Goatherd
A goatherd or a goatherder is a person who herds goats for a living. Similar to a shepherd 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 and South Asia.[citation needed] 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.[original research?] For example, the fictional character Peter from Johanna Spyri's Heidi.
The word capriculturist, which is derived from Latin, began to appear with more frequency in the late 1940s.[citation needed]
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