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6-2021 Herd bull Thor at 10yrs. old

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Thor and his harem of young & old Our girl Yarrow can carry a lot! Those little calves just love Mike! Papa Thor meets new son with mama Yarrow nearby
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Yak in Black . . . Forest

by Kiernan Maletsky

The Gehrings show their alternative livestock with 'hugs and kisses everyday' . . . because they eat less than cows.

Lynda and Mike Gehring attended an alterative live-stock seminar in Denver in 1994, . There, among the animals on display, were several Tibetan yaks. The animals appealed to the Gehrings for several reasons, not least of which was their meager eating habits. Seven years later they aquired their 35 acre parcel of land and started raising yaks.

 

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