Working animal

Working animals are usually raised on farms, though some are still captured from the wild, such as dolphins and some Asian elephants.

People use various animals—camels, donkeys, horses, dogs, etc.—for transport, either for riding or to pull wagons and sleds.

For example, while cats may catch mice, it is an instinctive behavior, not one that can be trained by human intervention.

Other domesticated animals, such as sheep or rabbits, may have agricultural uses for meat, hides and wool, but are not suitable for work.

They mainly include equines such as horses, donkeys, and mules; bovines such as cattle, water buffalo, and yak.

Certain wild animals have been tamed and used for riding, usually for novelty purposes, including the zebra and the ostrich.

An intermediate use is as draft animals, harnessed singly or in teams, to pull sleds, wheeled vehicles or ploughs.

Assorted wild animals have, on occasion, been tamed and trained to harness, including zebras and even moose.

As some domesticated animals display extremely protective or territorial behavior, certain breeds and species have been utilized to guard people and/or property such as homes, public buildings, businesses, crops, livestock and even venues of criminal activity.

Dogs and pigs, with a better sense of smell than humans, can assist with gathering by finding valuable products, such as truffles (a very expensive subterranean fungus).

[citation needed] Monkeys are trained to pick coconuts from palm trees, a job many human workers consider as too dangerous.

Under the Indian law the non-human entities such as animals, deities, trusts, charitable organizations, corporate, managing bodies, etc.