Ming Tung. Black-and-white photos courtesy of the Orochen Foundation

Children stand outside a typical conical Orochen tent in a photo taken around 1960 in the Khingan Mountains.

An Orochen hunter dressed in animal skins, in a picture taken around 1960.

An Orochen settlement in Inner Mongolia.

Hing Chao. Photo: Sam Tsang

A horse is the means of transport for the Orochen, or reindeer people, at this settlement in Inner Mongolia.

An Orochen man forages in the woods near a settlement in Inner Mongolia. 

Animal jaws hang outside an Orochen home in Inner Mongolia.

An Orochen encampment in Inner Mongolia circa 1960.

Orochen hunters with rifles in the Khingan Mountains circa 1960.

An Orochen man fishes with a spear. Picture taken around 1960.

A man dressed as Santa Claus rides his sleigh as he prepares for Christmas on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, northern Finland. The average weight of adult reindeer on Svalbard, a chain of islands north of Norway, has fallen to 48 kg from 55 kg in the 1990s as part of sweeping changes to Arctic life as temperatures rise. File photo: Reuters

A man dressed as Santa Claus walks his pet reindeer as he visit hotels and shops in Tallberg, Sweden, December 24, 2006. REUTERS/Shaun Best/File Photo

Sami herdsman provided the reindeer that showed the seasonal changes. Photo: AP

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