Rethinking Domestication Pathways in the Context of Anthrodependency Bjørn Ralf Kristensen Originally published on Medium March 30, 2022 https://medium.com/@bjornkristensen/rethinking-domestication- pathways-in-the-context-of-anthrodependency-9020006ea391 A European Hamster in Vienna’s Central Cemetery — Photo by Bjørn Ralf Kristensen, August 2021 Within common popular discourse on domesticated animals, domestication is often understood to be a distinct category from which we can clearly designate that some animals belong and some do not. While there are certainly discussions of liminal species within animal ethics literature, as in those animals existing somewhere on the spectrum between wild and