Martin wrote: > Actually I just revived an old proposal for stables [1]. My first thought > was to simply use stables=<animal> until someone with much better english > language skills pointed out that stables usually only refer to horses. I > would also like to see one common tag for "some place where animals are kept > and taken care of". Any suggestions from native speakers?
I'm a native speaker... Only few types of animal have specific names for where they are kept; the rest would come under "farm", "zoo", "wildlife park", "animal rescue" and perhaps "nature reserve". Also, some countries have animal quarantine facilities. The only ones that I can think of at short notice are: horse, donkey: stable dog: kennel cat: cattery birds: aviary, dovecote bees: apiary There are several types of kennel, including boarding (for looking after pet dogs while you are away) and hunt kennels for hounds; also other working dogs e.g. police dogs, military dogs. (Catteries are for boarding.) Historically, rabbits were kept in artificial warrens that people built for them! But now, commercial rearing of rabbits probably comes under "farm". There's probably a special word for where working ferrets are kept (English tends to have words like that), but I don't know what it is, and it might vary between dialects anyway. __John _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
