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domesticated animal

vr.tr.domesticated-animal · PHY.LIV

Let an agent explain domestication and kinds of domesticated animals, describe welfare, ownership and breeding rules, support care questions, and describe the history of domestication with attribution.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain domestication and kinds of domesticated animals, describe welfare, ownership and breeding rules, support care questions, and describe the history of domestication with attribution.

An animal whose breeding, care and behaviour have been shaped by humans over generations for food, work, companionship or other purposes, including livestock, pets, working and service animals, therapy animals and animals used by militaries, as well as domestic-wild hybrids; domestication differs from taming and is governed by animal welfare, breeding and ownership laws.

What it is for: Animals shaped by human breeding and care.

It can be explain domestication and kinds; describe welfare and ownership rules; support care questions; describe history of domestication.

Distinguishing features

Generational selection

Dependence on humans

Purpose-bred

Welfare-regulated

What it looks like

Farm animals, pets and working animals.

How it is recognised

Bred and kept by humans

Livestock, pets, working animals

A tamed wild animal is not domesticated

Related models

is a kind of - category

captive animal

is a kind of - category

non-human animal

includes - an example

goose

includes - an example

goldfish

In practice

Families and kinds

livestock and productive animals

companion animals

working, service and therapy animals

animals in military and police use

domestic-wild hybrids

Standards and regulation

Animal welfare laws

Breeding and registration rules

Rules on service and assistance animals

Failure modes and hazards

Poor welfare and neglect

Zoonotic disease

Confusing taming with domestication

Also called

domestic–wild hybrid animalmilitary animalservice animalproductive animaltherapy animalmissing animalsmall animalmountmeat-producing animalbreederdomesticated mammalWolves as pets and working animalshelper monkeysheep and goats

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What domestication is.

Concept.

Concept

Domestication versus taming.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is domestication, how does it differ from taming, and which traits change under domestication? definition
  2. Which animals are considered domesticated? provenance

Kinds

Kinds of domesticated animal.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What roles do livestock, pets, working, service, therapy and military animals play? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific animal? action
Care Welfare and care.

Practice.

Welfare

Welfare standards.

Welfare

Welfare.

  1. Which welfare laws and standards apply to keeping this kind of animal here? provenance
  2. Is an animal suffering or in danger now? boundary

Ownership

Ownership and registration.

Ownership

Ownership.

  1. Which registration, identification and ownership rules apply, and what happens with lost or missing animals? provenance
  2. Which rules govern service animals in public places? provenance
Use Working and hybrid animals.

Attribution.

Working

Working and service animals.

Working

Working animals.

  1. How are service, therapy and working animals trained and regulated? provenance
  2. What are the attributed positions on animals in military and police use? boundary

Hybrids

Domestic-wild hybrids.

Hybrids

Hybrids.

  1. What are domestic-wild hybrids such as wolfdogs, and how are they regulated? provenance
  2. Which welfare concerns are documented? provenance
History History of domestication.

Science.

Origins

Origins.

Origins

Origins.

  1. When and where were animals domesticated, according to archaeology and genetics? provenance
  2. How did domestication shape human societies? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can domestication be taught in biology and history? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each animal be linked to its entry?
  • How should welfare rules be localised?
  • How should domestication research be linked?
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