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Article: Yaks link Tibetans to their homeland; A Cold Spring farmer finds that his herd has reconnected a bond between the exotic animals and the Asian people.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 30, 2000
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On a recent brilliant autumn day, a farmer led his herd of Tibetan yaks up a slope and across the wind-blown green land.
This was not a scene from the Tibetan Plateau. The yak farmer was John Hooper, an ordinary American guy. The exotic oxen were the livestock on his farm near Cold Spring, Minn.
Lately he has found himself in the peculiar position of providing Tibetan immigrants with a touch of their homeland.
His yaks draw Tibetan-Americans to his farm just to see or stroke the animals With their big horns, matted hair, shaggy "skirts" and fluffy tails, the yaks have been a big attraction at annual Dalai Lama birthday celebrations in ...