Pack animal Pack animal A pack animal or beast of burden is an individual or type of working animal used by humans as means of transporting materials by attaching them so their weight bears on the animal's back, in contrast to draft animals which pull loads but do not carry them. Traditional pack animals are diverse including camels, goats, yaks, reindeer, water buffaloes, and llamas as well as the more familiar pack animals like horses, donkeys and mules. The term "pack animal" is traditionally used in contrast to "draft animal", which is a working animal that typically pulls a load behind itself
Animal Rights National Conference formation of the U.S. animal rights movement. The animal rights conferences that followed still offer the only national networking opportunity for movement leaders and activists. In fact, a number of animal rights movement leaders got their start here: Animal Rights National Conference The Animal Rights National Conference has been organized since 2000 by the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM). FARM was also responsible for an earlier series of annual conferences, named Action For Life, between 1981 and 1987, as well as two special conferences in 1991 and 1997. Between 1988 and 1996, the annual animal conferences were organized by the