Any animal kept by humans for company and enjoyment is referred to as a pet.

 

Any animal kept by humans for company and enjoyment is referred to as a pet.

Although most people keep pets for the enjoyment they provide, this enjoyment seems to be reciprocal, particularly when it comes to horses, dogs, cats, and some other domesticated animals. Therefore, it is possible to characterize pet ownership as a symbiotic connection that benefits both people and animals. Given that pets are found in almost every culture and community and have been kept since the beginning of time, it appears that pet ownership fulfills a fundamental human need.

 

 

Since the dog was the first domesticated species, it is likely that it was also the first pet. The history of pets is entwined with the process of animal domestication. Perhaps the common human practice of keeping captured young wild animals as pets was a major factor in the first stages toward domestication. Eventually, the dogs and their human captives established a cooperative connection. The dog might be very useful for hunting and guarding since it was faster, had stronger jaws, and could track prey better. On the other hand, dogs were guaranteed a steady supply of food and warmth from humans because tracking prey, hence it might be very helpful for hunting and guarding responsibilities. However, in contrast to humans, the dogs were guaranteed warmth and a steady supply of food from the View all of the article’s videos.

 

fire. The paintings and carvings that archaeologists have discovered provide indirect evidence that the dog may have been domesticated and kept as a companion since Paleolithic times.

 

 

discovered in old graves and camps. Dogs that resemble modern mastiffs were depicted taking part in a lion hunt in Mesopotamia. Ancient Egyptian family scenes regularly featured domestic pets; lap dogs usually sit beneath their master’s or mistress’s chair, and hunting dogs of the greyhound or saluki breed accompany their master on the hunt.

Horses and cats are the animals most closely related with humans, second only to dogs. Both of these animal families were domesticated quite late in human history, which is surprising. Although there is no proof that horses were tamed during the Paleolithic or Mesolithic periods, by the year 2000 Chariot wars with horses were a common occurrence in the Middle East in BCE. Astridehorse riding appears to have been a practice that emerged several centuries later (seehorsemanship). Additionally, it appears that cats were not domesticated as pets until the New Kingdom era, which began about the 16th century BCE.

Egypt. The fact that the ancient Egyptians had tamed their

numerous animal species, including dogs, lions, hyenas, monkeys, and the Nile geese, dating back to the Old Kingdom era. However, cats became extremely popular after they were finally domesticated. Over time, the cat emerged as one of the most widely revered creatures.