Himalayan Musk Dear | Sagarmatha National Park Nepal

The Himalayan musk dear (Moschus chrysogaster) protected by Sagarmatha national park. This genus of primitive deer is highly valued for its cosmetic and alleged pharmaceutical properties, although this musk, produced in a gland of the males, can be extracted from live animals, most “musk-gatherers“ kill the animals to remove the entire sac, which yields only about 25 grams (1/40 of a kilogram) of the brown waxy substance. Such poaching is relatively easy to accomplish and difficult to stop using only legal means. This shy Himalayan mammal species is listed by IUCN as Endangered because of a probable serious population decline. save the animals and nature.