Do Some Farmers Ever Form A Bond With A Farm Animal

People that are raised in the farm, do they form bonding relationships with the animals?

Some do. My mother did when she was a child. One of her jobs was to feed the pigs, so she was very attached to some of them. When it came time to slaughter the hogs, she would hide under her bed and cry the entire time. But when it was time to butcher them, she was expected to come help. If you wanted to eat, you had to do unpleasant things. We are shielded from what really goes on to get the food we eat each day. Each generation gets farther and father from doing things ourself. We become idealistic and easily offended … a very non realistic view of the world. It would probably do us all good if we had to take care of the animals from birth to the table.

What are the 3 differences between farm and pet animals?

Farm animals have a purpose in providing food or fiber for humans.Farm animals were domesticated for the above purpose.Zoning laws typically prohibit farm animals in residential areas, but permit pet animals. Which animals are designated depends on the area, however.There are no specific three differences between these two rather arbitrary categories. Some animals are too large to keep as housepets. But you will find people keeping miniature pigs and chickens as house pets. Much, much more commonly, the domestic rabbit serves as both very common pet animal, and farm animal.What people decide is a ‘pet’ depends on the culture. And pretty much anything CAN be a pet — that’s determined by the emotional bond, and whether or not the animal is kept largely for companionship rather than some other purpose.

How do I bond with an older horse that is new to my farm?

The question whether it is your horse is or not influences my answer:Bond with Your Horse5 Tips to Improve the Bond with Your HorseBond with Someone Else’s HorseA few of the above tips are also applicable for it it is not your horse. Spending time and give attention in a way the horse appreciates helps. Learn to know what he likes and dislikes: where does he likes to be scratched? What words or songs does he likes? And sometimes it is just a matter of “being there”without “wanting something” from the horse that builds trust and a bond.

Do farmers ever become emotionally attached to their livestock and feel remorse when they are eaten?

If you've never been to a state fair, you should go. The 4-H kids show their animals, then sell them - knowing they are going to be led off to slaughter. These are animals they have raised from calves, or piglets or babies. They've named them, groomed them, looked forward to being with them daily and even taught them to come when called. They are devastated. Do they feel remorse? Some do. Remorse is: "An emotional expression of personal regret felt by a person after he or she has committed an act which they deem to be shameful, hurtful or wrong." I think the kids feel pain, loss, grief and sadness as well as resignation of accepting that livestock is destined for the table, not a doghouse in the back yard. It's what farming is all about - the cycle of life. For many it's a defining moment in what it means to be a farmer.As a photojournalist/journalist it was my job every year to capture the heartbreak of the moment for our readers. I know the kids and adults do feel deeply for their animals. They care deeply and are angered when their animals are killed, injured or stolen. Most learn to disassociate their "personal attachment" to the animals as they grow up, or they stop raising them, or they become vets. Many go on to become farmers and develop a life-long appreciation and love for their livestock, but not in the way one would love a family member. As Sam Wildman noted, emotions are for humans. Yet, many people do become emotionally attached and suffer deeply when their animal is harmed - even if at some point the animal is slaughtered for food.There's no doubt about it - if you raise an animal and recognize they have attachments to their young, or recognize you, or engage with you in a way that creates emotional bonds it's very difficult to slaughter and eat them. That's the human psyche. Long response to what is essentially, "Some do, most don't" answer. Hope that helps.

Why are all the animals on the farm that I visited once following me?

Domesticated animals usually form bonds with humans if they spend enough time with them, such as horses, or cows who regularly get milked. Another possibility is that they are looking for food from you which is usually the case.

Why can some animals be domesticated while others can't? Is there any evolutionary reason to it?

one reason is that some animals ALREADY have a social structure similar to humans.  wolves are pack hunters with cooperative behavior and hierarchy.;that is: a group with leaders and hierarchy and a strong but slow development of they young. Young that can be "bonded" with humans.examples Wolves >> dogs., Wild felines >>cats ( but later to control rodents that ate stored grain in egypt. , horse>> tame horse ; but if they are very aggressive and do not form bonds, Hippos, Zebra, etc they do not domesticate easily.a likely guess is humans hunt the animals and capture the young to eat later. bonds may form.Clearly Africans do NOT have easily domesticated animals but mid east Do have goats, dogs etc.mostly "evolutionary luck."Russian breeding of foxes  for fur , showed that by breeding the least aggressive and killing the most aggressive in the farmed group, the foxes would be tamed AND develop dog like behavior changes in color and shape and vocalization.  this happened  Very quickly in decades. Selecting for the tamest and most "child like" seemed also to involve genes  that changed  the form.  Complex animal development.Does it also apply to humans? are we becoming less aggressive as we have to get along with each other?

How can an Indian farmer increase their income?

You also seem to have got stuck up with income, rather doubling of farmer income which is the flavour of this season . . . till next election . . . a.k.a. garibi hatao, in the 1970s by another Prime Minister. Have hataoed garibi? No, isn’t it?So, these sort of sloganeering is of no use on the ground.Coming to your point of income? What is required is profit NOT income . But, every farmer like any entrepreneur is working towards profit. Is he not? And in fact at least trying to work towards more profit. YES, he/she would like to. BUT, more importantly with LESS risk involved.So, from the farmers’ point of view REDUCTION of risk is the FIRST and ONLY support required from outside. As regards profit, he/she will try to move naturally towards it. We do not have to tell him. If we tell him, we are being outright foolish in his opinion.

Why do some people think animals deserve the same or similar rights as humans?

Some people think animals deserve the same rights as we do because they are living beings that feel pain, bond with their young AND with us, and have complex emotions and social hierarchies!I don't think it's a matter of lowering ourselves to the level of animals at all.People like to take the easy way out of serious ethical issues (take for example factory farming, which is incredibly cruel towards animals and is used purely for human economic gain) by elevating themselves to some superior status.I always ask people who justify factory farming and other cruel practices towards animals, what makes them so different from us that we should be allowed to treat them this poorly and exploit them like this?To me, this "divide" brings up one simple but necessary question and ethical dilemma: Who or what is a "person" and what characteristics do "people" have that designate a higher status than, let's take for example, a rat?How YOU answer this question is telling of why you think animals deserve equal rights or not.