The dog was the first species to be domesticated. The first undisputed dog remains buried with a human have been dated to 14,700 years ago.
For many centuries in Western societies, aristocrats kept dogs for both companionship and hunting. Thus, pet keeping was a sign of elitism within society. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the rise of the middle class had stimulated the development of pet keeping and it became inscribed within the bourgeois culture.
Lucy's Law bans pet shops and dealers in England from selling kittens and puppies. It was named after Lucy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who developed fused hips, a curved spine, bald patches and epilepsy after years of mistreatment in the puppy farming system.
During the 18th and 19th century, squirrels were among the most common household pets in America. While colonial Americans kept many types of wild animals as pets, squirrels were the most popular being relatively easy to keep.
In 1996 Synbiotics Corporation of Rancho Bernardo, California, became the first U.S. company to extend group health-care coverage to its 60 employees' family pets, including dogs, cats, and horses.
GloFish are the world's first genetically modified pets. They are given jellyfish and sea coral anemone genes to make them light up. The US craze for them in the 2000s angered animal rights groups and some States banned them in case escaped examples distort freshwater fish populations.
There are approximately 86.4 million pet cats in the United States, approximately 78.2 million pet dogs in the United States and 5.3 million house rabbits.
In 2013, pets outnumbered children four to one in the United States.
For many centuries in Western societies, aristocrats kept dogs for both companionship and hunting. Thus, pet keeping was a sign of elitism within society. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the rise of the middle class had stimulated the development of pet keeping and it became inscribed within the bourgeois culture.
Lucy's Law bans pet shops and dealers in England from selling kittens and puppies. It was named after Lucy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who developed fused hips, a curved spine, bald patches and epilepsy after years of mistreatment in the puppy farming system.
During the 18th and 19th century, squirrels were among the most common household pets in America. While colonial Americans kept many types of wild animals as pets, squirrels were the most popular being relatively easy to keep.
In 1996 Synbiotics Corporation of Rancho Bernardo, California, became the first U.S. company to extend group health-care coverage to its 60 employees' family pets, including dogs, cats, and horses.
GloFish are the world's first genetically modified pets. They are given jellyfish and sea coral anemone genes to make them light up. The US craze for them in the 2000s angered animal rights groups and some States banned them in case escaped examples distort freshwater fish populations.
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There are approximately 86.4 million pet cats in the United States, approximately 78.2 million pet dogs in the United States and 5.3 million house rabbits.
In 2013, pets outnumbered children four to one in the United States.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, more than 23 million American households — nearly one in five nationwide — acquired a dog or cat during the COVID pandemic.
According to the results of a 2019 study conducted by the market research company, GfK, Argentineans have the most dogs worldwide (66% of pet-owners), Russians have the most cats (57% of pet-owners), Turks have the most birds (20% of the population), and Chinese have the most fish (17% of the population).
Lab tests have shown that cats don't love you the way dogs do. Tests has shown that a dog releases Oxytocin (love hormone) in their brains at MUCH higher levels when compared to cats. A dog releases upwards to 60% while a cat releases 12%.
Americans spend more than $5.4 billion on their pets each year.
Lab tests have shown that cats don't love you the way dogs do. Tests has shown that a dog releases Oxytocin (love hormone) in their brains at MUCH higher levels when compared to cats. A dog releases upwards to 60% while a cat releases 12%.
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| A cat and dog, two popular pets. |
Americans spend more than $5.4 billion on their pets each year.
Studies estimate that between 56% and 59% of dogs and 60% to 63% of cats in the United States are overweight or obese.
In Britain there are thought to be 5.8 million dogs. This means that dogs are the third most popular pet after goldfish, which number more than 15 million and cats, with more than 7.5 million.
Four companies—Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Mars, and Colgate-Palmolive—are thought to control 80% of the world's pet-food market.
3% of all pet owners around the world give Valentines gifts to their pet.
In Alaska’s capital city, Juneau, it is illegal for a pet owner to allow their pet to enter the premises of a barber or hairdresser.
You cannot have a pet dog in Iceland–it's illegal.
Sources The New York Times Daily Mail
In Britain there are thought to be 5.8 million dogs. This means that dogs are the third most popular pet after goldfish, which number more than 15 million and cats, with more than 7.5 million.
Four companies—Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Mars, and Colgate-Palmolive—are thought to control 80% of the world's pet-food market.
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| A supermarket's pet food aisle in Brooklyn, New York. By I, Jeffrey O. Gustafson, |
3% of all pet owners around the world give Valentines gifts to their pet.
In Alaska’s capital city, Juneau, it is illegal for a pet owner to allow their pet to enter the premises of a barber or hairdresser.
You cannot have a pet dog in Iceland–it's illegal.
Sources The New York Times Daily Mail
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