Herding is the act of bringing individual animals together into a group, maintaining the group, and moving the group from place to place—or any combination of those. Herding can refer either to the pr
A man herding goats in Tunisia
Shepherd herding sheep in Patagonia, Argentina
Cowboys portrayed in Western art. The Herd Quitter by C. M. Russell
Herding goats in the Apennine Mountains
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The
Herding
…describe this human intervention, most individuals involved in the process term it mustering, "working stock", or droving. A herder or herdsman is a pastoral worker responsible for herding, i.e., the care and management of a herd or flock of domestic animals, usually on open pasture. It is particularly…
Pastoral site at Tangnu village, Rohru in Himachal Pradesh, India
A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
Saharan rock art from the Pastoral Period at Tassili n'Ajjer in the central Sahara, showing numerous pastoral scenes with cattle and herders
Khoikhoi dismantling their huts, preparing to move to new pastures. Aquatint by Samuel Daniell (1805).