Kathmandu, June 21 -- Another harsh winter this year in the part of the Tibetan Plateau that is located in Nepal's Upper Mustang region has resulted in a massive loss of livestock.
Mustang's nomads have been particularly hard hit, losing hundreds of yaks, sheep and goats. Blizzards in February killed many of the goats and sheep in their pens, and yaks in the upper regions also died. The nomads have a close bond with their sheep and goats, giving each of the baby animals to the correct mother every evening after grazing.
The nomads who live on the Nepal side of the border with China are resilient, and know how to survive in the bitter cold winters of the high plateau. But nothing prepared them for the ferocity of this year's storms. A seri...