Goatherd

A goatherd or a goatherder is a person who herds goat Domestic goat

The domestic goat is a domesticated [i] subspecies of the wild goat [i] of southwest Asia [i] and easte ... 

s for a living. Similar to a shepherd Shepherd

A shepherd is one who takes care of sheep [i], usually in flocks in the fields. ... 

 who tends sheep for a living, the drover here herds goats. Goatherds are popular in countries where goat populations are natively high; for instance, in Africa Africa

Africa is one of the greatest sized continents of the Earth.... 

 and South Asia South Asia

South Asia, also Southern Asia, is a south [i]ern geopolitical [i] region [i] of the Asia [i] ... 

. Herding a goat is much more difficult than herding sheep as, unlike sheep, goats do not have a herd mentality and each goat will tend to stray farther in search of better foliage and grass. It is for this reason that, in these areas, goats are costlier than sheep. For example, the fictional character Peter from Johanna Spyri's Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri was an author of children's stories, and is best known for Heidi [i]. ... 

 Heidi Heidi

Heidi is a story focusing on events in the life of the title character, a young orphan [i] girl, in ... 

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A goatherd or a goatherder is a person who herds goat Domestic goat

The domestic goat is a domesticated [i] subspecies of the wild goat [i] of southwest Asia [i] and easte ... 

s for a living. Similar to a shepherd Shepherd

A shepherd is one who takes care of sheep [i], usually in flocks in the fields. ... 

 who tends sheep for a living, the drover here herds goats. Goatherds are popular in countries where goat populations are natively high; for instance, in Africa Africa

Africa is one of the greatest sized continents of the Earth.... 

 and South Asia South Asia

South Asia, also Southern Asia, is a south [i]ern geopolitical [i] region [i] of the Asia [i] ... 

. Herding a goat is much more difficult than herding sheep as, unlike sheep, goats do not have a herd mentality and each goat will tend to stray farther in search of better foliage and grass. It is for this reason that, in these areas, goats are costlier than sheep. For example, the fictional character Peter from Johanna Spyri's Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri was an author of children's stories, and is best known for Heidi [i]. ... 

 Heidi Heidi

Heidi is a story focusing on events in the life of the title character, a young orphan [i] girl, in ... 

.

The word capriculturist, which is derived from Latin, began to appear with more frequency in the late 1940s.