Tame animal
![In public parks, some wild animals have been sufficiently tamed so as to lose their natural fear of humans.](/Images/godic/202502/15/20120623_Sqwiki_the_Squirrel_at_Wiknic4331.JPG")
![A tame mouse runs across a woman's hand.](/Images/godic/202502/15/Mouse_on_hand_Shimer_College_Recondite_19674331.jpg")
A tame animal is an animal that is relatively tolerant of human presence. Tameness is the quality of an animal being welcoming towards the presence of humans, either naturally (as in the case, for example, of island tameness) or due to human intervention (as the result of animal training).