<div>Free Tibet Yaks! They are an endangered species.</div> <div> </div> <div><A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/bos_mutu.htm#status">http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/bos_mutu.htm#status</A></div> <H4><A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/notes.htm#IUCNcat">IUCN Status:</A></H4> <UL> <LI>1960's - 1994: <B><FONT color=#ff0000>Endangered</FONT></B> <LI>1996: <B><FONT color=#ff0000>Vulnerable</FONT></B> (<A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/notes.htm#96iucncriteria">Criteria</A>: <A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/notes.htm#VUA">A1d+2d</A>, <A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/notes.htm#VUC">C1</A>) <LI>2000 - 2004: <B><FONT color=#ff0000>Vulnerable</FONT></B> (<A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/notes.htm#96iucncriteria">Criteria</A>: <A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/notes.htm#VUA">A1cd+2cd</A>, <A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/notes.htm#VUC">C1</A>) (Population Trend: <FONT color=#ff0000>Decreasing</FONT>) <CITE>(<A
href="http://www.animalinfo.org/refi.htm#iucn 2004 red list - species search">IUCN 2004</A>) </CITE> </LI></UL> <H4><A name=Countries></A>Countries Where the Wild Yak Is Currently Found:</H4> <div>2004: Occurs in <A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/country/china.htm">China</A> and <A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/country/india.htm">India</A>. May be extinct in <A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/country/nepal.htm">Nepal</A>. <CITE>(<A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/refi.htm#iucn 2004 red list - species search">IUCN 2004</A>)</CITE> </div> <H4><A name=Population></A>Population Estimates:</H4> <BLOCKQUOTE> <div>[Note: Figures given are for wild populations only.] </div></BLOCKQUOTE> <UL> <LI>WORLD </LI> <UL> <LI>1995: A preliminary estimate of around 15,000 <CITE>(<A href="http://www.animalinfo.org/refs.htm#schaller1998">Schaller 1998</A>)</CITE> <LI>2003: Likely to be less than 10,000 mature individuals <CITE>(<A
href="http://www.animalinfo.org/refi.htm#iucn 2004 red list - species search">IUCN 2004</A>)</CITE> </LI></UL></UL> <div> </div> <div>Best,</div> <div> </div> <div>Donovan</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Bill London <london@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><B>Idaho Yak Farmer to Offer Free Yak Burger Samples at Moscow Food Co-op</B><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><BR><BR>Yak farmer Tammie Damiano, of Tamarack Yak Farm in Santa, Idaho, will answer questions about yaks and provide free samples of her yak burgers from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 9 at the Moscow Food Co-op meat department. The Co-op is located at 121 East Fifth Street in downtown Moscow.<BR>Yaks are a species of bovine native to Tibet, with many similarities to
American bison. They are exclusively grass-fed, and their meat is low in fat and high in protein.<BR>Damiano learned about yak meat when a friend with a health condition was searching for healthy alternatives to beef; eventually, she quit her job to become a yak farmer.<BR>“Once you try yak, you can never go back,” she said. Damiano currently has 67 yaks; the Moscow Food Co-op carries Damiano’s frozen yak burger patties. She markets other yak products as well, such as fur fiber, hides, and manure.<BR>For more information contact Damiano at 208-245-1349. <BR></DIV><?/fontfamily>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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