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Yaks found a home in the small town of Ridgway, Colorado

How did a ranch in the small town of Ridgway, Colorado, become a breeding place for yaks? The story begins in the 1970s when an American doctor was volunteering in Nepal.

Colorado Public Radio’s Stina Sieg reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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