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Could the lamb have got hurt from being flung from this height, onto the ground? Is this animal cruelty or Standard Operating Procedure for shepherds in the mountains? Comments, please! Did I notice a tag on the big ram? I think it has a metal tag above its left cheek! Please note the Chukor (Chukar or Alectoris chukar) partridge running out of the sheep's stall, across the rocks! Ladakh a word which means "land of high passes", is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir of Northern India sandwiched between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south. The Indian portion of Ladakh is composed of the Leh and Kargil districts. The Leh district is the largest district of India, covering more than half the area of Jammu and Kashmir, of which it is the eastern par