This article studies the use of livestock dung in the social and ecological context of pastoralism in the Tyva Republic, Inner Asia. In steppe ecologies, livestock dung, depending on its (mis)management, can be a valuable resource or a threat to animals’ health and herders’ well-being. Its use is embedded in the relationships between herder-livestock communities and landscapes, which are sentient and superordinate. Utilizing dung for household needs is simultaneously a form of care for livestock and a method of balancing the relationship with sentient homelands.

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草原畜牧业中牲畜粪便的使用

本文研究了内亚蒂瓦共和国畜牧业的社会和生态环境中牲畜粪便的使用。在草原生态系统中，牲畜粪便因其（管理不当）可能成为宝贵的资源，也可能对动物的健康和牧民的福祉构成威胁。它的使用嵌入在牧民社区和景观之间的关系中，这些关系是有感知的和上位的。利用粪便满足家庭需求同时是一种照顾牲畜的形式，也是一种平衡与有情家园关系的方法。