Working animals

right|thumb|Zebu oxen in [[Mumbai, India]] thumb|Ploughing with Oxen by George H. Harvey, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1881 thumb|Oxen used for plowing, 2013 thumb|right|Boy on an ox-drawn cart in Niger thumb|Ox skull An ox (: oxen), also known as a bullock (in British, Australian, and Indian English), is a large bovine, trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle, because castration inhibits testosterone and aggression, which makes the males docile and safer to work with. Cows (intact females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.

domesticated animals for assisting people

thumb|upright=0.7|A HeroRAT being rewarded with a banana thumb|upright=0.7|Cricetomys gambianus is a species of [[giant pouched rat.]]

pigs used in warfare

APOPO () is a registered Belgian non-governmental organisation and US non-profit which trains southern giant pouched rats and technical survey dogs to detect landmines and tuberculosis. They call their trained animals HeroRATs and HeroDOGs.

animal to assist people with disabilities

Ceremonial blessing of companion, agricultural, or working animals

using trained otters to fish

organisms used to detect risks to humans by providing advance warning of a danger

Animals controlled remotely by humans