Herding is the act of bringing individual animals together into a group (herd), maintaining the group and moving the group from place to place—or any combination of those. The domestic goat ( Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat Domesticated from the Wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. A herd is a large group of animals The term is usually applied to mammals particularly Ungulates. While the layperson uses the term "herding", most individuals involved in the process term it mustering, "working stock" or "moving".
Herding can be performed by people or trained animals such as herding dogs. A herding dog is a type of Pastoral dog that either has been trained in Herding or belongs to a breed developed for herding Some animals instinctively gather together as a herd while some predators, such as wolves and dogs have instinctive herding abilities. The grey wolf or gray wolf ( Canis lupus) also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order Herding can also be done using wire through which electricity is sent.
Herding is used in agriculture to manage domesticated animals. The people whose occupation it is to herd or control animals often have herd added to the name of the animal they are herding to describe their occupation (shepherd, goatherd, cowherd). A shepherd is a person who tends to feeds or guards Sheep, especially in flocks A goatherd (ˈgoʊtˌhɜrd or a goatherder is a person who herds Goats for a living A cowboy is an animal Herder who tends Cattle on Ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback and often performs a multitude of These -herds may use dogs to assist them and a competitive sport has developed in some countries where the combined skill of man and dog is tested and judged in a Trial.
Reindeer husbandry is also practiced by Sami people. The Sami people are the Indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway
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Herd behavior is an excessive collective behavior, for example in stock market bubbles, riots, and cults. A herder is a worker who lives a possibly semi- Nomadic life caring for various domestic Animals in places where these animals wander Pasture lands Herd behaviour describes how individuals in a group can act together without planned direction A stock market bubble is a type of Economic bubble taking place in Stock markets when price of Stocks rise and become overvalued by any measure of Stock Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice There is also Nomadic Herding, one type of subsistence agriculture.
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- Herder
- List of collective nouns for non-human mammals
- The competitive sport of Sheepdog trials
- When people are herded it is often known as crowd control. A herder is a worker who lives a possibly semi- Nomadic life caring for various domestic Animals in places where these animals wander Pasture lands Border Collie sheepdog trialjpg|thumb|right|300px|A Border Collie at the sheepdog trials at Rural Hill Farm in Huntersville North Carolina Crowd control is the controlling of a Crowd, to prevent the outbreak of disorder and prevention of possible rioting
- Herding cats (phrase)
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