(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’24) – Villagers in Ladakh have rounded up yaks that had strayed from across the Tibetan side of the international border but there is no mechanism for returning them, or getting back their own herd that had previously strayed to the other side, reported greaterkashmir.com Aug 19.
Konchok Stanzin, a politician and a former executive Councillor for Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, has tweeted that these yaks, numbering 40, from Tibet were found on Dzomolung Demchok valley.
He has on Aug 19 posted videos and pictures which he said were of “Chinese” yaks that had strayed to the Indian side.
Konchok Stanzin has said that people from the Indian side in Ladakh too had lost their yaks some years ago, after they strayed into Tibet, but never got them back.
He has urged the governments of India and China to initiate a mechanism that would facilitate the returning of these animals.