Editing 40d:Domestic animal

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''(If you're looking for domestic skills, see [[Skill]]s)''

Domestic [[animal]]s are creatures that can be used by dwarves one way or another without taming or training, usually for security or food.  Technically, they have the [domestic] tag in the [[Raws]].  They can be bought at [[embark]], or [[trade]]d for with [[caravan]]s.  Wild versions of domesticated animals (horses, muskoxen, etc) can be [[tame]]d, as can almost any wild animal.

Every fortress expedition starts with two free domestic '''draft animals''' which pulled their wagon to the fortress site.  This can be any of the animals in the list below with the [WAGON_PULLER] tag (so any except dogs and cats) which were available at [[embark]].  Fortresses have no use for a wagon after, except to break it up for wood, so these two animals can be slaughtered or kept for breeding and making your dwarves [[happy]].     

While any animals of the same species bought at embark always alternate male/female/male/female (in that order), the two free wagon animals do not. It's theoretically possible to get a breeding pair, but the odds are heavily against it, and guessing which species/gender either will be is impossible.


Domestic animals include:

:* [[cat]]s
:* [[dog]]s
:* [[horse]]s
:* [[cow]]s
:* [[muskox]]en
:* [[donkey]]s
:* [[mule]]s
:* [[camel]]s, one- or two-humped

{{Category|Creatures}}
{{Category|Animals}}