domestic animal
noun
: any of various animals (such as the horse or sheep) domesticated so as to live and breed in a tame condition
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Short, though, remembers the outbreak in the Keys among domestic animals and Key deer.
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Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Tony Lee Hughes, 38, of the 600 block of Camelot Manor, is charged with Level 6 felonies of killing a domestic animal and mutilating a vertebrate animal.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
In Connecticut, animals are tested for the rabies virus when people or domestic animals such as dogs, cats and farm animals may have been exposed to the virus, officials said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
The Department of Natural Resources notes that tegus are not considered a direct threat to domestic animals such as dogs or cats.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Tony Lee Hughes, 38, of the 600 block of Camelot Manor, is charged with Level 6 felonies of killing a domestic animal and mutilating a vertebrate animal.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
In Connecticut, animals are tested for the rabies virus when people or domestic animals such as dogs, cats and farm animals may have been exposed to the virus, officials said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
The Department of Natural Resources notes that tegus are not considered a direct threat to domestic animals such as dogs or cats.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20animal. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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