Martinez was named Chair for the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare. She also worked for the Domestic Animal Rescue Group. Therefore, its status as a domestic animal is not clear. Its remote location in a hostile environment limits pollution from human and domestic animal populations. The Toda of southern India abstain from the flesh of their domestic animal, the buffalo. Effluents from domestic animal production have very high concentrations of ammonium and other minerals. Animal pathogens are disease-causing agents of wild and domestic animal species, at times including humans. These cases have prompted reconsideration of the potential spillover of ABLV into domestic animal species. The only domestic animal known to return to feral life as swiftly is the cat. Domestic animal breeds commonly differ from country to country, and from nation to nation. Domestic animal herds are assembled by humans for practicality in raising them and controlling them.