Pastoralism
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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
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).
Transhumance
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Transhumance is a type of mobile pastoralism in which grazing livestock are moved in herds seasonally between several fixed pastures, in contrast to sedentary pastoralism, where the livestock remain a
Pastoralism
…moving herds locally across short distances in search of fresh forage and water (something that can occur daily or even within a few hours); as well as transhumance, where herders routinely move animals between different seasonal pastures across regions; and nomadism, where nomadic pastoralists and their families…
Transhumance in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Moving sheep up along a drovers' road in the Massif Central, France
Romanian and Vlach transhumance in Balkans
Vlach shepherd in Banat