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(190619) -- LHASA, June 19, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 14, 2019 shows collections at the Yak Museum in Lhasa, capital of southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region. Over 40 years ago, Wu Yuchu was trapped in a blizzard in southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region. It was 1977, two years after Wu had started working in Tibet. He and more than 50 other people had to hide in a mud-brick house. Temperatures outside dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, and food was running out. Hope seemed to be fading away. When the rescue team finally found them with yaks carrying life-saving supplies, Wu

(190619) -- LHASA, June 19, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 14, 2019 shows collections at the Yak Museum in Lhasa, capital of southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region. Over 40 years ago, Wu Yuchu was trapped in a blizzard in southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region. It was 1977, two years after Wu had started working in Tibet. He and more than 50 other people had to hide in a mud-brick house. Temperatures outside dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, and food was running out. Hope seemed to be fading away. When the rescue team finally found them with yaks carrying life-saving supplies, Wu Stock Photo

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(190619) -- LHASA, June 19, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 14, 2019 shows collections at the Yak Museum in Lhasa, capital of southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region. Over 40 years ago, Wu Yuchu was trapped in a blizzard in southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region. It was 1977, two years after Wu had started working in Tibet. He and more than 50 other people had to hide in a mud-brick house. Temperatures outside dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, and food was running out. Hope seemed to be fading away. When the rescue team finally found them with yaks carrying life-saving supplies, Wu felt immediately bonded to the beasts. He could not have imagined that the bond would last for decades. Yaks saved his life, and he spent most of his life promoting the animal. I have started watching and studying them since PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

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