INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA – AUGUST 22: Mongolian herder Damubulinzhabu poses for a portrait on August 22, 2007, in Dongwu Banner. After pollution from the Dianhua Pulp Board Mill killed 50 of his sheep in 2000, Damubulinzhabu decided to take action. After numerous appeals to government officials failed to bring action, Damubulinzhabu and two others brought […]
INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA – AUGUST 22: Mongolian herder Damubulinzhabu poses for a portrait on August 22, 2007, in Dongwu Banner.
After pollution from the Dianhua Pulp Board Mill killed 50 of his sheep in 2000, Damubulinzhabu decided to take action. After numerous appeals to government officials failed to bring action, Damubulinzhabu and two others brought a legal suit against the mill, winning in December 2004. Though the headaches and nausea from drinking polluted water and breathing the noxious odors is subsiding, they are still moving as their grasslands remain polluted. ÒI hope that when my sons and other herders will have the courage to face difficulties head-on, and that they will use the law to stand up for their rights.Ó (Photo by Palani Mohan/Getty Images)