Table of Contents
218 relations: Adaptation, Allergy, Aloe vera, Alpaca, Altruism, Amphibian, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Animal, Animal cognition, Animal fancy, Animal hoarding, Animal husbandry, Animal loss, Animal protectionism, Animal testing, Animal welfare, Animal-assisted therapy, Ant, Ant-keeping, Anthropomorphism, Anthrozoology, Aquarium, Armadillo, Arthropod, Asthma, Axolotl, Édouard Manet, Ball python, Barb (fish), BBC News, Bee, Before Present, Begonia, Belgium, Betta, Biological pest control, Bird, Blacklisting, BNNVARA, Bombyx mori, Bourgeoisie, Bovinae, Breed registry, Breed-specific legislation, Breeder, Brown bear, Budgerigar, Buffalo Bill, ... Expand index (168 more) »
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
Allergy
Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are various conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.
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Aloe vera
Aloe vera is a succulent plant species of the genus Aloe.
Alpaca
The alpaca (Lama pacos) is a species of South American camelid mammal.
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Altruism
Altruism is the principle and practice of concern for the well-being and/or happiness of other humans or animals above oneself.
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Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
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Animal cognition
Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals including insect cognition.
Animal fancy
Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals. Pet and animal fancy are pets.
Animal hoarding
Animal hoarding, sometimes called Noah syndrome, is keeping a higher-than-usual number of animals as domestic pets without the ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. Pet and animal hoarding are animals and humans.
Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.
Animal loss
The loss of a pet or an animal to which one has become emotionally bonded oftentimes results in grief which can be comparable with the death of a human loved one, or even greater, depending on the individual. Pet and animal loss are animals and humans and pets.
Animal protectionism
Animal protectionism is a position within animal rights theory that favors incremental change in pursuit of non-human animal interests.
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Animal testing
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms, in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study.
Animal welfare
Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals. Pet and animal welfare are animals and humans.
Animal-assisted therapy
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is an alternative or complementary type of therapy that includes the use of animals in a treatment. Pet and animal-assisted therapy are animals and humans.
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Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
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Ant-keeping
Ant-keeping (or ant keeping) is a hobby involving the capture, care, and observation of ants and ant colonies.
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities.
Anthrozoology
Anthrozoology, also known as human–nonhuman-animal studies (HAS), is the subset of ethnobiology that deals with interactions between humans and other animals. Pet and Anthrozoology are animals and humans.
Aquarium
An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.
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Armadillo
Armadillos (little armored ones) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata.
Arthropod
Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.
Asthma
Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.
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Axolotl
The axolotl (from āxōlōtl) (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander.
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Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter.
Ball python
The ball python (Python regius), also called the royal python, is a python species native to West and Central Africa, where it lives in grasslands, shrublands and open forests.
Barb (fish)
A barb is one of various ray-finned fish species in a non-phylogenetic group, with members in the family Cyprinidae, and especially the genera Barbus and Puntius, but many others also.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
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Bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.
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Before Present
Before Present (BP) or "years before present (YBP)" is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.
Begonia
Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
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Betta
Betta is a large genus of small, active, often colorful, freshwater ray-finned fishes, in the gourami family (Osphronemidae).
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Biological pest control
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Blacklisting
Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list; if people are on a blacklist, then they are considered to have done something wrong, or they are considered to be untrustworthy.
BNNVARA
BNNVARA is a broadcasting association and network within the Dutch public broadcasting system.
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Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori, commonly known as the domestic silk moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Bombycidae.
Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.
Bovinae
Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.
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Breed registry
A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry, the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known.
Breed-specific legislation
In law, breed-specific legislation (BSL) is a type of law that prohibits or restricts particular breeds or types of dog.
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Breeder
A breeder is a person who selectively breeds carefully selected mates, normally of the same breed to sexually reproduce offspring with specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics. Pet and breeder are pets.
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Brown bear
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America.
Budgerigar
The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), also known as the common parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot.
Buffalo Bill
William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman.
Camel
A camel (from camelus and κάμηλος from Ancient Semitic: gāmāl) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back.
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Canid hybrid
Canid hybrids are the result of interbreeding between the species of the subfamily Caninae.
Captivity (animal)
Animal captivity is the confinement of domestic and wild animals.
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Capuchin monkey
The capuchin monkeys are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae.
Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
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Cattle
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.
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Chicken
The chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets or for cockfighting. Chickens are common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion, and an annual production of more than 50 billion birds.
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Child
A child is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty.
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Children's hospital
A children's hospital (CH) is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth up to until age 18, and through age 21 and older in the United States.
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Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa.
Chinchilla
Chinchillas are either of two species (Chinchilla chinchilla and Chinchilla lanigera) of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America.
Chocolate
Chocolate or cocoa is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods.
Classroom pet
Classroom pets are animals that are present in an educational classroom as a pet. Pet and classroom pet are pets.
Cockatiel
The cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), also known as the weero/weiro or quarrion, is a medium-sized parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia.
Columbidae
Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons.
Companion parrot
A companion parrot is a parrot kept as a pet that interacts abundantly with its human counterpart. Pet and companion parrot are pets.
Condominium
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual owners.
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
Cruelty to animals
Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction of suffering or harm by humans upon animals, either by omission (neglect) or by commission.
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Cuteness
Cuteness is a type of attractiveness commonly associated with youth and appearance, as well as a scientific concept and analytical model in ethology, first introduced by Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz.
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Dander
Dander is material shed from the body of humans and other animals that have fur, hair, or feathers.
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Directional selection
In population genetics, directional selection is a type of natural selection in which one extreme phenotype is favored over both the other extreme and moderate phenotypes.
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Divorce
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union.
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Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.
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Dog show
A dog show is an animal show, an event where dogs are exhibited.
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Domestic canary
The domestic canary, often simply known as the canary (Serinus canaria forma domestica), is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands.
Domestic duck
Domestic ducks (mainly mallard, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, with some Muscovy ducks, Cairina moschata domestica) are ducks that have been domesticated and raised for meat and eggs.
Domestic rabbit
The domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) is the domesticated form of the European rabbit, a member of the lagomorph order.
Domestic turkey
The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey.
Domesticated hedgehog
The domesticated hedgehog kept as a pet is typically the African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris).
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Domesticated silver fox
The domesticated silver fox (Vulpes vulpes forma amicus) is a form of the silver fox that has been to some extent domesticated under laboratory conditions.
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Domestication
Domestication is a multi-generational mutualistic relationship in which an animal species, such as humans or leafcutter ants, takes over control and care of another species, such as sheep or fungi, to obtain from them a steady supply of resources, such as meat, milk, or labor.
Donkey
The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.
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Environmental impacts of animal agriculture
The environmental impacts of animal agriculture vary because of the wide variety of agricultural practices employed around the world.
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Equinae
Equinae is a subfamily of the family Equidae, known from the Hemingfordian stage of the Early Miocene (16 million years ago) onwards.
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Estate (law)
In common law, an estate is a living or deceased person's net worth.
Ethics
Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.
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European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals
The European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals is a treaty of the Council of Europe to promote the welfare of pet animals and ensure minimum standards for their treatment and protection.
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European hare
The European hare (Lepus europaeus), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia.
Exotic pet
An exotic pet is a pet which is relatively rare or unusual to keep, or is generally thought of as a wild species rather than as a domesticated pet. Pet and exotic pet are pets.
Falling (accident)
Falling is the action of a person or animal losing stability and ending up in a lower position, often on the ground.
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Fancy mouse
A fancy mouse is a domesticated form of the house mouse (Mus musculus), one of many species of mice, usually kept as a type of pocket pet.
Fancy rat
The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and the most common species of rat kept as a pet.
Feather
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs.
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Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) is an authority tasked with ensuring the quality and safety of foodstuffs in Belgium, and safeguarding plant, animal and human health this way.
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Felid hybrids
A felid hybrid is any of a number of hybrids between various species of the cat family, Felidae.
Feline arterial thromboembolism
Feline arterial thromboembolism (FATE syndrome) (German: Feline arterielle Thromboembolie) is a disease of the domestic cat in which blood clots (thrombi) block arteries, causing severe circulatory problems.
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Ferret
The ferret (Mustela furo) is a small, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae.
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Finch
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
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Formicarium
A formicarium (formicaria or formicariums) or ant farm is a vivarium which is designed primarily for the study of ant colonies and how ants behave and for the enjoyment of ants as pets.
Fowl
Fowl are birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes).
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Freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water.
Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail').
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Fur
Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals.
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Gary L. Francione
Gary Lawrence Francione (born May 1954) is an American academic in the fields of law and philosophy.
Gazet van Antwerpen
The (popularly named De Frut) is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra.
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Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.
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Goldfish
The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes.
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Goose
A goose (geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae.
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Gouldian finch
The Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae), also known as the Gould's finch or the rainbow finch, is a colourful passerine bird that is native to Australia.
Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.
Guide dog
Guide dogs (colloquially known in the US as seeing-eye dogs) are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles.
Guinea pig
The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the cavy or domestic cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the genus Cavia in the family Caviidae.
Guppy
The guppy (Poecilia reticulata), also known as millionfish or the rainbow fish, is one of the world's most widely distributed tropical fish and one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species.
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Hamster
Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera.
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Henry Raeburn
Sir Henry Raeburn (4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter.
Hermit crab
Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons.
Honey bee
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia.
Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
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Houseplant
A houseplant, sometimes known as a pot plant, potted plant, or an indoor plant, is an ornamental plant that is grown indoors.
HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
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Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
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Hyrax
Hyraxes (from ancient Greek ''ὕραξ'' (húrax) 'shrew-mouse'), also called '''dassies''', are small, stout, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea.
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Iguana
Iguana is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
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Il Messaggero
Il Messaggero (English: "The Messenger") is an Italian daily newspaper based in Rome, Italy.
Industrialisation
Industrialisation (UK) or industrialization (US) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society.
Inheritance
Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.
James Tissot
Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), better known as James Tissot, was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.
Japanese rice fish
The Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes), also known as the medaka, is a member of genus Oryzias (ricefish), the only genus in the subfamily Oryziinae.
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (5 April 1732 (birth/baptism certificate) – 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism.
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Kangaroo
Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot").
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Kennel club
A kennel club (known as a kennel council or canine council in some countries) is an organization for canine affairs that concerns itself with the breeding, showing and promotion of more than one breed of dog.
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.
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Koi
, or more specifically, are colored varieties of carp (Cyprinus sp.) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens.
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Koko (gorilla)
Hanabiko, nicknamed "Koko" (July 4, 1971 – June 19, 2018) was a female western lowland gorilla.
Lease
A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the lessee) to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset.
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Legal guardian
A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court or otherwise has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to make decisions relevant to the personal and property interests of another person who is deemed incompetent, called a ward.
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium longiflorum, often called the Easter lily, is a species of plant endemic to both Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan).
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List of animal rights groups
This list of animal rights groups consists of groups in the animal rights movement.
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List of individual cats
This is a list of real, famous cats which achieved some degree of popularity either in their own right or by association with someone famous.
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List of individual dogs
The following is a list of individual dogs.
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Livestock
Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.
Lizard
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
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Llama
The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the pre-Columbian era.
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Maladaptation
In evolution, a maladaptation is a trait that is (or has become) more harmful than helpful, in contrast with an adaptation, which is more helpful than harmful.
Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
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Marmoset
The marmosets, also known as zaris or sagoin, are twenty-two New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, and Mico.
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Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (Ministerie van Economische Zaken; EZ) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for international trade, commercial, industrial, investment, technology, space policy, as well as tourism.
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Mongolian gerbil
The Mongolian gerbil or Mongolian jird (Meriones unguiculatus) is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae.
Monkey
Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians.
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Mouse
A mouse (mice) is a small rodent.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.
Non-human
Non-human (also spelled nonhuman) is any entity displaying some, but not enough, human characteristics to be considered a human.
Nursing home
A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people.
Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health.
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Oscar (fish)
The oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) is a species of fish from the cichlid family known under a variety of common names, including tiger oscar, velvet cichlid, and marble cichlid.
Ownership
Ownership is the state or fact of legal possession and control over property, which may be any asset, tangible or intangible.
Parrot
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines, are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet.
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Passerine
A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.
Personal injury
Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind, or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property.
Personhood
Personhood is the status of being a person.
Pet adoption
Pet adoption is the process of transferring responsibility for a pet that was previously owned by another party. Pet and pet adoption are pets.
Pet monkey
A pet monkey is a monkey kept as a pet.
Pet ownership among homeless people
Between 5% and 10% of '''homeless people''' in the United States own pets (mainly dogs and/or cats).
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Peter Singer
Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W.
Philodendron
Philodendron is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae.
Pig
The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal.
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Pit bull
Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers.
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Poecilia sphenops
Poecilia sphenops is a species of fish, of the genus Poecilia, known under the common name molly; to distinguish it from its congeners, it is sometimes called short-finned molly or common molly.
Poinsettia
The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important flowering plant species of the diverse spurge family Euphorbiaceae.
Political correctness
"Political correctness" (adjectivally "politically correct"; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.
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Property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves.
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Property damage
Property damage (sometimes called damage to property), is damage or destruction of real or tangible personal property, caused by negligence, willful destruction, or an act of nature.
Pug
The Pug is a breed of dog with the physically distinctive features of a wrinkly, short-muzzled face, and curled tail.
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Quail
Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes.
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RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm.
Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents.
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Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
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Robotic pet
Robotic pets are artificially intelligent machines that are made to resemble actual pets. Pet and Robotic pet are pets.
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
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Rottweiler
The Rottweiler is a breed of domestic dog, regarded as medium-to-large or large.
RTL Nieuws
RTL Nieuws is a Dutch television news service produced by RTL Nederland.
Salamander
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults.
Scholar
A scholar is a person who is a researcher or has expertise in an academic discipline.
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Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone.
Selective breeding
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
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Sheep
Sheep (sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
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Siamese fighting fish
The Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), commonly known as the betta, is a freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Sloth
Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths.
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Small mammals as pets
The domestication of small mammals to keep as pets is a relatively recent development, arising only after large-scale industrialization.
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Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
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Social relation
A social relation is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more individuals within and/or between groups.
Sugar glider
The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum.
Tame animal
A tame animal is an animal that is relatively tolerant of human presence. Pet and tame animal are animals and humans.
Tarantula
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer, often referred to simply as The Inquirer, is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Theory of mind
In psychology, theory of mind refers to the capacity to understand other people by ascribing mental states to them.
Therapy dog
A therapy dog is a dog that is trained to provide affection, comfort and support to people, often in settings such as hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, libraries, hospices, or disaster areas.
Tom Regan
Tom Regan (November 28, 1938 – February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory.
Tonda (orangutan)
Tonda (1958 – 23 March 2009) was the oldest orangutan in the United States.
Trouw
Trouw ("loyal", "true") is a Dutch daily newspaper appearing in compact size.
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Turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.
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University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England.
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Veterinarian
A veterinarian (vet) is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine.
Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
Virtual pet
A virtual pet (also known as a digital pet, artificial pet, or pet-raising simulation) is a type of artificial human companion.
Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & Research (also known as Wageningen UR; abbreviation: WUR) is a public research university in Wageningen, Netherlands, specializing in life sciences with a focus on agriculture, technical and engineering subjects.
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Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
Whitelist
A whitelist is a list or register of entities that are being provided a particular privilege, service, mobility, access or recognition.
Wild boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.
Wildlife
Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.
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Working animal
A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks instead of being slaughtered to harvest animal products.
Zoonosis
A zoonosis (plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human (usually a vertebrate) to a human and vice versa.
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