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Domestication is a gradual process, so there is no precise moment in the history of a given species when it can be considered to have become fully domesticated. Zooarchaeology has identified three classes of animal domesticates: Pets (dogs, cats, ferrets, hamsters, etc.) Livestock (cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, etc.)
Domestication (not to be confused with the taming of an individual animal [3] [4] [5]), is from the Latin domesticus, 'belonging to the house'. [6] The term remained loosely defined until the 21st century, when the American archaeologist Melinda A. Zeder defined it as a long-term relationship in which humans take over control and care of another organism to gain a predictable supply of a ...
Because the evolution of domestic animals is ongoing, the process of domestication has a beginning but not an end. Various criteria have been established to provide a definition of domestic animals, but all decisions about exactly when an animal can be labelled "domesticated" in the zoological sense are arbitrary, although potentially useful. [45]
Concern for animal welfare resurges in the 1950s, resulting in the federal Humane Slaughter Act [10] and the Animal Welfare Act. [11] 1966-2016: Intensive animal agriculture continues to grow, with the number of land animals slaughtered for food in the U.S. growing from 2.4 billion in 1965 to 9.2 billion in 2015. [12]
The mustang is a free-roaming horse of the Western United States, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors.Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but because they are descended from once-domesticated animals, they are actually feral horses.
Pages in category "Lists of North American domestic animal breeds" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Animal breeds originating in the United States — domesticated animal breeds for agriculture, sports, or pets from the U.S. Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
Goats are among the earliest animals to have been domesticated by humans. [7] A genetic analysis [ 8 ] confirms the archaeological evidence that the wild bezoar ibex , found today in the Zagros Mountains , but formerly widespread in Anatolia , is the likely original ancestor of all or most domestic goats today.