animal care
Feeding and grooming
Animal care is the practice of looking after animals' health, safety, and wellbeing.
The term covers everything from feeding a pet to veterinary medicine to wildlife rehabilitation.
In institutional contexts, animal care often refers to formal programs maintaining animals in research facilities, zoos, or shelters: She works in animal care at the university.
- feedingGiving food to
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- nail trimmingCutting back fingertips' edges
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
rescue operations · wildlife rescue · milking · diagnosis · enrichment · behavioral therapy · emotional support · rehabilitation · husbandry · euthanasia · rewilding · pet insurance · sanctuary · wellness check · sheltering · shearing · vet · adoption
- animal ethicshumane treatment, ethical treatment, sentient beings, cruelty prevention, humane slaughter
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- aquariumdolphin, penguin, fish tank, ray, octopus
- caregivingnurture, look after, watch over, tend to, mothering
- Chicago governmentalderman, city clerk, city treasurer, precinct, city budget
- Lab Operationslab manager, lab technician, lab safety, lab equipment, lab notebooks
animal careanimal abuse
Mistreatment of fauna
animal cruelty · animal neglect · animal suffering · maltreatment · brutality
animal careplant care
Maintaining living vegetation
plant cultivation · horticulture · gardening · floriculture · agriculture
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