Wild Yaks (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Wild Yaks

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Wild yaks cross the Tibetan Plateau near the edge of a glacier. A scientific team recently counted more than a thousand wild yaks in this region signaling a possible comeback for this species once decimated by over-hunting.

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Joel Berger -- WCS/University of Montana

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