Working Animal

A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks. The cited article, which is where the term draft animal leads, says some are used for their physical strength, such as oxen and draft horses, or for transportation, such as riding horses and camels, while others are service animals trained to execute certain specialized tasks, such as hunting and guide dogs, messenger pigeons and fishing cormorants. For farm implements it names the power of a team pulling a plough or cart. Implements recorded in the atlas as animal-drawn are grouped under this concept.