work animal
Farm's living tractor
A work animal is an animal used for labor rather than kept as a pet, for food, or for breeding.
Horses pull plows and carry riders, oxen haul heavy loads, donkeys transport goods on mountain trails.
The category includes elephants used in logging, camels in desert transport, and dogs that herd livestock or pull sleds.
The farmer relied on his work animals more than his tractor.
- dogDomesticated barking mammal
- horseDomesticated riding animal
- oxenCastrated male cattle
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- pack muleLoad-bearing equine
sheepdog · donkey · zebu · yak · reindeer · carrier pigeon · llama · draft horse · plow horse · war horse · camel · police dog · guide dog · seeing eye dog · alpaca · elephant · pit pony · herding dog
work animalpet
Domesticated household companion
companion animal · lap dog · ornamental fish · therapy animal · house cat
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