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 popularly in countries where goat populations are natively high like Africa and South Asia. Herding a goat is much more tougher 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 foilage and grass. It is for this reason in these areas, goats are costlier than sheep. For example, the fictional character Peter from Johanna Spyri's Heidi.

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