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WHYC Spring Newsletter: Yak Tracks, May 2022

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So Grateful to our new friend, renowned Nat Geo photographer, Simon Urwin, for his Support!.

So Grateful to our new friend, renowned Nat Geo photographer, Simon Urwin, for his Support!

We’re excited about our new Big donation!

WHYC Annual Report and Livestock Conservancy evaluation receives a renewal on the Conservation Priority List (CPL).


WHYC Winter Newsletter: Yak Tracks, December 2021

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Thanks to the Center for Biological Diversity for their important and valued support.

Yak Fest Was a Huge Success!

New Whole Genome Sequencing Research (WGS) at University of Wisconsin Madison.


WHYC Fall Newsletter: Yak Tracks, September 2021

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We’re Excited About to New Friends that are Award-winning, Heritage Breed Documentary Film makers at Backyard Green Films.

 
 
 

Come Out to Support Yak Fest. It Promises to be a great time for everyone!


We’re big fans of our new friends at Pig Pen Theater Company. Check out their work and see what we mean..

So Grateful to our new Nat Geo friends at Human Planet for their exceptional footage and love of yak.


WHYC Spring Newsletter: Welcome to WHYC, May 2021 

Our mission is preserve this important genetic diversity for future generations.

WHYC criterion for North American Heritage Yak have been added to the Conservation Priority List (CPL) at the Livestock Conservancy in the Research Category.

We’re the only Yak association at are approved as Conservation Partners with the Association of Zoo’s and Aquariums (AZA).

We’ve created the criterion that was approved by the Livestock Conservancy to define the Heritage Yak Breed.

 

Brent Huffmann of Ultimate Ungulates is a fond supporter of heritage yak. We’re proud.

 

Look for the Heritage Stamp to see if you have a Heritage Breed Yak.

USPS Recogieses Heritage Breeds for the first time issuing Heritage Stamps.