Animal husbandry occupations

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thumb|upright=1.5|Cowboys portrayed in Western art. The Herd Quitter by Charles Marion Russell|C. M. Russell A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend. A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the horses used to work cattle. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or participate in rodeos. Cowgirls

thumb|Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India thumb|Spanish shepherd on horseback herding sheep in Murcia (1880). thumb|Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry.

thumb|upright|200px|Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868 A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol mainly in Argentina and Uruguay but also in Paraguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, southern Bolivia, and southern Chile. Gauchos became greatly admired and renowned in legend, folklore, and literature and became an important part of their regional cultural tradition. Beginning late in the 19th century, after the heyday of the gauchos, they were celebrated by South American writers.

thumb|upright|A beekeeper holding a brood frame, in Lower Saxony, Germany thumb|right|A commercial beekeeper working in an apiary A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees, a profession known as beekeeping. The term beekeeper refers to a person who keeps honey bees in beehives, boxes, or other receptacles. The beekeeper does not control the creatures. The beekeeper owns the hives or boxes and associated equipment. The bees are free to forage or leave (swarm) as they desire. Bees usually return to the beekeeper's hive as it presents a clean, dark, sheltered home.

thumb|A Danish milk maid with shoulder yoke circa 1935 A milkmaid, milk maid, milkwoman, dairymaid, or dairywoman is a girl or woman who works with milk or cows. She milks cows and may prepare dairy products such as cream, butter, and cheese. The term milkmaid is not the female equivalent of milkman in the sense of one who delivers milk to the consumer; it is the female equivalent of milkman in the sense of cowman or dairyman.

thumb|upright=1.4|"A Dead Horse on a Knacker's Cart", drawing by Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827). thumb|A group of dead pigs awaiting pickup by a local knackery, dumped at the edge of a farm site in [[Scotland; pig farmers in particular prefer the knackery truck not to come close to where live pigs are kept as this is a way that disease can be spread.]] thumb|Smoke discharging from incinerators at Douglasbrae Knackery, Scotland. The business deals with the disposal of animal carcasses from all over the north-east of Scotland.

hooked walking stick used by shepherds

thumb|Huaso in a Chilean [[wheat field, 1940]] thumb|"The Huaso and the Washerwoman" by Mauricio Rugendas (1835). thumb|Espuelas, or silvered steel spurs, of a Chilean huaso A huaso () is a Chilean countryman and skilled horseman, similar to the American cowboy, the Mexican charro (and its northern equivalent, the vaquero), the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande Do Sul, and the Australian stockman. A female huaso is called a huasa, although the term china is far more commonly used for his wife or sweetheart, whose dress can be seen in cueca dancing. Huasos are found all over Central a

person who hunts and/or manages game by profession

thumb|A modern teamster with his truck

thumb|Llanero, 19th century, photography from Alphons Stübel. thumb|Camille Pissarro dressed in a Llanero outfit, reclining, c. 1852-1855. thumb|A group of Venezuelan hunters wearing the countryman cavalry attire from the region with a Bahareque house. A '''''' (, 'plainsman') is a Venezuelan and Colombian herder. The name is taken from the Llanos grasslands occupying eastern Colombia and western-central Venezuela.

A breeder is a person who selectively breeds carefully selected mates, normally of the same breed, to sexually reproduce offspring with specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics. This might be as a farmer, agriculturalist, or hobbyist, and can be practiced on a large or small scale, for food, fun, or profit.

thumb|A charro on his horse thumb|Female and male charro regalia, including sombreros de charro thumbnail|right|Mexican Charro (1828). Originally, the term "Charro" was a derogatory name for the Mexican Rancheros, the inhabitants of the countryside. The term is synonymous with the English terms "yokel", "hick", "country bumpkin", or "rube".

300px|thumb|upright=1.35|Vaquero (1877) thumb|“Music of the Plains” (mural study, Kilgore, Texas, 1939) by [[Xavier Gonzalez. This New Deal-era artwork features a Vaquero serenading a woman, symbolizing the deep Hispanic cultural roots in Kilgore's identity. The original study is housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.]]

thumb|I Butteri, Giovanni Fattori (1893) thumb|"Driving wild cattle in the Maremma", illustration from The Penny Magazine, 1832 A buttero (, plural butteri) or cavalcante is a mounted herder, usually of horses, of cattle, or of buffaloes, in Italy, predominantly in the Maremma region, in the Roman Marshes or in the Pontine Marshes.

worker who removes wool from domestic sheep

thumb|A csikós in the puszta of [[Hortobágy, 1846]] thumb|Csikós in the puszta near the Körös River, 1855 thumb|A modern-day csikós The csikós (, singular) is a horse-mounted herdsman of Hungary. The csikós tradition is closely associated with the Hungarian puszta, the temperate grasslands of the Great Hungarian Plain, which encompasses the largest stretches of the greater Pannonian Basin. In recent times, csikós have been particularly tied to the environs of Debrecen and Hortobágy National Park, the latter deploying csikós to watch over and maintain large herds of free-ranging native Hungaria

person who works specifically with cattle

thumb|A gardian in Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze, France. thumb|Gardians at the arena of Méjanes, in Arles, France thumb|Gardians selecting bulls from a manade for use in the course camarguaise, [[Camargue, France, early twentieth century]]

Arab oral tradition