Albuquerque Journal, December 19th, 2004
Shaggy Himalayan species seems right at home in mountainous New Mexico LATIR RANCH -- Up on a grassy platter of ground midway between Taos and the Colorado border, more than 100 shaggy head of yak stand in a bunch, warm under their wool in a hard morning wind. The fuzzy beasts from the Himalayas -- squat bodies, woolly skirts and dreadlock tails -- look right at home here. Blanca, Crestone and Culebra peaks -- all jagged 14,000-footers -- loom to the north, topped with snow. And to the south stands a Tibetan Buddhist stupa, its gold adornments glinting in the sun. What are yak -- 5,000-ye...
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