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Research, Policy and Practice

Table 2 Yak tending problems faced by herders

From: A pattern of livestock depredation by snow leopard to the yak herding pastoralist in western Bhutan

Problem category

Number

%

Predators

24

42.90%

Disease

11

19.60%

Pasture pressure at the border with Tibet

3

5.40%

Feral domestic dogs

7

12.50%

Labour shortage

11

19.60%