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Research, Policy and Practice

Table 1 Population of livestock species in study area compared with other districts. Figures inside the cells represent the total livestock population in different districts and mean herd size per household in each district

From: Policy or poverty trap? Attitude of goat farmers towards the conservation rule on goat rearing in Bhutan

 

Total population per district

Mean herd size per household in each district

District

Cattle

Mithuna

Yak

Buffalo

Equine

Pig

Sheep

Goat

Cattle

Mithuna

Yak

Buffalo

Equine

Pig

Sheep

Goat

Bumthang

10977

9

3621

0

1278

0

694

5

9

1

3

0

1

0

1

0

Chhukhab

21207

91

0

4

569

1435

620

5779

6

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

Daganab

7127

29

0

78

379

1781

267

7182

6

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

Gasa

977

0

6314

0

2268

0

3

34

2

0

13

0

5

0

0

0

Haa

9730

0

4458

0

1081

75

1

10

9

0

4

0

1

1

0

0

Lhuentse

13616

20

316

0

1463

138

103

59

8

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

Monggar

26367

38

0

0

1465

1065

8

65

6

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

Paro

12246

28

3360

0

1408

568

10

662

5

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

Pemagatshel

7834

5

0

0

459

540

6

78

3

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Punakha

12153

4

0

0

461

254

19

233

6

0

0

0

1

1

0

3

SamdrupJongkharb

16741

128

5

15

1155

460

57

1442

5

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

Samtseb

31295

15

0

258

300

1977

5246

13237

5

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

Sarpangb

23968

109

0

76

497

2879

607

4327

7

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

Thimphu

3526

2

10005

0

1410

370

2

47

4

0

11

0

2

1

0

0

Trashigang

27284

66

6202

0

2712

529

2756

257

5

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

Trashiyangtse

10955

10

555

0

1184

259

2

192

5

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

Trongsa

11315

4

85

0

388

75

107

91

9

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

Tsirangb

12482

2

0

155

115

1805

224

7771

4

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

WangduePhodrang

22149

16

3301

0

596

726

676

450

8

0

1

0

1

1

1

4

Zhemgang

10795

166

0

0

1065

791

2

62

7

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

  1. aThe mithun (Bos frontalis) is a large semi-domesticated bovine, considered as a descendent of the wild Indian gaur or bison, distributed in Northeast India, Bangladesh, northern Burma and in Yunnan, China. bStudy districts