I have no clue. People really shouldn't ask this website because anyone can answer it, just like me, i could put whatever I wanted. I could say the 6 years ago plankton was domesticated, and some dolt would be sure to include it in a research paper.
several generations
The wild is actually a rather hostile place to live. Most animals die before they even reach sexual maturity. If you are going to return a wild animal to the wild best make sure it is still capable of fending for itself. A domesticated animal wouldn't last long out there.
Ferrets are domesticated animals originally used in hunting and now increasingly kept as pets. They have probably been domesticated for around 2,500 years. Of course, the animal from which they were domesticated (as yet not identified with certainty) was living in the wild for a long time before that, probably for millions of years.
Dog were domesticated about 15,000 years ago.
Only domesticated hedgehogs - "African Pygmies" and Egyptian/Indian Long eared - are kept as true pets. They are great little animals which are a joy to own. Some animal collectors have other species which are NOT DOMESTICATED, and should not be kept as pets.
Probably since the first animal was ever domesticated. I'm sure there was some mean-spirited Cro-Magnum hitting his dog just because he was bigger than the dog.
long time ago
Cows in some form or another have been domesticated for the last 8,000 to 10,000 years. These early cows are known as aurochs and are an ox-like animal.
There have been animal doctors for as long as humans have owned domesticated animals. However, the modern profession of veterinary medicine was founded in the 1860s in Lyon France when the first modern school of veterinary medicine was opened.
About the size of a domesticated cat.
No, "recent" does not have a long sound. The word "recent" is pronounced with a short /i/ sound.
Horses were domesticated long before the concept of genetic engineering was even selective breeding.