Quote Originally Posted by Addie
why do the pictures make you sad? He has a leash, but they had to keep the chain on him because the baby is afraid of him. I just talked to Wisdom(the person i was staying with) yesterday and he said he acts like a little puppy, like my James. *Sigh* i miss James. But, whatever...he is considered domstic. And i never planned on bringing him here. But one thing i don't understand, you can catch a wild dog and it is considered domestic, but if you catch a monkey, or a monkey that came from a breeder, why is it called wild?
A wild dog or wild cat (feral animals) are still domesticated. A coyote and wolf are a totally seperate thing. They are not domesticated. Monkeys are NOT domesticated, even IF they came from a breeder. Ferrets, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, horses, cattle, etc are domesticated species. Monkey, tigers, zebras etc are NOT domesticated. They may be tame (meaning less likely to bite as they were raised by/with humans) but in no way domesticated. Some wild animals are considered exotics. I do exotic animal rescue and while some of the exotics I have come in different colors (one way to know a species is domesticated) they are still exotic. Short tailed possums, hedgehogs, kinkaju's, wolf hybrids, even some hybrid cat breeds such as Bengals, Chausies and Savannah cats are considered exotic animals in some states and you must have a permit to own one.

Here is a very good article explaining domestication and tameness. I love this article. It is so interesting!

http://www.devbio.com/article.php?ch=23&id=223