Online Class Notes (Li)

Why do people have pets?

Vocabulary

transition – change from a to b

ex. How did the behaviour of some animals transition after being domesticated?

animal domestication/n – to tame animals to keep as a pet or on the farm

domesticate an animal/v

animal is wild – living in the natural environment

animal is tamed – trained/have adapted to become friendly with humans

food waste – food rubbish

pest control – to control the number of pests by killing (such as mice, rats etc.)

survive – to stay alive

ex. How do cats survive in the wild?

There are more and more and people have a pet.

More and more people have a pet.

They can survive on our scraps and food waste. 

Pets can make people happy and they’re very cute. Because we like pets.

We like pets because they can make people happy since they’re very cute.

Dogs cats are cuter pets.

Dogs and cats are cuter than pigs.

Cats don’t need to go outside every day.