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Detained for saving yaks

February 20, 2014;

Three senior monks have been detained in Qinghai province’s Golog prefecture. Radio Free Asia has reported that Ringpu, 50, Yutruk 51, and Salshap, 47, all from the Golog Gangshar monastery, purchased and freed 300 yak swhich were on their way to a slaughterhouse. Buddhist teachings encourage the practice of saving animals from imminent slaughter, hailing it as a meritorious action. Tibetans have held silent campaigns in the past to save yaks from slaughterhouses, which are mostly owned by the Chinese.

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