Wool from pashmina goats is the most expensive and coveted cashmere in the world. But the shaggy creatures that provide the yarn are being pushed out of their grazing lands.
PASHMINA GOATS. In this file photo taken on August 30, 2019, Changpa nomad Sonam Yangzom ties pashmina goats before milking them in a nomadic camp, about one kilometer from Korzok village in the Leh district of Ladakh. Photo by Noemi Cassanelli/AFP
"In about 3 years when the newborn goats would have started yielding pashmina we'll see a significant drop in production," Sonam Tsering of the All Changtang Pashmina Growers Cooperative Marketing Society told Agence France-Presse . The alleged movements came after military fisticuffs at the eastern part of the border near Sikkim in May.But this year, even the main winter grazing areas near KakJung, Tum Tselay, Chumar, Damchok, and Korzok are out of bounds amid the heightened tensions, he added.
Tsering said Indian soldiers were blocking the animals from entering areas deemed as sensitive, while herders told him the Chinese army was pushing Tibetan nomads into their grazing areas. The goats yield some 50 tons of the finest and most expensive feather-light cashmere wool each year, supporting the vital handicrafts industry in Kashmir that employs thousands of people.
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