domestication of animals

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• Animals in sport — are a specific form of working animals. Many animals, at least in more commercial sports, are highly trained. Two of the most common animals in sport are horses and dogs.Many organisations are dedicated to prevent cruelty to animals, with… …   Wikipedia

• Domestication — Dogs and sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated Domestication (from Latin domesticus) or taming is the process whereby a population of animals or plants, through a process of selection, becomes accustomed to human provision and con …   Wikipedia

• domestication — See domesticate. * * * Process of hereditary reorganization of wild animals and plants into forms more accommodating to the interests of people. In its strictest sense, it refers to the initial stage of human mastery of wild animals and plants.… …   Universalium

• Animals in the Bible — • The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in the Bible     Anima …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Domestication — Do*mes ti*ca tion, n. [Cf. F. domestication.] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Domestication of the horse — A bred back Heck Horse, closely resembling the Tarpan (photographed 2004), believed to be phenotypically close to the wild horse at the time of its original domestication. There are a number of hypotheses on many of the key issues regarding the… …   Wikipedia

• Domestication — Le mouton, une des premières espèces domestiquées. La domestication d une espèce, animale ou végétale, est l acquisition, la perte ou le développement de caractères morphologiques, physiologiques ou comportementaux nouveaux et héréditaires,… …   Wikipédia en Français

• domestication — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Animal husbandry Nouns 1. domestication, taming; animal husbandry; cattle raising, dairy farming, ranching, stock breeding, horse training; transhumance; veterinarianism, veterinary medicine; browsing,… …   English dictionary for students

• Animals in A Series of Unfortunate Events — Many animals appear in the children s book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Most of these creatures are fictional in nature, creations of the author. Even the ones based on real animals seem to be trained to act in ways… …   Wikipedia

• domestication — noun a) The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals. b) The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was… …   Wiktionary

• List of domesticated animals — This is a list of animals that have been domesticated by humans.[1] The list includes species or larger formal and informal zoological categories that include at least some domesticated individuals. It includes livestock, poultry, companion… …   Wikipedia