Known as transhumance, this long-distance movement takes livestock from pastures in one region to another with more food available for grazing. While large herbivores migrated naturally before ...

Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock among migratory routes in the Mediterranean and Alps, is a form of pastoralism. Every year in spring and autumn, thousands of animals are driven by ...

Transhumance -- the seasonal movement of people with their livestock -- has fallen in some parts of Spain by up to 80 percent over the past four years. The scientists say that traditional ...

A herd of 300 enters Castropignano, during the last day of a 112-mile, four-day cattle drive from Puglia to summer meadows in Molise, a seasonal migration called a transhumance. This story appears ...

On the occasion of Earth Day, the documentary film "Transhumance: An Ancient Practice with Modern Values" produced by Sincro Produzioni and directed by Giuseppe Ielpo, represents a project of ...

April 22, 2025 — On the occasion of Earth Day, 'Transhumance: An Ancient Practice with Modern Values,' an exciting and necessary docufilm, is released to celebrate a millennial tradition and its ...

The routes of the transhumance comprise the grazing in the Gran Sasso and the Maiella up to Capitanata (Foggia). They pass through the inner side of the Apennines which are formed by an extremely ...

The documentary and this article tell the last chapter of a long family history of transhumance, an ancient, sustainable — but increasingly fragile — practice of seasonal droving. Three o ...

With regards to livestock rearing, the role of sheep and goat transhumance in high mountain areas has stood out traditionally, while only a marginal role has been given to other livestock ...

People watch sheep and goats walking through a street during the Transhumance Festival in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 23, 2022. The festival originated from the transhumance practice, in which shepherds ...

The annual Transhumance Festival, a celebration dedicated to reconnecting people and the land, happens Saturday. A woolly procession of sheep set to make its way through Petaluma Saturday morning ...