| The goat was probably one of the first animals to be domesticated in Asia, almost 9000 years ago. Angora goats are believed to have originated in the Himalaya Mountains of Asia. They found their way to Turkey, where the name Angora was taken from Ankara, the name of the province where the goats were first bred. The breed's silky coat yields the mohair fibre. The Angora had been widely imported into Europe by the mid-18th century, but not until the animal was successfully established in South Africa a century later, did the Western mohair industry develop. |