During flood emergencies, I have seen pastoralist people playing on their lives to save their cattle. There is an inherent care for animals that comes out in times like these. A lady whose cattle drowned in the flood (her house was safe) was continuously saying “what will I do in this barren house when my mal (livestock) is gone. People dealing with policies on pastoralism and development miss out on these moments and meanings that more-than-human hold for local mountain communities. It is not just about the cow or the goat, it is a worldview of mutual existence.