The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Y is for Yak: an animal that is an integral part of high-altitude livelihoods throughout the Himalayas, Tibet and Central Asia. - See more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/y-is-for-yak#sthash.BqkRIOjQ.dpuf