Antelopes roam free thanks to hooded crusader Hashi

The award-winning film Mountain Patrol: Kekexili (2004) tracks the heroic efforts of a group of Tibetans who face the threat of starvation while attempting to save the endangered Tibetan antelope from hunters.

The story, set against the exquisite backdrop of Kekexili (Hoh Xil), an isolated region in northwestern China's Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is based on the real-life exploits of Hashi Tashi-Dorjie and his fellow protectionists.

Hashi, a Tibetan who was recently named a Shanghai Expo Star for his crusading work, said the movie took a number of artistic liberties, such as showing the carcasses of hundreds of Tibetan antelopes killed by poachers to harvest their wool.