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Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by SilasX on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:14PM (#26071661)
Is there a clear process by which the law will recategorize some species into domesticated?
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Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by andylynch on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:39PM (#26071895)
Not really- it’s incredibly rare for this to happen - looking at Wikipedia the only newly domesticated species in over a century are some silver foxes in Russia as part of a scientific research program, and pet hedgehogs in the USA.
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Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by type0 on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:44PM (#26071943)
Probably not. Take for example reindeer herding by Sami people, it's usually said that those animals are half domesticated, so you shouldn't draw a line like that.
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