Why Do We Have Pets? | National Geographic

Domesticated means to make an animal tame enough to be a pet, to live with people instead of in the wild.  What animal was first domesticated?

• Dog

• Cat

• Pig

Why were cats domesticated (made into pets)?

• to give dogs a friend

• for pest control 

• there were more cats than dogs

Pets can also be 'helpers' or therapy pets.  Where are pets used as a form of therapy?

• hospitals

• schools

• the military

• all of the above