Feral animals are wild animals that are not owned or controlled by anyone, especially ones that belong to species which are normally owned and kept by people. feral cats. domesticated. feral animals used to live with humans but have become wild (feralis, from fera )
Wild, used to describe animals that are usually not domesticated, like cats or pigs
A wild animal, often one that has escaped from a farming community, such as a pig or goat Sometimes this term also applies to plants
Pertaining to wild populations of animals derived from commensal ancestors; house mice that live apart from, and independent of, humans (see Chapter 2)
A once farmed fish (or the progeny of a farmed fish) which is living (not necessarily breeding) in a wild state Feral fish can pose problems for fish farmers on a number of counts: They may harbour diseases which at any time could re-infect a farm , especially if they are migratory and move between the farm outlet and the farm inlet, they can cause environmental damage by interbreeding with specific wild strains of the same species and also by becoming dominant in an exotic ecosystem Such an example is the common carp in Australia and USA, where feral fish cause waters to be stirred up, limiting the primary production and food sources for other species
(fir' l) Formerly domesticated animals that are in a wild state in an area Oftentimes this involves pigs, cats, goats, and other species brought to an area by humans for agriculture or other uses that later were allowed to run free and cause damage to native species