Animals of Ladakh

Ladakh is home to many rare and hilarious animals, most of which are far less aggressive than your regular insane Indian Monkey or rabid dog.

Here is a photographic essay of animals we encountered in Ladakh. All I am missing is a picture of me on a Yak.

We saw rare puppies:

Very placid dogs:

Flirty cows:

Animals either locked out of or jailed within gompas:

Surprising trout:

And our favourites, donkeys. They are so cute, and numerous. In Leh there are many donkeys that have been retired from their professions in the manual labour fields yet have nowhere to go. So they just wander the streets eating rubbish and trying to avoid being hit by cars or trucks. So someone has set up the Donkey Sanctuary, where they have a lovely time standing in this dirt field. We took them some carrots and had a lovely afternoon.