Kashmir’s ‘Chopans’: Tradition Contract Shepherding Under Strain but Alive
January 30, 2025
Srinagar: High in Kashmir’s mountain pastures, Mohammad Rafiq tends to 1,000 sheep under the constant threat of predators, trekking three hours just to make a phone call home. He is among the few practitioners of contract shepherding, a centuries-old practice struggling to survive in modern Indian-administered Kashmir. According to Anadolu