• Question: how can people live with animals

    Asked by sofia98 to Valeria, Jo on 22 Jun 2012.
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      Joanna Cruden answered on 22 Jun 2012:

      Sofia98, I am not sure if you meant as pets or on this planet so I have tried to cover both:

      pets

      people have lived with animals for hundreds of years, when we first domesticated animals they were selected for certain criteria, for example, they had to grow fast, accept that humans were dominant, be good tempered, some species started to evolve into being more like pets, and people began to rely on the animals for their own survival.

      neighbours

      We need to respect their lifestyle, not try to destroy the very forests and land they live in by changing it to farmland or deforestation, we need to learn to respect animals and see them as creatures with an equal right to live on this planet in harmony

      I hope this has answered your question but please let me know if you need more.

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