Country Life

"As fewer and fewer people are directly involved in agriculture, it becomes easy for consumers to develop misconceptions about agricultural practices, especially those involving animals. Everyone loves animals and in today’s age it is easy to view them only as pets and companions. People often lose sight of what animal domestication truly is, why it happened in the first place and why it continues to be an essential part of our existence as we know it."

"According to Wikipedia, domestication of animals is “the mutual relationship between animals and the humans who have influence on their care and reproduction.” It is important to note the word “mutual”, because this is the part that often gets lost in remembering why we have animals, especially in agricultural production. We give them feed, shelter, veterinary care, and often times protection — in return, they give us food, or in the case of draft animals, “horsepower.”