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World Animal Day Prompts Reflection on How We Define Animals
Original: Happy #WorldAnimalDay! 🐾🌎 We often use “animal” and “wildlife” interchangeably, but they’re not quite the same thing. 👀 “Animal” is the big biological umbrella. It includes everything from dogs and cats to cows, pigs, zoo animals, lab mice – and yes, even hu
World Animal Day is being marked around the world, with organisations using the occasion to explain the difference between 'animal' and 'wildlife'. The former covers all animal life, from pets and livestock to lab animals and even humans, while 'wildlife' refers only to undomesticated species living in nature.
Why now: People are marking World Animal Day and sharing facts about animal welfare and terminology.
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