Animal fancy
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Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals.
Mrs. George Owen Sandys and her pets, painted by Philip de László, 1915
Exotic pet
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An exotic pet is a pet which is relatively rare or unusual to keep, or is generally thought of as a wild species rather than as a domesticated pet. The definition varies by culture and location, and o
Animal fancy
…may collectively be referred to as the fancy for that kind of animal, e.g. the cat fancy. Animal fancy includes the keeping of animals considered exotic pets; a rapidly growing example is herpetoculture, the keeping of reptiles and amphibians. Some examples of international animal fancy organizations are…
Dwarf hamsters are among the relatively low-risk exotic animals kept as pets.
A caracal owned as a pet in Russia.
Animal markets in impoverished, tropical countries often sell primates to both tourists and locals as pets, such as these slow lorises, despite laws against the trade.
Female ferret