Mohair goat herds have shaped the vegetative landscape and eroded hillslopes of many a watershed in Turkey, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, South Africa, etc. Automobile upholstery was largely mohair until the end of World War II when petrochemical fibers stole the market. One of the few natural fibers with multiple end-uses, it can be blended into either apparel, upholstery, drapery, or rugs. From the Kashmir province of northern India, the cashmere goat remains quasi-domesticated, its supply subject to political troubles. A major eco-transformer of the high plateaus of India, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Iran, and Afghanistan.
Isolated herders comb about four ounces per year from each goat.
Shawls, dressing gowns, sweaters, dresses, and long underwear have luxurious, silky, soft, and pliant texture, beautiful drape, and rare wrinkles. Alpacas coevolved with high Andes grasses, limiting globalization compared to sheep. Their slippery fibers resist dying and weaving. They can be sheared only once every two years. A multi-purpose cameloid, locals love them as pack animals with the perk of harvesting a coarser, weaker wool with lots of kemp.