Do male animals have a concept of fatherhood like people do?

90% of ALL the species on earth where a male is concerned have no concept of fatherhood. They have one instinct when it comes down to it, and that's MATING. Spreading their seed as much as they can to make copies of their species then die. The end. It is the female's job in the species to rear the young, feed them, clean them, and prepare them for adulthood.

Fatherhood is also more prominent in mammals more than any other in the animal kingdom, but even then, pretty loosely defined. A male elephant may embrace his offspring, while another male may want to kill it as a threat. A male lion will play and nurture his cubs, while another male lion chases it from the pride. Really, you can only go based off their general behaviors, but like humans, mammals have VERY distinct personalities and it really depends.

i've never heard of a male cat that helped to raise the kittens... cats and dogs in season shall mate with as numerous males as they can find, so one particular male wouldn't feel any paternal pride for the whole litter, even if there was only one father...wild wolves are raised by both parents... once in a blue moon a male dog shall help riase the puppies... it's rare...in a wolfpack, there's only one breeding pair so that male knows he is the father, unlike dogs who often have multiple fathers to a litter...

some animal's yeah cats no

male cats shall kill their mother's kittens sometimes so the female shall go into heat again... in numerous cases, once the kittens are weaned, the mother has had enough of them and yeah, the male kittens shall mate with the mother

No. Most times the tom is long gone as mom was outside and mated with more then one male. In controlled purebred breeding its a little different. I have a stud male and he plays with his own kittens. So does our altered boy - he loves to play with the kittens.

Some animal's yes Cats no

Male cats will kill their mother's kittens sometimes so the female will go into heat again. In many cases, once the kittens are weaned, the mother has had enough of them and yes, the male kittens will mate with the mother

alright

I've seen videos of big cat dads "babysitting" the kids while Mom goes out and kills dinner.

some male animals care after there child but it depends.

NOpe

Most male kill and EAT young even if they are their own. They have no concept of parenthood like primates, elephants, dolphins and whales and humans do. Lower animals only work on instincts.