Game (food) facts for kids

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Pheasants are often hunted as game.
The aricle about a game played for entertainment is at game

Game is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated. Small birds, ground game (such as squirrels and rabbits), and big game (such as deer and moose) are usually hunted. Game animals are also hunted for sport. In Britain, game birds usually means partridge, grouse, and quail. Today, most countries have game laws. In some countries hunting is a part of well preserved tradition that is kept alive as a part of national identity.

Images for kids

  • African Buffalo

    An African buffalo bull

  • Virginia-Wachtel 2007-06-16 059

    Bobwhite quail, an important North American gamebird

  • White-tailed deer

    White-tailed deer

  • Wassilij Grigorjewitsch Perow 004

    "The Hunters at Rest" by Vasily Perov, 1871

  • Game birds Borough Market

    Game birds at Borough Market in London

  • Kopf eines Rehs (Capreolus capreolus)

    Roe deer

  • Attributed to Frans Hals, 1625-1630, A Kitchen Interior with a Maid and a Lady Preparing Game

    A kitchen interior with a maid and a lady preparing game, c. 1600


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