Uses of animals

1. They provide milk

Milk is the daily essential food for children and adults. It is

obtained only from animals like cows, buffaloes, goats,
camels, and donkeys.
Milk obtained is used as a part of the daily diet to make tea,
coffee, ice creams, chocolates, sweets, and also other
products like baby foods.

2.Meat
We consume many animal types of meat as a part of the diet.
Though the vegetarian diet is good for health, we still
consume animal meat for individual reasons.
Some of the animals used for the purpose are goats, sheep,
camels, buffaloes (beef), pigs (pork), rabbits, fish, and many
more.
Even we consume eggs from birds like the hen, turkey, etc.
These are highly nutritious with large protein content and
hence beneficial to man.

3. Animal hair

Animal hair has great demand. The hair from goats and sheep
is used for making woolen clothing, shawls, and blankets.
Similarly, Horsehair can be utilized for bristles in small paint
brushes. Even fur of animals, including the skin, is used to
make warm and attractive clothing.

4. Medicine extraction

Animals are used to extract useful medicinal molecules.

Though in recent times, this method is mostly replaced by
biotechnology, Still there are some drugs that are especially
obtained from animals. Ex. Heparin, an anticoagulant, is used
to control clots in the blood, is collected from ox lungs and pig
intestines. Even insulin was previously isolated for people with
diabetes from buffalo and pigs pancreatic cells. Similarly, we
obtain vitamin-D from shark liver oil.

6.For work and transport:

Animals are widely used for transport.

For this, animals like horses, ox, he-buffalo, donkeys, etc. In

deserts, camel is specifically used.
Now their use is limited to some parts of the world.
Washer men use the donkey to carry the clothes to the place
of water for washing. Elephants are used to shift tree trunks
and branches in the forests.
Similarly, animals like monkeys are trained to ward off birds
near airports. Dogs are used to trace objects and people by
exploiting their sense of smell. Hence dogs are commonly
seen with police and military personnel as part of their
operations.

7. For fun and recreation

Animals are also used for fun and recreation. Like pets for a
household company. Horse races using horses for fun and
racing.
Similarly, pet animals like dogs can be used for helping
people with chronic illnesses to help them carry out daily
activities. They help us ward off loneliness.
In zoos and circus, wild animals are kept and exposed for fun
and knowledge purposes.

8. Economic importance

Animals contribute a lot to the economy of the nation. There

are a lot of industries that are animal-based. Some of them
include dairy, horse (races), meat for food, etc.
Even their abilities are improved by hybridization,
biotechnology for better yield.
This modification is done for hybrid varieties of cattle for milk,
flesh, and even pet dogs. They are grown to sell them at a
higher price. Sometimes even the excellent breed of animals
are sold for their performance and efficiency. Even many drug
companies rely on their business through the marketing and
sale of animal medicines.
9.Importance of animals in agriculture

Agriculture is another area where animals are used on a large

scale. They were the sole source of cultivation till machinery
equipment arrived.
In agriculture for cultivation and manure
In developing countries still, animals are used in large
numbers for farming. They are specifically used for tilling the
land, transport by bullock-carts by farmers.
They are also used for pumping the water from the river and
ponds into the farms.
Natural farming experts also recommend the use of animals
for farming instead of heavy machines like tractors.
As per them, heavy tractors would destroy the soil layers. The
density of soil increases, and soil air is reduced. This causes
harm to the farm. Animals used in the place of those
machines would not cause such harm.
Also, animals feed on the vegetation grow on the farm, like
the husk of wheat, rice, etc. and survive without the need for
extra cost for the farmer.
Hence, the use of animals for agriculture would save the cost
of farming and also minimize the chances of pollution.

10. Animal for manure

Animals are also kept for the sake of organic manure. The
dung of cattle is very good for farms as it imparts rich fertility
to the soil.
Even sheep and goats are grown as large herds by farmers.
They are used to stop them for days on the farm during
summers.
The litter droppings of the sheep staying on the farm add a lot
to the soil.

11. Education

Animals are quite a part of our education. In science-related

subjects and courses, we use animal specimens, live or even
dead animals, to study their body function and structure to
understand better and gain knowledge. Also, one can
understand their body physiology when comparing it with
animal physiology. Routinely we use animals like insects,
amphibians, earthworms, rodents, reptiles to study.