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Wildlife Rehabilitation Station in Qinghai - China

A rescued bharal grazes at the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Station in Qilian Mountain National Park in northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 23, 2025. The Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Station sits at an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters at the foot of the Qilian Mountains. The station is mainly responsible for wildlife rescue, population monitoring, post-release tracking, public education, and nature-based learning. To date, the station has rescued and sheltered 211 animals across 36 species, including snow leopard, Chinese desert cat, vulture, bharal and Tibetan gazelle. Photo by Sun Ruibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Station in Qinghai - China

A rescued roe deer fawn grazes at the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Station in Qilian Mountain National Park in northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 23, 2025. The Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Station sits at an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters at the foot of the Qilian Mountains. The station is mainly responsible for wildlife rescue, population monitoring, post-release tracking, public education, and nature-based learning. To date, the station has rescued and sheltered 211 animals across 36 species, including snow leopard, Chinese desert cat, vulture, bharal and Tibetan gazelle. Photo by Sun Ruibo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Nomads - Saqqez

A flock of sheep grazes in a mountainous area near Saqqez, Iran, on May 9, 2025. Saqqez is located in Iran's Kurdistan Province, where nomadic communities continue to practice seasonal migration and traditional livestock herding. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IRAQ-SALAHUDIN-CHILDREN-SHEPHERD

(240602) -- SALAHUDIN, June 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Hathal Sabbar grazes a flock of sheep in Salahudin Province, Iraq, on May 27, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Traumatized Iraqi children struggle to overcome hardships after years of violence" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-SALAHUDIN-CHILDREN-SHEPHERD

(240602) -- SALAHUDIN, June 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hathal Sabbar grazes a flock of sheep in Salahudin Province, Iraq, on May 27, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Traumatized Iraqi children struggle to overcome hardships after years of violence" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-EMIN-SERVICE STATION (CN)

(240114) -- EMIN, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A herdsman grazes sheep in a pasture in Emin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2024. Service stations here, often called "Happiness Stations," are located on pastures or on the paths traveled by herdsmen during their migrations. The stations provide services and organize various cultural and recreational activities for herdsmen to enrich their leisure time. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-EMIN-SERVICE STATION (CN)

(240114) -- EMIN, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A herdsman grazes sheep in a pasture in Emin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2024. Service stations here, often called "Happiness Stations," are located on pastures or on the paths traveled by herdsmen during their migrations. The stations provide services and organize various cultural and recreational activities for herdsmen to enrich their leisure time. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231221) -- BEIJING, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin grazes sheep on pasture in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 18, 2023. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. (Photo by Tenzin Norbu/Xinhua)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin drives sheep back to shed in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 18, 2023. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 18, 2023 shows sheep heading back to shed in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Photo by Tenzin Norbu/Xinhua)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 18, 2023 shows modern shed (L) and traditional roofless sheepfold in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin grazes sheep on pasture in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 18, 2023. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Photo by Tenzin Norbu/Xinhua)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 18, 2023 shows sheep heading back to shed in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Xinhua/Liu Wenbo)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin drives sheep back to shed in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 18, 2023. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin's little sister runs towards sheep in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 18, 2023. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 18, 2023 shows sheep heading back to shed in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-NAGQU-SHEEP-WINTERING (CN)

(231220) -- NYIMA, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin grazes sheep on pasture in Ngoqu Town, Nyima County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 18, 2023. Ngoqu Town is located in Qiangtang Grassland, with an average elevation of more than 5,000 meters. Tenzin, a 21-year-old girl from Ngoqu Town, grazes more than 380 sheep on the grassland. Although the temperature at night is close to minus 20 degrees Celsius recently, Tenzin is not worried about the sheep at night, because they have lived in modern sheds funded by the government. These new sheds are mainly brick-concrete structures and covered with thermal insulation roofs. In the past, once the pasture was covered by snow, the livestock were deprived of feed. Nowadays, there are sufficient reserves of forage for them. (Photo by Tenzin Norbu/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-ENVIRONMENT-NIGHT VIEW-ANIMAL

(231023) -- SINGAPORE, Oct. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A sambar deer grazes on the edge of a forest adjacent to Singapore's Central Catchment Nature Reserve on Oct. 23, 2023. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecological environment improves

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecological environment improves

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecological environment improves

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel's son Sonam Gyeltsen grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecological

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel's wife Dougekyi grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecological envir

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecological environment improves

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecological environment improves

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CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel's daughter Rinchen Dolma grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecologi

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-FORAGE GRASS-HARVEST (CN)

(230829) -- TAXKORGAN, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A herdswoman grazes cattle on a pasture in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 28, 2023. August and September are the annual forage grass harvest season for people living in the pasturing area in Xinjiang. Herdsmen in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, which is to the east foot of the Pamirs, have been busily preparing winter forage for their livestock recently. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-VIEW

(230820) -- CAPE TOWN, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An antelope grazes at Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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CHINA-TIBET-YAMDROK LAKE-SCENERY (CN)

(221213) -- LHASA, Dec. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A herder grazes sheep along Yamdrok Lake in Nagarze County of Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Dec. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-LIVESTOCK-DEMAND FALLING

(220704) -- HAJJAH, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Yemeni farmer grazes a flock of goats in the Midi District of Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, July 3, 2022. In Midi, a coastal district in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah, local sheep or cattle farmers are preparing for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, also known as the Feast of the Sacrifice. The livestock farmers, who already have to deal with soaring prices of fodders and a severe fuel shortage, are under additional strains as a result of the shrinking demand brought on by widespread poverty. TO GO WITH "Feature: Yemeni livestock farmers hit by falling demand ahead of Eid al-Adha" (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-LIVESTOCK-DEMAND FALLING

(220704) -- HAJJAH, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Yemeni farmer grazes a flock of goats in the Midi District of Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, July 3, 2022. In Midi, a coastal district in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah, local sheep or cattle farmers are preparing for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, also known as the Feast of the Sacrifice. The livestock farmers, who already have to deal with soaring prices of fodders and a severe fuel shortage, are under additional strains as a result of the shrinking demand brought on by widespread poverty. TO GO WITH "Feature: Yemeni livestock farmers hit by falling demand ahead of Eid al-Adha" (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HULUN BUIR-SUMMER PASTURE (CN)

(220626) -- HULUN BUIR, June 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A herdsman grazes cattle and sheep on the summer pasture in Xin Barag Zuoqi of Hulun Buir City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HULUN BUIR-SUMMER PASTURE (CN)

(220626) -- HULUN BUIR, June 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A herdsman grazes cattle and sheep on the summer pasture in Xin Barag Zuoqi of Hulun Buir City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Zecong)