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Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project - one year funding

We need your help to save snow leopards with Mongolian livestock protection dogs

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Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project - one year funding

Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project - one year funding

Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project - one year funding

Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project - one year funding

Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project - one year funding

We need your help to save snow leopards with Mongolian livestock protection dogs

We need your help to save snow leopards with Mongolian livestock protection dogs

We need your help to save snow leopards with Mongolian livestock protection dogs

We need your help to save snow leopards with Mongolian livestock protection dogs

Kate Fritz
Kate Fritz
Kate Fritz
Kate Fritz
4 Campaigns |
East Haddam, United States
$28,838 USD 129 backers
48% of $60,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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**All Contributions are tax deductible for US citizens**

Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project is a USA 501(c)3 non-profit that researches, breeds, and trains Mongolian Bankhar livestock protection dogs and places these working dogs in homes of nomadic herding families on the Mongolian steppe. Here, the Bankhar perform their traditional role of protecting livestock herds (sheep, goat, horse, camel, yak) against large carnivorous predators including snow leopards, wolves, brown bears, foxes and eagles, in an effort to end human-carnivore conflict in this region. Equally as important is helping to protect the endangered snow leopard and the local Mongolian wolf populations!  

Bankhar dogs are one key to snow leopard conservation. Snow leopards and other carnivores can decimate livestock herds overnight. Herders feel that they have no choice but to exterminate these precious creatures. Bankhar livestock protection dogs scare off the leopards and make lethal intervention unnecessary. That seems like a win-win-win for nomadic herders, snow leopards, and livestock.

We are running an Indiegogo campaign to crowd-fund our operating expenses for 2016-17. Your support for our project is vital. We can’t continue our programs without raising these funds – and we are looking to our community to join us on this amazing adventure. We are looking to the people who care about us, our dogs, and the possibility of improving the environment, despite bleak predictions about almost every facet of environmental degradation in Mongolia. 

       


Since 2008, we have been “bootstrapping” our organization in Mongolia using the leanest model possible to make the biggest possible impact. In January of this year, we welcomed out first litters of Bankhar pups into our facility outside Ulaanbaatar.

We are getting the first data back from our first round of dogs placements, and the results are really exciting – one working Bankhar dog can decrease the loss of livestock from predators by more than 85%. That is a serious benefit to nomadic herding families, who might otherwise be forced to move into the slums outside Ulaanbaatar due to the collapse of their livelihood. 

Running an NGO in Mongolia is not easy. Making this dream a reality has been a challenge, but one filled with joy. When we see the effect we are having on Mongolian people, we know we are doing something important. Our operating costs for fiscal year 2016-17 are estimated at $75,000. That covers everything from vet care, food and shelter for the dogs, our staff, our facility, and transportation and visa costs. That’s a pretty lean budget for so much impact! 

         

Read a recent article about our work! "How Two Young Americans Ended up Breeding a Mongolian Dog to Save Snow Leopards and Wolves"
by ABC News: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-14/breeding-rare-mongolian-dogs/6696848

Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project's Goals are to:

1) preserve and protect traditional Mongolian culture by supporting herding families in maintaining their traditional nomadic lifestyle

2) slow down and reverse the desertification of the Mongolian grassland steppes by curtailing overgrazing through supporting smaller, more successful herds by use of the Bankhar dog

3) end retribution killing of precious endangered wildlife by herders whose livelihoods are threatened by herd predation

         

                                               

We need your help to run the next phase of Mongolia Bankhar Dog Project for 2016. See our campaign video for additional information about our project, as well as our website www.bankhar.org

"A Day in the Life of a Bankhar" painting (sample) - Perk offered at $1,500


                                       


A very special thank you to our partners:


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Thank you

$1 USD
Thank you for supporting Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project. We truly and sincerely appreciate it. We will send you updates about our dogs and be sure to let you know when the next litter of pups is born! Please share our project with the animal lovers in your life.
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Bankhar Dog Banner/Wallpaper

$25 USD
Thank you for your contribution! We will send a beautiful high resolution picture of our pups to your inbox. You can use it as the background image on your computer, or as your Facebook or Twitter banner photo. Please share our campaign with the animals lovers in your life!
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Exclusive video - newborn pup

$50 USD
For your contribution, we will send you an exclusive video of the new litter of pups when they are born in Jan/Feb of 2016. We are as excited as you are!
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Bankhar photo print

$100 USD
We are going to send you a beautiful photo print of one of our most beautiful dogs taken by our staff photographer, Soyolbold Sergelen. Plus, exclusive content just for our backers starting at this level. Thank you!
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Support a dog, shelter

$250 USD
Your contribution will provide safe, clean and comfortable housing for one dog in our facility in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for one year. We will mail you an acknowledgement certificate and a beautiful picture of one of our dogs. Thank you!
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Support a dog for a year, food

$500 USD
Your contribution supports one dog with high quality, nutrient rich food for one year. We will mail you an acknowledgement certificate and a beautiful picture of one of our dogs. Thank you!
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Support a dog for a year, vet

$500 USD
Your contribution supports one of our new puppies with top of the line vet care for one year, including puppy vaccinations, first year health check-ups, and spaying and neutering (for some animals only). We will mail you an acknowledgement certificate and a beautiful picture of one of our dogs. Thank you!
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Adopt a dog GIFT package

$700 USD
Adopt a dog as a gift on behalf of another person, an organization, or in memory of someone you love. We will create a beautiful frame-able certificate that honors the person of your choosing, plus a high resolution photo of the dog. Thank you!
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Support two dogs for a year

$1,000 USD
Your contribution supports two dogs with food, shelter, veterinary and other incidental expenses for one year. We will mail you an acknowledgement certificate and a beautiful picture of one of two of our dogs. Thank you!
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Original Mongolian Painting

$1,500 USD
Gorgeous original 3' by 4' oil painting by respected Mongolian artist well known for the traditional "Day in the Life" style paintings. Your painting will depict a day in the life of a Bankhar dog. These are unique, one-of-a-kind collectors items! Please see picture of the painting sample to the left called "Day in the Life of a Bankhar" to get a feel for the painting style.
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March 2016
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Naming right for a Bankhar pup

$2,500 USD
You get exclusive naming rights to one of the pups in our next litter, expected in Jan/Feb of 2016. You can name the dog after your own pet, a loved one, or anything else that you choose...but please nothing that would embarrass your grandmother. We will also send you a frame-able certificate that acknowledges the name of your dog, along with a beautiful high res photo.
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Support a dog for life

$4,000 USD
Congratulations! Your contribution will take care of the housing, food, vet care, and incidental expenses of one working livestock protection dog for its whole life. We will send you a beautiful certificate with a picture of your dog. Thank you!
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Company/Organizational Partner

$5,000 USD
Thank you! We will include your company/organization's logo on our website www.bankhar.org, on our campaign site, and credit you as a partner in our printed materials for the 2016-17 season. We will also send a frame-able certificate and a beautiful high resolution photo of one of our dogs.
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Radio collar reward

$6,500 USD
With your contribution at this level we can radio collar one dog in a range of a radio-collared snow leopard or wolf. You will get a monthly update of the range/location of the dog and data about its interaction with the predators. This is a way to observe in near real-time the impact we are having on the ecosystem on the Mongolian Steppe.
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Trip to Mongolia for 2

$10,000 USD
Join Executive Director Bruce Elfstrom and professional expedition outfit Overland Experts on our Spring trip to Mongolia to check out MBDP's programs in action! This trip will include off-road adventuring, spectacular views of the Mongolian steppe, visits with nomadic families and of course, time with our dogs. Please contact us for more info. Airfare not included.
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