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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought they were domesticated many times throughout history, and used for hunting?

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tamed, not domesticated.

The system falls apart without training every generation.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I guess no need to go through the efforts of the classical definition of domestication when you can take them from the wild ready to tame