What are the advantages and disadvantages of domestication?

Answer 1

Advantages:

- provide food for many people esp. in livestock sector

- provide companion animals for people to enjoy caring for and being with

- gain knowledge and experience handling and rearing animals

- pride of ownership

- satisfaction of end-product or how the animals have worked out for you

- make use of land that is not suitable for other argicultural sectors esp. with grazing animals (sheep, cattle, goats)

- make use of excess grain and feed to feed animals

- make use of some food-waste products to be fed to animals who might benefit from it

- obtain income from selling excess stock

- responsibility to find adequate management practices to maintain health of livestock but also have a low-cost operation

- can gain emotional and spiritual attachment to animals that one raises, depending on the livestock or companion animals being raised

- huge responsibility to maintain basic needs

- pride in seeing animals reared from babyhood grow into adults

Disadvantages:

- responsibility to find adequate management practices to maintain health of livestock but also have a low-cost operation

- make use of some food-waste products to be fed to animals who might benefit from it

- huge responsibility to maintain animals' basic needs

- costs in buying feed/food for animals, building shelter/handling facilities

- no such thing as holidays when raising animals

- much hard work and endless chores involved

- in most livestock sectors there is little money gained from selling stock; most are in it for the pleasure

- financial and marketing responsibilities for selling animals

- can be tiring feeding baby animals every 2 hours 24/7

Answer 2

Advantages of domestication include access to resources such as food and protection, as well as potential for companionship. Disadvantages can include dependence on humans for survival, loss of natural behaviors, and potential for mistreatment or exploitation.

Answer 3

advantages

make more food for us

give more time to build new technology

never have to hunt

Disadvantages

stuff go extinct

lose defensive abilities