Although nearly 80 percent of
the respondents were dog owners and 61 percent cat owners, 11 percent had birds, 6 percent own «pocket pets» such as a gerbil or hamster, and 5 percent own a reptile.
Not exact matches
While the gap in our perception of cats and
dogs remains vast, according to PetSmart Charities» survey, 56 percent of
respondents said negative stereotypes about cats
are untrue and 71 percent said stigmas about cat
owners are outdated.
For every
respondent that indicated
being a breeder or the
owner of breeding
dogs, there
were two who
were not.
In a 2016 survey of pet
owners» personal attitudes, the American Pet Products Association found that 61 percent of current pet
owners felt that buying pet products made in the USA
was important to them, with over 60 percent of
respondents in each individual pet category (
dog, cat, fish, bird, small animal, reptile and horse) feeling this way.
Most
respondents were female
dog owners.
The survey of 640
dog and cat
owners in the U.S. found that 90 percent of
respondents thought it
was important to add green nutrition to their own diets, and 79 percent said they would like to add green nutrition to their pets» diets.
According to the American Pet Products Association's (APPA) 2015/2016 National Pet
Owners Survey, natural food
was the second most often purchased
dog food, with 19 percent of survey
respondents saying they purchased natural
dog food in 2014.