Pen (enclosure)

Construction and terminology vary depending on the region of the world, purpose, animal species to be confined, local materials used and tradition.

Encyclopædia Britannica notes usage of the term "kraal" for elephant corrals in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

[citation needed] In British English, a sheep pen is also called a folding, sheepfold or sheepcote.

[2] Panamure was an enclosure and associated town founded in 1896 within a forest owned by Francis Molamure, where 10 roundups of wild elephants occurred, the last in 1950.

[citation needed] Several notable corrals are known in the United States, including many listed on the National Register of Historic Places, either in intact form or in ruins.

[5] Keddah is the term used in India for the enclosure constructed to entrap elephants, while in Sri Lanka the word employed in the same meaning is corral.

For pets, specialized folding fencing referred to as an exercise pen, x-pen, or ex-pen, is used to surround an area, usually outdoors but not always, in which the animals can freely move around.