Animal husbandry with more settled communities. The first wild animal to be domesticated was the dog. Half-wild dogs, perhaps starting with young individuals, may have been tolerated as scavengers and killers of vermin, and being naturally pack hunters, were predisposed to become part of the human pack and join in the hunt. Prey animals, sheep, goats, pigs and cattle, were progressively domesticated early in the history of agriculture. Pigs were domesticated in Mesopotamia around 13,000 BC, and sheep followed, some time between 11,000 and 9,000 BC. Cattle were domesticated from the wild aurochs in the areas of modern Turkey and Pakistan around
Yancheng Wild Animal World Yancheng Wild Animal World Yancheng Wild Animal World is located in the Yangtze River golden triangle area of the Changzhou Wujin city center in Jiangsu. The zoo is open only in spring and autumn. Seven kilometers south of Changzhou, the Yancheng Wild Zoo is located within the ruins of an ancient town, 0.6 square kilometers in area, whose history can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period, approximately 3000 years ago. A variety of artifacts have been discovered within the excavation site, including china and bronzes. The most historically significant items recovered are