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animal husbandry
branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fiber, milk, or other products
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pet
thumb|alt=A person works in the kitchen while three dogs and a cat come up to her.|A human with dogs and a [[cat]]
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zoophilia
thumb|"Ancient Greek sodomising a goat", plate XVII from by F. K. Forberg, illustrated by Édouard-Henri Avril Zoophilia is a paraphilia in which a person experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals. Bestiality instead refers to cross-species sexual activity between humans and non-human animals. Due to the lack of research on the subject, it is difficult to conclude how prevalent bestiality is. Zoophilia was estimated in one study to be prevalent in 2% of the population in 2021.
feral child
human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age
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anthrozoology
thumb|Sled dog racing in Alaska
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vermin
thumb|250px|A wild rabbit – considered a Pest (organism)|pest by many, due to its destruction of farm crops
flagship species
concept in conservation biology
bedding
material strewn in an animal's enclosure for it to sleep on and to absorb feces and urine
animal hoarding
keeping more domestic pets than can be cared for
taming
act of make obedient, docile and tractable; to train to follow orders of the owner
emotion in animals
emotion in non-human animals
human–wildlife conflict
negative interaction between humans and wild animals
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skinning
thumb|right|A Kalanga people|Kalanga man skinning a goat at the annual [[Domboshaba cultural festival 2017 in Botswana]]
animal-made art
artwork made by a non-human animal
human–animal marriage
article covering both the theme of a human marrying an animal in fiction and purported cases in reality
devocalization
Devocalization (also known as ventriculocordectomy or vocal cordectomy; when performed on a dog debarking or bark softening; when performed on a cat demeowing or meow softening) is a surgical procedure where tissue is removed from the vocal cords.
human uses of animals
overview of humans' uses of animals
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do not feed the animals
policy forbidding feeding of wild or captive animals in some location
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Gates of Heaven
1978 film by Errol Morris
animal–industrial complex
systematic, industrialized and institutionalized exploitation of animals
human–animal breastfeeding
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Manasollasa
The '''''''' (मानसोल्लास ) also known as Abhilashitartha Chintamani (अभिलाषितार्थ चिन्तामणि )'', is an early 12th-century Sanskrit text composed by the Kalyani Chalukya king Someshvara III, who ruled in present-day Karnataka. It is an encyclopedic work covering topics such as polity, governance, ethics, economics, astronomy, astrology, rhetoric, veterinary medicine, horticulture, perfumes, food, architecture, games, painting, poetry, dance and music. The text is a valuable source of socio-cultural information on 11th- and 12th-century India.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on animals
overview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on animals
warren
rabbit burrow
The Dodo
media group and website
animal transporter
specialized container or vehicle for the transportation of animals
animal loss
grief over the loss of an animal
wildlife disease
diseases in wild animals
Five freedoms
Five Freedoms of animal welfare
mythical human-animal hybrid
entity that incorporates elements from both humans and non-human animals