Pets and Other Animals Healthy Pets, Healthy People
While many people have kept many different species of animals in captivity over the course of human history, only a relative few have been kept long enough to be considered domesticated. Other types of animal, notably monkeys, have never been domesticated but are still sold and kept as pets. There are also inanimate objects that have been kept as “pets”, either as a form of a game or humorously (e.g. the Pet Rock or Chia Pet). Some wild animals are kept as pets, such as tigers, even though this is illegal.
Check out available pets online and write down the A# for the animal you want to meet. Our population changes every few minutes, so check the website an hour before coming in to view current animal availability. At Maricopa County Animal Care & Control we know a thing or two about making connections and saving lives. Animal homelessness is …