Walk on the Wild Side
I spotted this is herd of Cashmere Goats on a Tibetan Road during my 2011 visit to Lhasa, Tibet. There may be Sheep in the Mix… I can’t tell the difference. The Goats are spray-painted to identify who owns them... so they have Cashmere coats of many colors in Lhasa.
A cashmere goat is a type of goat that produces cashmere wool in Tibet, Mongolia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. They are raised for cashmere production and used as pack animals. The breed is most often white, but black, gray and brown animals also occur. They have large, twisting horns. This bloodline produces the finest Cashmere. The goats take their name from their origin in the Himalayan region of Kashmir with the word "cashmere" deriving from an anglicisation of Kashmir.
The Mother and Child are local Tibetans living in Lhasa. The Tibetan people are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 6.7 million. In addition to the majority living in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
(Canon PowerShot (point-n-shoot) 1/400 @ f/5.6, ISO 80, edited to taste)
Walk on the Wild Side
I spotted this is herd of Cashmere Goats on a Tibetan Road during my 2011 visit to Lhasa, Tibet. There may be Sheep in the Mix… I can’t tell the difference. The Goats are spray-painted to identify who owns them... so they have Cashmere coats of many colors in Lhasa.
A cashmere goat is a type of goat that produces cashmere wool in Tibet, Mongolia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. They are raised for cashmere production and used as pack animals. The breed is most often white, but black, gray and brown animals also occur. They have large, twisting horns. This bloodline produces the finest Cashmere. The goats take their name from their origin in the Himalayan region of Kashmir with the word "cashmere" deriving from an anglicisation of Kashmir.
The Mother and Child are local Tibetans living in Lhasa. The Tibetan people are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 6.7 million. In addition to the majority living in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
(Canon PowerShot (point-n-shoot) 1/400 @ f/5.6, ISO 80, edited to taste)