All 6 Uses of
domesticated
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- But comparing a farm like Polyface to a concentration camp is to ignore reality -- the reality of domesticated animals.†
Chpt 4.19
- This is based on the false idea that humans went out and forced animals to be domesticated.†
Chpt 4.19
- But the history of domestication is much more complicated.†
Chpt 4.19
- Zoologists will tell you that certain animals more or less "chose" domestication.
Chpt 4.19 *domestication = being made fit for service to humans
- For many animals, domestication has been a winning strategy.†
Chpt 4.19
- And eventually it would mean the end of chickens, cattle, and many of the other domesticated species that at this point depend on us for their continued existence -- depend, that is, on us eating them.†
Chpt 4.19
Definition:
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(domesticated) to make fit for service to humans or home life -- by breeding or taming