For herder Bayarduuren Zunduikhuu, it is also one of the busiest. “We wake up as the sun rises,” she says. “Spring is all about the cashmere harvest.” Like many members of Mongolia’s estimated 300,000 ...

Most major luxury brands — including Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Burberry and Prada — buy their cashmere from Mongolian farms that effectively torture the goats that produce the pricey fabric, ...

PETA renewed its attack on luxury giants after claiming to find cruelty in their cashmere supply chains. An investigation into a Mongolian supplier to Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Hermès and Louis Vuitton ...

Cashmere is an unlikely candidate for controversy. It conjures up images of cozy, expensive scarves, made from the belly hair of goats roaming across the steppes of Mongolia, using techniques and ...

Mongolian goats produce the world's highest quality cashmere wool, and international demand has soared. There's a problem, though. These goats are... How Your Cashmere Sweater Is Decimating Mongolia's ...

The coveted material known for its luxurious softness has become much more accessible and affordable in recent years. But at what cost? Who are they? Well, the fellers providing the goods are cashmere ...

If you buy a cashmere sweater from Johnstons of Elgin, a 226-year-old Scottish wool mill, you might pay $450. Some other brands charge thousands. But it’s also possible to buy a cashmere sweater ...

In the vast, snowy Mongolian countryside, nomadic herders are combing through the hair shed by their yak. It used to be that they would throw away the hair -- until Nancy Johnston persuaded them it ...

The organization alleged that two of the Asian herding operations it observed engaged in animal cruelty despite their membership in the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA). The non-profit aims to ...

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There's a lot of time for contemplation when you're milking cows in Mongolia. 90-year-old Lkhagvajav Bish has milked them for decades. She's a nomadic herder, and she follows them in their endless ...