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unusual facts about herding


Patti caste

Patti is a traditional caste of Herdsmen from Sri Lanka’s feudal past.


43-Man Squamish

The science fiction novel Endymion by Dan Simmons describes Raul's flight through a crowded mess as, "They made way for me as I dodged through them like a deep brooder on a forty-three-man squamish team herding the goat in for the goal."

Aezkoa

In the 20th century the most important phenomenon is the rural exodus, caused by the crisis of the cattle-herding sector, that reduced its population to only c.1000 inhabitants.

Agriculture in Qatar

Small-scale farming, nomadic herding, pearling, and fishing were the predominant means of subsistence in the region for the centuries before the discovery of oil.

Bambara people

The Jula specialised in long distance trade, as did Fula communities within the state, who added this to cattle herding.

Demographics of Finland

About 90 percent of Finland's 4,400 Sami lived in the municipalities of Enontekiö, Inari, and Utsjoki, and in the reindeer herding-area of Sodankylä.

Elbegdorj Rinchino

Elbegdorj was born on May 16, 1888 into a herding family in Barguzinsky District, Transbaikal.

Human trafficking in Uganda

Karamojong women and children are sold in cattle markets or by intermediaries and forced into situations of domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, herding, and begging.

Louis Phillips

He moved to Spadra (now part of Pomona) in 1862 and began engaging in sheep herding and cattle raising.

Marvão

While little can be seen today in Marvão of this period, tradition states that the large herding dogs of Iberia were introduced by the Alans: (Portuguese mastiffs can be seen guarding livestock in fields around Marvão, while the bulky Alano Espãnol was used in Spanish bullfights).

Olivia Hallinan

In December 2011 Hallinan played the role of Justine in Lucinda Coxon's play "Herding Cats" at the Hampstead Theatre, London, a role she previously played at the Ustinov Studio, Bath in December 2010.

Qubain Family

The story told: One day, Hanna was out herding his cattle in the mountains of Ajloun when the rain came down heavily.

Rose of the Prophet

Khardan: Calif of the horse-herding Akar and son of Sheikh Majiid, prophet of Akhran.

Utøya

All of these islands were formerly used for herding (as is shown in the meaning of Geitøya) by the people at Sundvollen.


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