Despawning problem in Minecraft

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Why do my animals keep despawning?
I went to chop down some trees and organise my storage system. When I returned to see my animals, they were mostly gone. I don't know about Villagers if this was the same or if a Zombie horde attacked them. It may be my low-end tablet (I'm on Pocket Edition). My render distance is 4 chunks.

DragonHunter7 · Answer

Animals can't despwan if they are unable to move 20 blocks in any direction so it might be that they have too much space and are despawning because of it.

Penguin · Answer

Most mobs will despawn unless any of the following are true:

Cannot Move 20 blocks in any direction
Are named with a name tag
Are saddled/tamed
Are on a lead connected to a fence
Are a special mob (i.e. Iron Golem, Wither, etc.)

Despawning problem in Minecraft

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