herder
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Umer, the cattle herder in Afar, said he was worried that an outbreak of disease could start killing his adult camels anytime now.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
In Abdali, an agricultural region abutting Iraq, a lone herder tended to dozens of camels on a recent afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Aliyu Abdullahi Isa, a 25-year-old Fulani herder, knows the names of all the 20 white cattle grazing on the remains of dry stalks of maize.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
When Mongolian herder Ganchimeg's sheep strayed dangerously near a salty lake this summer, driven by hunger as nearby vegetation was poor, she was in a "total panic".
From Barron's
It was a true mystery to me, how the Sun Maiden Chuguillanto could choose a short life with a llama herder rather than eternity with Inti.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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