About 1.5 million domesticated reindeer were recorded in Russia, this is an absolute world record. At the same time, the population of wild deer has decreased by 43% since the 1990s: from 1.09 million individuals to 616 thousand. The scope of illegal shooting in Siberia is estimated at about 120 thousand deer per year, with the official hunting quota of 40 thousand heads. Predators account for 15-17% of the natural deaths of wild deer - about 140 thousand individuals per year. In addition to wolves and hunters, deer are destroyed by the climate: winter thaws form an ice crust on the snow, the animals cannot reach the moss and die of starvation. In Timir, the population decreased from 1 million individuals in 2000 to 127 thousand by 2025. There are 167 thousand domestic reindeer in Kyotia: reindeer herders' wages are guaranteed not lower than the minimum wage. In addition, there are programs to attract youth, including the "Young Reindeer Shepherd" project. About 100 thousand domestic reindeer graze in Chukotka. At the Abank farm in the Klar district of Transbaikalia, a 13% increase in livestock was recorded in cooperation with the Odokan copper company. In the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Kamchatka grows the Kronotsky-Zhukhanov group of the Okhotsk subspecies of reindeer, listed in the Red Book of Russia.

About 1.5 million domesticated reindeer were recorded in Russia, this is an absolute world record. At the same time, the population of wild deer has decreased by 43% since the 1990s: from 1.09 million individuals to 616 thousand. The scope of illegal shooting in Siberia is estimated at about 120 thousand deer per year, with the official hunting quota of 40 thousand heads. Predators account for 15-17% of the natural deaths of wild deer - about 140 thousand individuals per year. In addition to wolves and hunters, deer are destroyed by the climate: winter thaws form an ice crust on the snow, the animals cannot reach the moss and die of starvation. In Timir, the population decreased from 1 million individuals in 2000 to 127 thousand by 2025. There are 167 thousand domestic reindeer in Kyotia: reindeer herders' wages are guaranteed not lower than the minimum wage. In addition, there are programs to attract youth, including the "Young Reindeer Shepherd" project. About 100 thousand domestic reindeer graze in Chukotka. At the Abank farm in the Klar district of Transbaikalia, a 13% increase in livestock was recorded in cooperation with the Odokan copper company. In the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Kamchatka grows the Kronotsky-Zhukhanov group of the Okhotsk subspecies of reindeer, listed in the Red Book of Russia.