Pet Industry Vocabulary

3. Placing the interests of one's own species above those of another species.
5. Philosophy, sociology, and public policy of animals in relation to human society.
6. Association of American Feed Control Officials.
9. Animal that eats both plant and animal foods.
10. The attribution of human thoughts, emotions, and characteristics to animals.
12. The offspring of two animals, of two different species.
14. The number of females scheduled to be mated to a particular male.
16. An animal kept for pleasure rather than utility.
17. The painless killing of a patient; good death.
18. World's largest registry of pedigreed cats.
20. The examination of a body after death.

1. Animal that eats meat.
2. Produced by enzymatic degradation of animal tissues, used to flavor pet foods.
4. Producing genetically identical copies of biological entities.
7. American Veterinary Medical Association.
8. The existence of two or more discontinuous, segregating phenotypes in a population.
10. American Kennel Club; a registry of purebred dogs.
11. Animal that eats a diet of only plant material.
13. An animal to whom the owner has an intense emotional tie.
15. Animal care and management practices.
16. An animal has reached a level of development enabling them to be capable of reproducing.
19. Diseases that can be passed from animals to humans.
21. To remove the reproductive organs of a female animal.