Similarly, APPA was founded by a group of 17 companies in 1958, and six decades later consists of
over 1,200
domestic and international pet product manufacturers, importers and
livestock suppliers, representing both large corporations and growing business enterprises.
The first of which being loss and degradation of habitat resulting from
over grazing by
domestic livestock (cattle and horses) and feral nonnative herbivores (sheep, deer, elk).