User:Dennis the mennis
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Hello I'm Dennis the mennis I've studied animal welfare at college since 2016. I admire and respect all life and I enjoy interacting with animals as well as reading their body language, in other words I believe in the welfare of all animals. As a wikipedian I help to correct articles that have errors and issues. During my holiday in France a new fact popped into my head it said there's no such thing as a good pet and a bad pet there are only good owners and bad owners. Animals should only be judged by their temperament which determines how they're brought up and treated by their owners. In my opinion, domestic and wild animals aren't that different from each other because they both retain natural instincts for example a dog bite isn't that different from a wolf bite, another example sheep, goats and camels come into rut just like deer do in the wild, both horses and donkeys can be unpredictable just like zebras can. Both domestic pigs and wild boars can be aggressive towards humans due to sows protecting their offspring and boars in the mating season. No animal can be 100% trusted no matter if its domestic or non domestic even a well trained dog can't be completely trusted with small children. I do also like drawing animals on pieces of paper and sometimes color them, I draw speech bubbles on my drawings in order to create a story and a scenario. My theory is that dingoes were once domesticated by the early aboriginals who brought them to Australia to be used for hunting kangaroos and emus, when they invented the boomerang it was a much more effective weapon then the dingo so it replaced them and the hunter gatherers released their dingoes into the wild to fend for themselves. The Greenlandic Inuits originally domesticated Greenland wolves as sled dogs, guard dogs and as pets but now there are none in captivity. I believe that both zoos and safari parks should not keep domestic animals such as camels, llamas, alpacas, Heck horses, domestic water buffaloes, gayals, Highland cattle, Heck cattle, Hungarian grey cattle, yaks, Ankole cattle and Ankole-Watusi cattle because these animals don't play a role in conservation they only play a important role in agriculture, both zoos and safari parks should only keep wild animals that play a vital role in conservation. These domestic animals should only be kept on farms, ranches and petting zoos. Dingoes, New Guinea singing dogs, European mouflons and the kri-kri are considered to be feral therefore should not be kept in zoos but they can be kept as pets or on farms and ranches. I am diagnosed with autism but its mild.
Domestic animal attacks on humans
People have been attacked, bitten, mauled, hit, gored and killed by certain domestic animals such as dogs, cats, ferrets, cattle, gayals, camels, llamas, alpacas, pigs, yaks, zebu, rams, goats, reindeer and water buffaloes, This is usually a result of rabies, animal cruelty, territoriality, mating season and mothers defending their offspring. horses, ponies and donkeys don't attack people but they can bite, strike, trample and kick people which can turn fatal especially by larger breeds.
Feral descendants
Dingoes, kri-kris and European mouflons are all in fact descendants of domestic ancestors. Here are the images in my wikitable.
Dangerous pets
Dogs aren't the only pets to be put down after attacking, mauling and killing people, it should be other pets that should be euthanized not to be sent to zoos after injuring and killing people including their owners such as lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cougars, bears, wolves, dingoes and crocodiles.
Domestic animals
| even-toed ungulates | origin | image |
|---|---|---|
| Cattle
(Bos primigenius taurus) |
Turkey, Iran, Iraq |  |
| Zebu
(Bos primigenius indicus) |
India |  |
| Sanga cattle
(Bos taurus africanus) |
Africa | ,_cropped.jpeg) |
| Bali cattle
(Bos javanicus domesticus) |
Bali |  |
| Gayal
(Bos frontalis) |
India |  |
| Yak
(Bos grunniens) |
Tibet |  |
| Water buffalo
(Bubalus bubalis) |
India |  |
| Sheep
(Ovis aries) |
Iran |  |
| Goat
(Capra aegagrus hircus) |
Iran |  |
| Reindeer
(Rangifer tarandus) |
Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Mongolia, China | _-_young_-_body.JPG) |
| Red deer
(Cervus elaphus) |
Europe |  |
| Elk
(Cervus canadensis) |
North America |  |
| Pig
(Sus scrofa domesticus) |
the Near East, China |  |
| Dromedary camel
(Camelus dromedarius) |
Arabia |  |
| Bactrian camel
(Camelus bactrianus) |
Central Asia |  |
| Llama
(Lama glama) |
Peru |  |
| Alpaca
(Lama pacos) |
Peru |  |
| equids | origin | image |
| Horse
(Equus ferus caballus) |
Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |  |
| Pony
(Equus ferus caballus) |
Northern Europe |  |
| Donkey
(Equus africanus asinus) |
Egypt |  |
| leporids | origin | image |
| Domestic rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) |
Iberia, Southern France | .jpg) |
| rodents | origin | image |
| Greater cane rat
(Thryonomys swinderianus) |
West Africa |  |
| Long-tailed chinchilla
(Chinchilla lanigera) |
Chile |  |
| Guinea pig
(Cavia porcellus) |
Peru | .jpg) |
| Golden hamster
(Mesocricetus auratus) |
Syria |  |
| Roborovski dwarf hamster
(Phodopus roborovskii) |
Central Asia |  |
| Winter white dwarf hamster
(Phodopus sungorus) |
Russia |  |
| Campbell's dwarf hamster
(Phodopus campbelli) |
Mongolia |  |
| Chinese hamster
(Cricetulus griseus) |
China |  |
| Mongolian gerbil
(Meriones unguiculatus) |
Mongolia | .jpg) |
| Degu
(Octodon degu) |
Chile |  |
| Fancy rat
(Rattus norvegicus domestica) |
Japan, China |  |
| Fancy mouse
(Mus musculus domestica) |
Europe, Japan, China |  |
| carnivorans | origin | image |
| Dog
(Canis lupus familiaris) |
Germany, France, Spain, Italy |  |
| Domestic fox
(Vulpes vulpes amicus) |
Prince Edward Island introduced to Russia |  |
| Fuegian dog†
(Lycalopex culpaeus) |
Chile | .jpg) |
| Domestic mink
(Neovison vison domesticus) |
North America |  |
| Ferret
(Mustela putorius furo) |
North Africa, Iberia |  |
| Cat
(Felis catus) |
Iraq |  |
| birds | origin | image |
| Ostrich
(Struthio camelus) |
Africa |  |
| Emu
(Dromaius novaehollandiae) |
Australia |  |
| Greater rhea
(Rhea americana) |
South America |  |
| Indian peafowl
(Pavo cristatus) |
India |  |
| Chicken
(Gallus gallus domesticus) |
India, Southeast Asia, China |  |
| Domestic turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) |
Mexico |  |
| Domestic guineafowl
(Numida meleagris domesticus) |
West Africa |  |
| Grey francolin
(Ortygornis pondicerianus) |
Pakistan |  |
| Northern bobwhite
(Colinus virginianus) |
Virginia |  |
| Japanese quail
(Coturnix japonica) |
Japan |  |
| King quail
(Synoicus chinensis) |
China | .jpg) |
| Domestic pigeon
(Columba livia domestica) |
the Mediterranean Basin | ,_2017-05-27.jpg) |
| Barbary dove
(Streptopelia risoria) |
North Africa |  |
| Domestic canary
(Serinus canaria domestica) |
the Canary Islands |  |
| Society finch
(Lonchura striata domestica) |
China |  |
| Zebra finch
(Taeniopygia castanotis) |
Australia |  |
| Gouldian finch
(Chloebia gouldiae) |
Australia |  |
| Java sparrow
(Padda oryzivora) |
Indonesia |  |
| Cockatiel
(Nymphicus hollandicus) |
Australia |  |
| Budgerigar
(Melopsittacus undulatus) |
Australia | .jpg) |
| Domestic goose
(Anser anser domesticus) |
Southeast Europe |  |
| Knob goose
(Anser cygnoides domesticus) |
China |  |
| Domestic duck
(Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) |
China |  |
| Domestic Muscovy duck
(Cairina moschata domestica) |
South America |  |
| fish | origin | image |
| Guppy
(Poecilia reticulata) |
Brazil |  |
| Mexican molly
(Poecilia sphenops) |
Mexico |  |
| Endler's livebearer
(Poecilia wingei) |
Venezuela |  |
| Variable platyfish
(Xiphophorus variatus) |
Mexico |  |
| Southern platyfish
(Xiphophorus maculatus) |
Central America |  |
| Green swordtail
(Xiphophorus hellerii) |
Central America |  |
| Neon tetra
(Paracheirodon innesi) |
the Amazon basin |  |
| Zebrafish
(Danio rerio) |
South Asia |  |
| Celebes rainbowfish
(Marosatherina ladigesi) |
Indonesia | .jpg) |
| Japanese rice fish
(Oryzias latipes) |
Japan |  |
| Paradise fish
(Macropodus opercularis) |
China, Vietnam |  |
| Siamese fighting fish
(Betta splendens) |
Thailand |  |
| Emerald green betta
(Betta smaragdina) |
Thailand |  |
| Snakeskin gourami
(Trichopodus pectoralis) |
Southeast Asia |  |
| Three spot gourami
(Trichopodus trichopterus) |
Southeast Asia |  |
| Pearl gourami
(Trichopodus leerii) |
Southeast Asia |  |
| Giant gourami
(Osphronemus goramy) |
Southeast Asia | .png) |
| Boeseman's rainbowfish
(Melanotaenia boesemani) |
Indonesia |  |
| Freshwater angelfish
(Pterophyllum scalare) |
Brazil |  |
| Blue discus
(Symphysodon aequifasciatus) |
the Amazon basin |  |
| Crucian carp
(Carassius carassius) |
the United Kingdom |  |
| Goldfish
(Carassius auratus) |
China |  |
| Koi
(Cyprinus rubrofuscus) |
China |  |
| Common carp
(Cyprinus carpio) |
Europe |  |
| Grass carp
(Ctenopharyngodon idella) |
China |  |
| Ide
(Leuciscus idus) |
Europe |  |
| Tench
(Tinca tinca) |
Europe |  |
| Nile tilapia
(Oreochromis niloticus) |
Africa |  |
| European perch
(Perca fluviatilis) |
Europe |  |
| Brown trout
(Salmo trutta) |
Europe |  |
| Rainbow trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
North America |  |
| invertebrates | origin | image |
| Western honey bee
(Apis mellifera) |
Europe, the United Kingdom |  |
| Indian honey bee
(Apis cerana indica) |
India |  |
| Black soldier fly
(Hermetia illucens) |
Central America, South America |  |
| Common fruit fly
(Drosophila melanogaster) |
Africa | .jpg) |
| Domestic silkmoth
(Bombyx mori) |
China |  |
| Eri silkmoth
(Samia ricini) |
India |  |
| House cricket
(Acheta domesticus) |
China |  |
| Cochineal
(Dactylopius coccus) |
Mexico | _04_ies.jpg) |
| Lac insect
(Kerria lacca) |
India |  |
| Garden snail
(Cornu aspersum) |
Europe |  |
| Giant West African snail
(Archachatina marginata) |
West Africa |  |
Current cat subspecies
This is my own view on the current big cat and small cat subspecies.
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Current species in the genus Canis
These are the current species in the genus Canis. Both black-backed jackals and side-striped jackals were originally in the genus now they are moved to a different genus Luputella
| Canis | origin | image |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopian wolf
(Canis simensis) |
Ethiopia |  |
| Wolf
(Canis lupus) |
Europe, Asia, Egypt, North America |  |
| Red wolf
(Canis rufus) |
North America | .jpg) |
| Eastern wolf
(Canis lycaon) |
North America |  |
| African wolf
(Canis lupaster) |
Africa | .jpeg) |
| Coyote
(Canis latrans) |
North America |  |
| Golden jackal
(Canis aureus) |
Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia |  |