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| A '''goatherd''' or '''goatherder''' is a person who ] ]s as a vocational activity. It is similar to a ] who herds sheep. Goatherds are most commonly found in regions where goat populations are significant; for instance, in ] and ]. Goats are typically bred as dairy or meat animals, with some breeds being shorn for wool (see ]).{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} | |||
| Companies using goats to control and eradicate ], ], and other toxic weeds have sprouted across the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/3251/40/|title=American Pastoral|date=Sep–Oct 2012|publisher=''Brown Alumni Monthly''}}</ref> | |||
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Goatherds in fiction
Fictional goatherds include Peter from Johanna Spyri's Heidi, and the song "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music. Enid Blyton's novel The Secret of Killimooin, set in the fictional but probably eastern European country of Baronia, features a blind goatherd called Beowald, so in tune with his environment that he can roam the mountains using his other senses, apparently unhindered by his lack of sight. The Link who appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was also a goatherd.