Editorial | Pashmina- Fibre from Capra Hiracus The True Beauty 

In 2019, A documentary film “Pashmina Road”  Cashmere Himalayan goats , from Ladakh to Kashmir, by Errol Rainey and Isaac Wall for ZEZE Collective, is a meditative visual story that spans from Ladakh to Kashmir to chronicle the elaborate process from sourcing, to making of end pieces. An excerpt from an essay by Monisha Ahmad xplains pashmina source as:

In Ladakh during summer months changra goats (Capra Hiracus) are herded to lower altitudes where they can graze on pastures growing along the glacial rivers and streams. The nomads say that during the winter, the pashm (A Persian word meaning soft )  lies close to the goat’s skin, insulating it from the bitter cold; it is only when the winter is over that the Pashm rises above the goat’s skin and can easily be combed out.  So In the spring  (the moulting season), the goats naturally shed their undercoat (fleece), which regrows in winter. This undercoat is collected by combing the goat, apart from natural shedding of inner fleece. A male pashmina goat usually yields up to 300 grams of pashmina, a female pashmina goat about 200 to 250 grams.