For five years Trotters World of Animals has been the home for a solitary male Yak called Tibet, who kept company with the Bison and the Highland Cattle. He was joined by two more male Yaks who were collected from Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire the first week of November. Ying and Yang are both eleven years old and have already settled well on the park.
This lovely long haired bovine is naturally found in the Himalayan region, the Tibetan plateau and as far as Mongolia and Russia. Our Yak ‘Tibet’ will be glad of the company as they are naturally a herd animal.
Impressive in size – wild Yak’s are up to 2.2 metres tall, and weighing at around a tonne. They are well adapted to altitude living with long shaggy coats with a dense undercoat for insulation and large lung capacity. Both males and females have horns. The Wild Yak is now very rare, but the domesticated Yak is quite common and valuable resource in its harsh homeland.
Domestic Yaks are kept for milk, meat and as beasts of burden –carrying heavy loads for long journeys – but they do need grass because they wont eat cereals.
In winter, our new herd of Yaks will feel right at home on our parkland plains.
