Popular pet rankings frequently kept in America

ByReader of the pack

According to the American Pet Supply Association (APPA), when the first pet ownership survey was carried out in 1988, 3/4 of households who own pets had dogs or cats, but now the type isSnakes, foxes, lizards, even cockroachesIt is enormous to everything.

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2011/2012 APPA National Pet Owners Survey
http://www.americanpetproducts.org/pubs_survey.asp


Although it is a survey of the Association of Pet Supplies, it has become a rather rough classification, but here is the ranking of pets frequently kept in America.

◆ No. 1: 151.1 million freshwater fish
Freshwater fish were kept the most. There may not be recognition of too much "pet", but in Japan it is the result of nodding as there are many houses that keep goldfish. The reason for popularity is that it is fun to see beautiful figure, it will be stress relief. It may be reason why bait and so on are easy to support and where the hands are not supported.

ByNeyYamauchi

◆ No. 2: Cat 86.4 million cats
# 3rd place: 78 million dogs
Cats and dogs are still popular animals as pets. It is not unusual that many people attend as well as family members and accompany them on a trip. Especially the person who keeps a dog feels the merit that it is helping his own exercise by walking.

BySuziJane


ByMosman Council

◆ No. 4: 16.2 million birds
◆ No. 5: 16 million small animals
People who take too much food for cats and dogs make birds and small animals pet. However, a bird cage is essential as birds escape as it is.

ByMikebaird

◆ No. 6: 13 million reptiles
Reptiles such as snakes and lizards that have many fans as a matter of fact. As a reason for choosing as a pet, besides what she likes to see, there are also reasons for being quiet and saving because it does not sound like a dog.

ByThe Chanel

◆ No. 7: Seawater fish 8.01 million
Saltwater fish ranked in with freshwater fish. movies"Finding NemoA clown anemone fish and a sparrow dog which comes out in "It corresponds. Like freshwater fishes, the beauty of appearance is popular, but seawater aquarium seems to be difficult to maintain compared with freshwater, so there is a problem that it will cost too much to start with, but as a hobby it is popular as well It has become the genre of.

ByThreeIfByBike

◆ No. 8: Horse / Ass. 7.9 million
In Japan, many horses feel like not being ranked in first and are becoming pets. In the case of a horse, there is a practical aspect of "being able to ride", but it is necessary to look after trouble by making it training from usual, etc. It is also a pet that costs money. Also, among the pets who ranked in, it seems that the horse was the most frequent for the owner to do a funeral or the like when he died.

BySvadilfari

Incidentally, adding all the above numbers will exceed the number of all households in the US, as this is due to the prevalence of multiple households, in a house with more than one, there are roughly four to ten animals It is said that there are many. Data was announced in April 2011, and the number of pets is increasing, so there may be fluctuations in ranking now.