In Russia's other regions, reindeer husbandry is less intensive, thus there is a certain potential for settling musk oxen there," he added. The main threat to animals is illegal hunting ...

At times, also the illegal hunting. Most likely, the individuals, that go far away, die." Musk ox (muskox) is a massive animal with a large head, short neck, and powerful rounded horns.

In 2012, he pleaded no contest in connection with a musk ox hunt in the Northwest Arctic. NANA is an organization focused on ...

Anavilok said all part of the animals they hunt are utilized and the muskox hides are sent Qori exports headquarters in Peru. The qiviuk is made into yarn and then knit by hand into high-end garments.

Living in small societies built around a few families, they moved with the seasons to hunt seals, polar bears, walruses and beluga whales on the coast and caribou and musk ox on the tundra.