Discovering Ways Animals Help People

1. Discovering Ways Animals Help People

2. Ways Animals Provide Food for People • Meat Animal Animal raised especially for its meat

3. Dairy Cattle cattle especially grown to produce milk

4. Eggs • Primarily from chickens • Ducks and guineas are other animals that produce eggs • Wild Animals • Animals that live in the wild; livestock not included • Wildlife that is hunted for food or other uses is known as game

5. Ways Animals Provide Clothing for People • By-Product • A product made from the parts of the animal that are not used for food • The use of synthetic fibers has increased causing the demand for animal fibers to decrease

6. Mink • Commonly used for fur • Semi-aquatic mammal with partially webbed feet • Member of weasel family

7. Ways Animals Help People • Companionship & Pleasure • Provide benefits that help people enjoy life • Some animals used for sporting events • Horseback riding is a major source of recreation and pleasure

8. Service Animals • Assist people in work and living • Use in many ways and may be given special training

9. Conservation • Livestock help conserve soil & soil fertility • Crops are fed to livestock & approximately 80% of nutrients are excreted in manure-which can then be put back on soils to decrease loss of soil fertility • Stabilize Farm Economy • Raising livestock helps to make use of resources that are already available • Can help to increase farming income • Helps to spread risks involved in farming over areas of more enterprise