Film

The Ladakh Urial’s Life at the Edge

The urial has roamed the high mountains of Asia since the Ice Age, but recent climate changes, new developments, competition with livestock, and other shifts are testing its survival skills. Will this monarch of the mountains survive the challenges we throw at it?
Film by: Sustain Team
Updated   Jul 25, 2025

Film by: Sustain Team

Updated   Jul 25, 2025
3 min watch
The urial has roamed the high mountains of Asia since the Ice Age, but recent climate changes, new developments, competition with livestock, and other shifts are testing its survival skills. Will this monarch of the mountains survive the challenges we throw at it?
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About the Authors

Sustain Team

Sustain Team

We are a driven group of people from diverse backgrounds, bound by an abiding love for India’s natural world.
Imran Frozen

Imran Frozen

is a filmmaker, photographer and naturalist based in the Himalayas. He is lucky to have captured rare footage of the Eurasian lynx, Pallas’ cat, Himalayan brown bear and the snow leopard.