Domestic animals suffer from being exploited by humans ; for example, they are slaughtered for food, overworked, and so on.

* 4000 BC – In Mehrgarh, the domestication of numerous crops, including peas, sesame seeds, dates, and cotton, as well as a wide range of domestic animals, including the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo, an animal that remains essential to intensive agricultural production throughout Asia today.

Domestic animals are usually castrated to avoid unwanted or uncontrolled reproduction ; to reduce or prevent other manifestations of sexual behaviour such as territorial behaviour or aggression ( e. g. fighting between groups of entire ( uncastrated ) males of a species ); or to reduce other consequences of sexual behaviour that may make animal husbandry more difficult, such as boundary / fence / enclosure destruction when attempting to get to nearby females of the species.

Domestic animals were also attacked by the plague, and so Saints George, Elmo, Pantaleon, and Vitus were invoked for their protection.

Domestic animals and a few reptiles and birds continued to be kept at the Children ’ s Farmyard, until it was closed as a result of budget cutbacks in January 2011.

Domestic house cats can be dangerous to these animals.

Domestic animals have been reported as a reservoir for the hepatitis E virus, with some surveys showing infection rates exceeding 95 % among domestic pigs.

Domestic animals can be kept in the basement in a roomy rodent-proof box with a thick layer of dry leaves.

Domestic animals have apocrine glands at the base of each hair follicle but eccrine glands only in foot pads and snout.

Domestic animals which are directly dependent on plants can be found in the region.

* Mousers ( Domestic cats used for hunting small rodents and birds ) are one of the oldest working animals having protected food supplies from pests since the foundation of human agriculture.

Domestic geese have been used for centuries as watch animals and guards, and are among the most aggressive of all poultry.

* Domestic pigs, which are descended from wild boars, are known to have existed about 2500 BC in modern-day Hungary and in Troy ; earlier pottery from Jericho and Egypt depicts wild pigs.

Domestic pigs that have escaped from farms or were allowed to forage in the wild, and in some cases wild boars which were introduced as prey for hunting, have given rise to large populations of feral pigs in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and other areas where pigs are not native.

Domestic rabbits can be kept as pets in a back yard hutch or indoors in a cage or house trained to have free roam.

Domestic agriculture ( rice being the dominant kind of crop ) and fisheries retain importance to a certain degree, but they have been greatly challenged by foreign imports since Taiwan's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001.

Female live-in partners have economic rights under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 subject to following conditions as laid by Honourable Supreme Court of India in case of D. Velusamy v D. Patchaiammal:

Portable electrical devices with metal cases may have them connected to earth ground by a pin in the interconnecting plug ( see Domestic AC power plugs and sockets ).

The claim for the women's vote appears to have been first made by Jeremy Bentham in 1817 when he published his Plan of Parliamentary Reform in the form of a Catechism and was taken up by William Thompson in 1825, when he published, with Anna Wheeler, An Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, Against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Men, to Retain Them in Political, and Thence in Civil and Domestic Slavery: In Reply to Mr. Mill's Celebrated Article on Government.

There are severe restrictions on children in India on their rights to have a relationship with both parents, when they are separated / divorced, especially when laws to protect women & children ( such as Domestic Violence Act, 2006 or Sec. 498A of Indian Penal Code ) are abused or misused by women.

Other domestic species have escaped and over time have produced wild populations including the cat, Fallow Deer, Red Deer, Sambar Deer, Rusa Deer, Chital, Hog Deer, Domestic Horse, Donkey, Pig, Domestic Goat, Water Buffalo, Blackbuck and the Dromedary.

Domestic flights generally have a two-class configuration, usually first or business class and coach class, although many airlines instead offer all-economy seating.

Domestic guinea pigs have developed a different biological rhythm from their wild counterparts, and have longer periods of activity followed by short periods of sleep in between.

Domestic telephone network: Repairs to switches and lines have been made.

Domestic breeds in colors other than the natural plumage have been produced.

( from Disney-ABC Domestic Television ) and have added more episodes since, including the Super Millionaire spin-off from 2004.

Third Umpire referrals for LBW dismissals have also been trialled in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy is Sri Lanka, and in the 2007 English Domestic Pro40 competition, and are currently being trialled in international matches.

As of 2011, The Cat Hill Campus of Middlesex University, As well as the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture have been closed.

Domestic courts are also often called upon to apply foreign law, or to act upon foreign defendants, over whom they may not, as a practical matter, even have the ability to enforce a judgment if the defendant's assets are outside their reach.

Domestic bus and rail service have been discontinued over the years.

Domestic tourism however has gone down over the past few years.

Domestic pigs can escape and quite readily become feral, and feral populations are problematic in several ways.

** Domestic and feral pigeons, Columba livia domestica

** Domestic goat ( Capra aegagrus hircus, sometimes referred to as Capra hircus ; includes feral goat )

Domestic pigs have become feral in many other parts of the world ( e. g. New Zealand and northern Queensland ) and have caused substantial environmental damage.

There is no separate offence relating to incidents of domestic violence, except in the case of death, where the offence of causing or allowing the death of a child or a vulnerable adult may have been committed ( s. 5 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 ).

* Speaking / Acting Events: Speaking or acting events such as: Original Oratory, Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, and Duo Interpretation require no more than 4 competitors or teams from each participating district school.

Such ideas even pervaded seemingly unrelated aspects of daily life: there is a myth, started by Frances Trollope's " Domestic Manners of the Americans ," and later applied to the British, that furniture such as tables were covered with embroidery and tablecloths so that table legs were hidden from view, but no historical evidence suggest that this was actually practiced.

Although it notionally appears that the scheme was intended to earn hard currency for the country, it is estimated to have cost Kenya the equivalent of more than 10 % of the country's annual Gross Domestic Product, and it is possible that no or minimal amounts of gold were actually exported.

Domestic phone numbers in large cities have 8 digits, and in other areas no less than 7.

Travellers entering the line at Domestic and International must compete for space with commuters from the East Hills line, and find that the trains have no special provision for their luggage.

Domestic spying has included undercover infiltration of political organizations with no suspected terrorist affiliations, telephone surveillance without a warrant, and the Carnivore program for internet surveillance.

Domestic water purification resin is not usually recharged-the resin is discarded when it can no longer be used.

Excluding the city of Cambridge there are no Domestic buildings, either ancient or modern, of special note, with the exception of Sawston Hall, in the south of the county, a quadrangular mansion dated 1557-1584.

In 1846, Stang became the most senior civil servant in the newly formed ( and no longer existent ) Domestic Ministry ( Innenlandsdepartementet ).

Domestic partnerships in the United States are determined by each state or local jurisdiction, so there is no nationwide consistency on the rights, responsibilities, and benefits accorded domestic partners.