About the book: 1986 / BASKIN Leonid Mironovich - Doctor of Biological Sciences, head of the laboratory of applied ethology of terrestrial vertebrates at the Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Animal Ecology named after. A. N. Severtsova USSR Academy of Sciences. The author of many popular science books. The book is dedicated to a new direction in applied ethology: the study of the characteristics and patterns of behavior of herd animals as the basis of shepherding. Acquiring knowledge in this field of science is undoubtedly important for livestock workers, teachers, and rural school students.