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| The flight zone of an animal is the area surrounding the
animal that will cause alarm and escape behavior when encroached
upon. If a person enters the flight zone of an animal, the
animal will move away. The size of the flight zone depends upon
the tameness of the animal. Tame animals have no flight zone;
that is, they will allow a person to approach and touch them.
Wild, feral, and unbroken animals can have very large flight
zones. The flight zone is an important principle to remember
when herding, working or mustering livestock. An animal can be
stimulated to move simply by skirting its flight zone, and the
animal will move in the desired direction if the correct side of
the flight zone is invaded. Confining a livestock animal in a
cattle crush (chute) or alley can make it feel more secure and
thus reduce the size of the flight zone; however, it does not
eliminate the flight zone. An