Sentences with phrase «percent fewer dogs»

Battersea has seen the number of people adopting rescue dogs decline as it struggles to compete with pets for sale on online marketplaces and social media, with Brands Hatch rehoming 13 percent fewer dogs in 2017 than 2016.

Twelve percent fewer dogs were used from 2013 to 2014 (16 % fewer since 2008), 11 % fewer rabbits (36 % fewer since 2008), 11 % fewer Guinea pigs (26 % fewer since 2008), and 10 % fewer nonhuman primates (19 % fewer since 2008).

Police records show Sioux City police officers responded to 37 percent fewer dog bites in 2013 than they did in 2007, the year before the breed ban was passed.

Not exact matches

Fewer than 10 percent of naturally born dogs are typically qualified to become professional sniffers, based on a behavior test and rigorous physical training.

Earlier studies had suggested that animals — including fruit flies, dogs and mice — live longer when they ate about 25 percent fewer calories than normal.

More than 30 percent of Americans live with at least one cat, and they re probably getting the same stress relief and happy - hormone release from their pet of choice that dog - owners get; there are simply fewer studies to prove it, says judge Alan Beck, ScD, director of the Center for Human - Animal Bond at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.

According to the Pet Food Industries Council, 24 percent of dogs are now acquired from shelters, compared to 17 percent a few years ago.

According to the company, this food has basically the same benefits as Hills» Science Diet Adult Small and Toy Breed dog food but it has 19 percent fewer calories.

In a study of 1,000 Medicare patients, even the most highly stressed dog owner / guardians in the study had 21 percent fewer physician's contacts than non-dog owner / guardians.

As many breeds carry the proper traits to excel in schutzhund training, only the top few percent of dogs within the specific breed will excel as schutzhund candidates.

Because of few donations, high operating costs and crowding at some shelters, as many as 75 percent of the dogs and cats brought in the front doors of the three county shelters end up being carried out the back door in bags.

According to Hart's Internet survey, fewer than two percent of owners with poo - eating dogs suggest that such products work.

Another survey by British researcher Dr. James Serpell showed it that only one month after getting a dog or a cat, senior citizens had 50 percent fewer minor medical problems such as painful joints, hay fever, insomnia, constipation, anxiety, indigestion, colds and flu, general tiredness, palpitations or breathlessness, back pain, and headaches.

Cornell University's December 2002 issue of the «Cornell Chronicle» mentions the results of a 14 - year study, which found that eating less results in healthier, longer lives and that dogs forced to eat 25 percent less of the same balanced diet than their littermates lived significantly longer and suffered fewer canine diseases.

Although clinical signs may resolve after surgery and the response appears favorable in the first few years, long - term follow - up (more than 3 years) suggests that signs recur in 40 to 50 percent of dogs with partial shunt legations.

Fewer than 50 percent of bumps on dogs skin are cancerous according... Read more

Keeping that fact in mind, the Wellness Health has made the product with nine percent fewer calories as compared to the average dog food that is intended for adult pets.

Over the past few years, we've seen a 30 percent increase in requests for campus visits from our therapy dog teams,» says Dian McTaggart, Director at Large for Therapeutic Paws of Canada.

Fewer than 25 percent of surrendered dogs are adopted, of which about half are returned as soon as the new owners discover their adopted adolescent's annoying problems.

IDEXX claims that the Spec cPL test has a sensitivity greater than 95 percent, meaning almost every dog with pancreatitis will test positive (fewer than 5 percent false negatives), and a specificity also greater than 95 percent, meaning fewer than 5 percent of dogs who don't have pancreatitis will have a false positive result.

Fewer than half a percent of dogs are affected, which indicates that around 5 % are carriers.

More than 47 percent of the 4582 stray dogs were purebred, but they were reclaimed at a higher rate and with fewer days in the shelter than mixed breed dogs.

As a result, fewer than 15 percent of stray dogs are returned to their owners.

This presentation discusses how Austin works to save the last few percent through the use of specialized hospice foster homes for dogs and cats.

A survey performed by the World Health Organization estimates the dog population in Myanmar at approximately 3.48 million, of which fewer than 1 percent are vaccinated, for rabies.

Each year more than 8 million pets end up in shelters, and fewer than 20 percent of dogs and 2 percent of cats are claimed by owners.

No matter, only a small percent of all pet stores sell dogs, cats or rabbits, so we're talking about only a few businesses being affected.

Breeders hell - bent to make it in the show world continue to inbreed their dogs and consumers continue to buy their cast - offs, completely ignoring the fact that 25 percent of the time they are buying a heath care liability — one that may cost them many thousands of pounds in veterinary care in a just a few year's time.

Only six percent of dog owners surveyed for the 2011 - 2012 American Pet Products Association's National Pet Owner Survey purchased organic food, with few using it most often — just two percent.

Maybe a few could have been adopted, but these dogs are on tethers 90 percent of their lives.»

Despite a 9.7 percent growth in the overall population, the number of households with children under age 18 has remained at 38 million since 2000 — that's fewer than the number of households with dogs (which stands at 43 million).