Bringing an animal from its natural habitat or home to somewhere else is called “introducing” it to that new place,Animals Away from Home,Bringing an animal from its natural habitat or home to somewhere else is called “introducing” it to that new place
L et us introduce you to a new concept: You know what an introduction is — “Let me introduce you to Shmerel.” But there’s another kind of introduction in which Shmerel is not a person but an animal. Shmerel the Camel let’s say. But that doesn’t mean you say “hi” and shake the camel’s hoof. We don’t advise it. Bringing an animal from its natural habitat or home to somewhere else is called “introducing” it to that new place. Now to meet Shmerel…
When Americans were moving westward in the 1800s they traveled mostly in wagons pulled by horses or mules. Once in a while though you might have spotted a camel answering the famous call “Go west young man!” In fact in 1855 the US government introduced 75 camels into the country to help transport equipment for the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad and supplies for military outposts in the west. The man behind this idea was Secretary of War Jefferson Davis.
Like another idea Davis had — the secession of the Confederacy (aka the South) of which he was president until it surrendered — the camels did not last. It seems camels lost out to the competition. At that time mules were big business and mule owners lobbied Congress to prevent more camels from being imported or used in government programs. The mules won. Gradually the unemployed camels were sold to zoos and circuses while others simply disappeared into the wilderness.
You probably think horses are beautiful animals and fun to pet fun to ride. But when they first arrived in the Americas people had a very different reaction. In the 1500s the Spanish conquerors terrorized the local Inca and Axtec empires with soldiers on horseback. The Aztecs and Incas had never seen horses before had never even heard of such beasts.
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