Snow-white yak heifer Karpo born at Nasze Zoo

Quite a few yaks have already been born at Nasze Zoo. From black ones to dark ones with white stripes on their backs and gray-mottled ones—there has been almost everything. But a snow-white yak with black-tipped ears is an absolute first!

White yaks are rare and are considered especially valuable in their homeland. According to an old tradition, the bushy tails of dead yaks are placed on poles above prayer flags. They are believed to bring good luck and protect the home. (A white yak tail is considered significantly more valuable than a black one.)

The color white has extensive symbolism: it protects, creates distance, and is also a symbol of purity, positive thinking, impartiality, truth, and inviolability. White is closely associated with wisdom. This color inspires purity, unity, awareness, and awakening.

In Tibet—the homeland of yaks—a snow-covered white mountain on the national flag symbolizes the sacred Mount Kailash, a symbol of the Tibetan people.

Representatives of Nasze Zoo Görlitz-Zgorzelec decided that the exceptional heifer deserved an exceptional name—Karpo (in Tibetan: white; positive, pure).