Tameless and torrid Africa is the most properly place that lingers in mind when people talking about wild animals. Group of wild elephants, lions, tiers…which can be seen here and there in Africa grassland are likely to "torture" your eyes. But within China's territory, in the "roof of the world"—Tibet Autonomous Region, there hides a place boasting the kingdom of wild animals, although it maybe is strange to many people. His name is Rutog County of Ngari, Tibet.

Rutog County lies in the western part of Ngari Prefecture, which is honored as "ridge of the roof of the world". It is the highest wild animal paradise found in the world.

A wild Tibetan yak curvets with fellows on snowy land. Photo by Xinhua on April 30.

A great number of wild animals set their home there, such as wild Tibetan yak, black-necked crane, Bar-headed goose and also wild Tibetan donkey.

Story about Tibetan yak can be heard everywhere in Tibet, among which two are talked most frequently. It is said in the 1960s and 70s, wild Tibetan yaks inundate the capacious desert of Ngari. At that time car was still a rare prosperity in Tibet, and is even regarded as a "giant monster" by the great strapping Tibetan yaks. People said that leader of the yak group would attack cars passing by to the ground in a bid to show off its prowess to the monster. Though many doubt about the yak's power, the feral wild Tibetan yak guy is still impressive and imposing.

A bevy of black-necked cranes (Grus Nigricollis) perch in Lhasa river valley near Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region Dec. 11, 2008.

Black-necked crane is the common visitor for Rutog County. It is one of the rare birds in China and listed into China's first class protected animal. They only distribute in China Tibetan-inhabited provinces of Qinghai, Yunnan and Sichuan and also Tibet, and only a few of them can be seen in India, Bhutan and other China's neighboring counties.

Ngari, Nagqu, Xigaze, Lhoka and Lhasa of Tibet are their major habitats and only some 2,000 can be found by far in Tibet, inscribing into the Vulnerable on the IUCN (The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Red List of Endangered Species.

According to local farmers in Rutog County, the black-necked crane is very wide-awake but not fearing of human-being, especially the local Tibetan people in folk costumes. They usually rest in the grassland with livestock harmoniously.

Black-necked crane caters much to local Tibetans and is honored as "divine bird".

Bar-headed gooses at Konggar Man-hatch Bar-headed Goose Base in Lhoka, photo from Xinhua on November 13.

Bangong Lack of Ritu County is the favorite place for bar-headed goose. Thousands of bar-headed geese gather in the Bangong Lack every June to July. The barrier of nature keeps it away from rorty outside, leaving a tranquility for propagating and gaming of birds.

For those who living in the blatant cities, here is just what they admire.

According to staff of the publicizing department of Rutog County, warm current from Bay of Bengal arrives in Ngari in spring, bringing back the bar-headed geese, who spend the winter in south Asia.

It is said the mother bird will abandon her nestlings which are touched by men as they carry the odor of human-being.

A pair of wild Tibetan donkeys are chasing each other on snowy land. Photo by Xinhua on April 22.

Another creature that is worth to be mentioned is the wild Tibetan donkey, which means "general" in Tibetan language. A Tibetan driver surnamed Zhaba said Tibetan wild donkey is a runner, even wolf catches them in vain. They like chasing cars untill they take the first place by half-head distance or totally wear out.

Car driver has to admit defeat when the road is bumpy or meeting a corner.

The existence of the creatures proves the Ngari is not a place as people described "forbidden zone for life". 
For all human-being, natural factors in Ngari, which lies in 5,000 meters above the sea level, is serious, but for animals, an ideal place to live in. More than 40 species of animals under national first or second class protection set their homes there.

Now Ngari has a total of more than 150,000 national first class protected animals, one time to the total local population of people.

For the whole Tibet, it nurtures more than 9,600 species of wildlife, boasting a "gene bank for ensuring global biodiversity".

With all-out efforts taken from the central government of China and Tibet's local governments, we wish, or we have to say we have strong confidence that human is able to live with wild animals harmoniously in Tibet Autonomous Region.