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Animal fancy is a
hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, and/or breeding of
pet or
domestic animals.
Fancy may include pet and exotic pet ownership, showing, trialling and other competitions,
breeding and judging. Hobbyists may simply collect specimens of the animal in appropriate enclosures, such as
aquaria and
aviaries. Fanciers with means may keep
hobby farms or private
zoos. There are many animal fancy clubs and associations in the world catering for everything from
pigeons to
Irish Wolfhounds; members may own many animals or none at all.
Etymology
"Fancy" as a noun is found in 1465 to be a contraction of the word "fantasy", with the meaning of a whim or desire, from Latin phantasia, mental image. An old meaning of fancy is "something that pleases or entertains the taste". A "fancy-bred" animal is one that has a highly desirable pedigree.
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