Breed Development and Welfare

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Across
  1. 4. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  2. 7. Charles Darwin suggested that evolution occurs through this process
  3. 9. Lamarck's theory of evolution
  4. 10. The process whereby a population of animals is changed through a process of selection, in order to accentuate traits that benefit humans
  5. 11. A set of guidelines used to ensure that the animals produced by a breeder conform to the specifics of the breed
  6. 13. Used since medieval times for carrying messages
  7. 14. The state or process of ceasing or causing something to cease to exist
  8. 15. A productive & profitable animal
  9. 18. The process by which living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified’
  10. 19. First stage of domestication
  11. 21. Cause of extinction
  12. 22. Second stage of domestication
Down
  1. 1. A change in the structure or the amount of genetic material of an organism
  2. 2. An adjustment that occurs in animals in respect to their environment
  3. 3. World Society for the Protection of Animals
  4. 5. Another cause of extinction
  5. 6. The process of breeding organisms for particular genetic traits
  6. 8. The objectives of this act are to: ensure that animals are treated humanely, prevent cruelty to animals, promote community awareness about the welfare of animals
  7. 12. Another cause of extinction
  8. 16. An extinct species; large and woolly
  9. 17. An animal that is kept by humans and trained to perform specific tasks
  10. 20. Third stage of domestication
  11. 23. Founded in 1969 by a small group of people to stop the commercial hunt for seal pups in Canada