Altay Pasturing Area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region suffered from snow disaster this winter. The snow disaster is infrequent and seldom seen in the last 50 years. The cold weather lasted for several months and brought great difficulties to the local livestock production and people's life. For removing the difficulties, local farmers of all ethnic groups brought part of the livestock into their courtyards and fed them with crop straws or the fodder they stored themselves...