CHISAGO CITY, Minn. - The Yaks are back, and a Chisago County couple could not be happier about it.
Mary Bronson feared her three big babies might not return after she found the big gate open Thursday morning, and the wooly yaks nowhere to be found.
The Bronsons, Mary and her husband Jack, got the yaks from a Colorado breeder a year and a half ago and have raised the male and two females ever since on their ranch outside Chisago City. The giant animals were bottle raised, are tame, and Mary feared they would be vulnerable on their own.
She notified the Sheriff's department about 6 a.m. Thursday, and set out with nearly a dozen friends to locate the animals.
Finally, just after 1 p.m. Friday, SKY 11 came upon the yaks in a swamp approximately three miles from the Bronson ranch as the crow flies. The helicopter hovered above the beasts as Mary and her volunteer team approached and grabbed the yak's leads.
Mary is still not sure whether someone opened the latch to the gate, or if it wasn't shut properly.
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