In the Altai’s frozen steppes, 13-year-old Zamanbol trains her 20-pound golden eagle to hunt foxes—a tradition previously reserved for men. Her people, the Kazakhs of western Mongolia, have flown eagles from horseback since Genghis Khan’s era, but only in the 21st century have women joined the hunt.
Eagle bonding begins at 4 AM, when Zamanbol feeds her eagle Akkulan raw marmot meat while singing *kaiym* lullabies. Training requires years: teaching the eagle to strike felt wolf decoys, endure -40°C blizzards, and resist attacking livestock. At the annual Golden Eagle Festival, Zamanbol competes in *shyrga* (lure snatching) wearing a hand-stitched fox fur coat.
Conservationists partner with huntresses to track snow leopard movements via eagle-mounted GoPros. Meanwhile, feminists debate whether the tradition’s modernization empowers women or exoticizes them. Zamanbol shrugs: “My eagle doesn’t care if I’m a girl. She only cares if my arm is strong.”
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