30 janeiro 2018

Canada And Its Doomed Himalayan Yak Scheme

Canada once tried to import yaks, to get Inuits in northern Quebec herding and farming, and “into mainstream Canadian society”. Basically the idea was to wean Inuit off their hunter-gatherer way of life. And as a side benefit, the yak-importation would cultivate a special relationship with a newly-independent India.

The plan never played out, partially because one of the three test yaks they brought in was sterile!

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