Blake Mathys grew up on a central Ohio farm, going to exotic animal auctions with his father. They collected Scottish Highland cows, Jacob sheep and even peacocks. If it had fur or feathers, it was ...

I came for yak, the classic mountain meat from the Himalayas. I ended up with tikka masala, the classic Indian dish from, uh, Scotland? But I’m getting ahead of myself. It was the yak that brought me ...

In Arunachal Pradesh, yak rearing is mainly practiced by the Monpa tribe, with traditional herders known as Brokpa. The major yak-rearing areas of the state are high-altitude regions of western ...