Animals are an equally vital part of the village economy. For draught, the villagers used mainly oxen and water buffaloes. The milk of the cows of both is a valuable item of diet, very often eaten as yoghurt, and their dung is the main source of fuel. Occasionally they are sold for meat, or ceremonially eaten in the village. People say there are about a hundred teams of horses in the village now, though oxen or water buffaloes are still commoner.
Most households own a few sheep, and many own small flocks.
They are kept as much for their milk and their tails as for their wool and meat. Chickens are to be seen everywhere - scavenging in the latrines, or messing in the houses. Some people keep pigeons for meat and manure. The technical processes in Sakaltutan are still almost entirely traditional. Villages to the east were in 1950 said still to be using only sickles.