Rank Country Number of cats in millions 1 Germany 14.5 2 France 13.5 3 United Kingdom 7.5 4 Italy 7.3 5 Poland 6.4 6 Romania 4.3 7 Spain 3.145 8 Netherlands 2.640 9 Belgium 2.050 10 Austria 2.034 Source: data from the European Pet Food Industry (FEDIAF). The population of the top 3 …
Dr Stanley Coren PhD., DSc, FRSC carried out a study on whether you can predict voting behaviour between Democrat and Republican based upon preferences for dog and cat ownership in America. He was able to acquire data from the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association at 2018) on cat and dog ownership across all 50 …
In the USA, there are many more households in which one will find a dog or dogs than households where there are cats. The stats relate to the end of 2016 and 2017-18. In about 38% of US households you’ll find a dog or dogs. In 25% of US households you’ll find a cat …
The number of overweight cats in America has risen by 169% in the past 10 years. By way of comparison, there’s been an equivalent 158% increase in overweight dogs over the same period. Thirty-three percent of cats and dogs are overweight or obese in America. Banfield Pet Hospital also tells us in which state …
I recently wrote a short article about a survey which concluded that the domestic cat population in Australia was declining except in Tasmania. Not soon after I read that article I bumped into another article written by the science correspondent for the Daily Mail. The article comes to a similar conclusion namely that the …
Why is it that cat and dog populations in Australia are declining? Are we to believe the source of the information which is Mars Pet Care Australia? I believe we can. It is said that Australians’ passion for pet ownership is gradually slipping. It may be worse than that, in fact, because in the …
Based upon a survey in October 20112, the following information was acquired, some of which is quite surprising. Obviously “pet” includes most typically cats and dogs so we cannot say this information relates to cats only but it provides good indications. Place of Adoption 14% of people purchased their pet from a pet store. …
For the first time in 21 years, dogs overtook cats as the UK’s favourite companion animal and I blame Paris Hilton! According to the latest Pet Population Survey carried out by the Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) there are 9 million dogs in the UK in 24% of households compared to 8 million cats …
