author(s)
Nitin Kumar Pandey, SPS Somvanshi, Santosh Kumar, Bhanu Prakash and Chandra Kumar Singh

abstract
Yaks are being raised along with the border high altitude terrains of Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal. In Tawang districts Brokpa are the pastoralist belongs to Monpa tribe, whose profession and livelihood is dependent on yak rearing and use resources like high mountain pastures characteristically by migratory patterns. Brokpas have a base, usually in a traditional winter area, and make well-established moves with their livestock to seasonal pastures. The present study was conducted in district Tawang Arunachal Pradesh during 2016-2017; two blocks were Jang and Zemithang. Purposively 12 Villages were randomly selected in each village with five respondent’s surveyed (total 60). The study revealed that yak rearing and related traditions are losing their charm in the recent era due to the modernization; in-breeding and unavailability of pure yak germplasm, climate change threats, diseases incidences and declining of forests and shrinking of grazing pastures in high altitudes some of the reasons in the decline of yak rearing. To promote sustainable yak rearing work and interventions should focus on developing pastures and grazing rangeland, introducing high-yielding fodder species, supplementary nutritional feed, establishing initiating free yak breeding center services, highly subsidized yak breed improvement schemes, improving through animal and veterinary healthcare facility.