However, it hints at what motivated herders to bring yak home. Early herders in this region were likely faced with harsh conditions, where animals died out quickly because of prolonged winters and ...

Program Director of the National Highland Research and Development Centre, Dr Vijay Raika, said that the number of yak herders has been declining due to numerous factors, such as the migratory ...

Now, youth are interested in taking up this age-old profession of Yak rearing. The film looks at the problems and challenges of local Yak herders and the role of science and technology in bringing ...

Living in the highlands requires resilience and ability to adapt to harsh conditions, often with limited means and without the comforts of modern life. Yak Herders and Livestock Professionals During ...

More than 3 million of the more than 4.5 million Tibetans in rural areas have been forced to build homes and give up their traditional nomadic lifestyles based on yak herding and agriculture ...

This is the home of the rare snow leopard, the spirit of the Himalayas. Isolated yak herders have battled snow leopards, bears and wolves for generations; these are old animosities. In 2006, the area ...

The feudal principalities of far northern Pakistan that are home to walled villages, yak herders, glacial rivers, golden poplar forests and snow leopards, held off — or played off — would-be ...