A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is an individual or type of working animal used by humans as means of transporting materials...

Look up Pack, pack, Packs, or packs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pack or packs may refer to: Packs (band), a Canadian indie rock band Packs (album)...

as pack animals, for animal-powered transport, the movement of people and goods. Together, these are sometimes called beasts of burden. Some animals are...

Pannier-style bags are sometimes fitted over a pack saddle used for packing gear on a horse or other pack animal (often, a mule or donkey) rather than for...

underdeveloped countries, where they are used principally as draught or pack animals. While working donkeys are often associated with those living at or below...

saumalier was a pack animal driver. Sauma referred to a pack animal or the load of a pack animal. In Late Latin, sagma referred to a packsaddle. Though...

Indian pashmina production is from these goats. They are also used as pack animals and for meat.: 369  These goats are generally domesticated and are reared...

the early twentieth century the mule was preferred to the horse as a pack animal – its skin is harder and less sensitive than that of a horse, and it...

Animal-borne bomb attacks are the use of animals as delivery systems for explosives. The explosives are strapped to a pack animal such as a horse, mule...

focuses on him. He is physically one of the stronger animals and is often treated as a pack animal whenever a plot calls for one. His house is regularly...

Backpacking with animals is the use of pack animals, such as a horse, llama, goat, dog, or donkey to help carry the weight of a backpackers gear during...

A pack station is the base of operations for transporting freight via pack animals in areas that do not allow for other forms of transportation, either...

camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the pre-Columbian era. Llamas are social animals and live with others as a herd....

where the wagons were abandoned at the urging of their guides. They used pack animals for the rest of the trip to Fort Walla Walla and then floated by boat...

intensive animal farming. Intensive animal farming increases the yield of the various commercial outputs, but also negatively impacts animal welfare, the...

used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains...

Germany. A theme of animals, real and/or fantastic, replaces the traditional trump scenes found in the Italian-suited tarot packs such as the Tarot of...

Lego Group released 33 toy construction sets, two polybag sets and six foil pack sets for the Lego Elves theme . The product line was discontinued in 2018...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sumpter is an older term for a pack animal. Sumpter also subsequently became a surname and place name. It may refer...

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...

historical region of Bactria. Domesticated Bactrian camels have served as pack animals in inner Asia since ancient times. With its tolerance for cold, drought...

bacterial composition of the pack rat’s gut microbiome is affected by what it eats, and by association, the geography of where the animal is from. However, while...

city but withdrew after suffering from fever and having to shoot his pack animal. On a second expedition five years later, Fawcett, his son Jack, and...

Australian, and Indian English), is a bovine, trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration inhibits testosterone...

extensive use of sure footed pack mules and donkeys in coal mines, including in some cases measures to stable the animals below ground. These were often...

chestnut also occur. The Zaniskari is particularly adapted to work as a pack animal in the high altitudes and challenging conditions of its native region...

A pack consists of the breeding pair and their current young. They occasionally cooperate in larger packs to hunt big game, but rarely hunt animals larger...

overland. Overland transport by animal drawn conveyances was used around settled areas, but unimproved roads required pack animal trains, usually of mules to...

today. In 2001, the Wye College beagle pack was taken by the Animal Liberation Front. School and university packs are still maintained by Eton, Marlborough...

the animal's conditioning. They are generally less expensive to own and operate than other pack animals since they are natural browsing animals and can...