What is BREEDING in Spanish?

Was one like him in Noah's Ark? Probably not.

BREEDING in its simpler definition means producing offspring, but it's in a different context a term a bit difficult to explain but one that most people involved in the BREEDING activity understand easily. In Spanish it would be the same as Raising only with the additional idea that it is done with a purpose other than raising animals per se and thus the translation would be CRIANZA DE ANIMALES. 

It refers to the raising of animals with the sole purpose of improving the presence of certain characteristics of that animal, diminishing others or both things at the same time. Horses and dogs are a clear example of this. 

Man has been tampering with the natural development of these species by selecting individuals that have the characteristics he considered “desirable” and relegating the rest to other tasks but not BREEDING. Horses that are better trotters, dogs with elongated bodies and cows that produce abysmal amounts of milk are the result of this intervention.

Whether BREEDING is morally acceptable or not, that has been matter of debate for as long as I remember, but one thing is for certain and that is BREEDING is not going anywhere and perhaps that’s for the best. Who would say German Shepherd dogs (that without BREEDING would not exist) are not wonderful animals? Who would deny the importance of milk and other dairy products in the nutrition of our children?

These are already too many things for us to quit.