▁in ▁appropriate ▁en clos ures ▁( viv aria ), ▁such ▁as ▁an ▁aqu arium , ▁ter r arium , ▁or ▁av i ary . ▁Some ▁f anci ers ▁keep ▁h ob by ▁far ms , ▁or ▁men ager ies ▁( private ▁zo os ). ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁animal ▁fancy ▁clubs ▁and ▁associations ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁which ▁c ater ▁to ▁everything ▁from ▁p ige ons ▁to ▁Irish ▁Wolf h ounds . ▁F anci ers ▁and ▁f anci erd om ▁may ▁collect ively ▁be ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁fancy ▁for ▁that ▁kind ▁of ▁animal , ▁e . g . ▁the ▁cat ▁fancy . ▁ ▁Animal - f ancy ▁h obb ies ▁include ▁the ▁keeping ▁of ▁animals ▁considered ▁ex otic ▁p ets ; ▁a ▁rapidly ▁growing ▁example ▁is ▁her pet oc ulture , ▁the ▁keeping ▁of ▁re pt iles ▁and ▁am ph ib ians . ▁ ▁Organ izations ▁Some ▁examples ▁of ▁international ▁animal ▁fancy ▁organizations ▁are : ▁▁ ▁Av icult ural ▁Society , ▁an ▁organization ▁for ▁the ▁keeping ▁and ▁bre eding ▁of ▁all ▁types ▁of ▁birds ▁other ▁than ▁domestic ated ▁vari eties , ▁with ▁various ▁national ▁chap ters ; ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 . ▁ ▁F édération ▁C yn ologique ▁Intern ationale ▁( F CI ), ▁an ▁international ▁feder ation ▁of ▁many ▁national ▁k enn el ▁clubs ▁( dog ▁f anci er ▁and ▁bre eder ▁organizations ), ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁Not ▁all ▁prominent ▁national ▁clubs ▁are ▁affili ated , ▁including ▁the ▁American ▁Kenn el ▁Club . ▁