How man Dogs , cats, livestock and other major pets are in the US
(Broken down please)? What was the revenue for pet products last year
2003, how much was that related to dogs and other outside pets?

<Numbers of pets in the US.

Cats, dogs and livestock.
According to the Pet Food Institute, there are over 75 million pet
cats and over 60 million pet dogs in the U.S.
http://www.petfoodinstitute.org/reference_pet_population_release.cfm

The Pet incidence trend report from the Pet Food Institute shows
figures of pet ownership from 1981 to 2002.
http://www.petfoodinstitute.org/reference_pet_data.cfm

According to the Veterinary Medical Association, the number of pets in
2001 were as follows:
Cats ? 69 million
Dogs ? 62 million
Pet livestock - 2.9 million.
http://www.hsus2.org/sheltering/magazine/currentissue/jan_feb03/frontlines_avmasurvey.html
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Horses.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, there are
5.1 million pet horses in the US.
http://www.avar.org/avar_westernu.html
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Ferrets.
According to AVMA there are 1 million pet ferrets in the US.
http://www.usaweekend.com/03_issues/030615/030615petbriefs.html
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Pigs.
According to Ohio State University there are between 250,000 and 1
million pet pigs.
http://research.moore.sc.edu/Publications/B&EReview/B&E45/Be45_1/trendoct.htm
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Birds, small animals, reptiles and fish.
According to APPMA, ownership of these pets is as follows:
Birds ? 19 million
Small animals ? 9 million
Reptiles ? 9 million
Freshwater Fish ? 159 million
Saltwater fish ? six million.
This site also has some demographic information about pet owners ?
they tend to be younger, married and have higher incomes than other
households.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:gQjaSKI2J7MJ:www.wattnet.com/enews/pet/petnwsMY.doc+billion+%22dog+food+market%22+%22accounts+for%22&hl=en

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Pet food market

According to Packaged Facts the pet food market was worth $13 billion
in 2003. http://www.packagedfacts.com/pub/950918.html

According to a report from the Strategic Marketing Institute by
William A. Knudson, in 2002 dog food sales were $8.02 billion and cat
food sales were $4.2 billion.
http://www.aec.msu.edu/product/documents/Working/1-12031.pdf



According to a report in the Petfood Industry Electronic Newsletter,
the North American market for small animal food and caged bird seed is
an estimated $300 million.
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:ZD-QbPSwyhMJ:www.wattnet.com/enews/pet/petnwsJY.doc+billion+%22small+animal+food%22+market&hl=en

Reptile food.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, reptile food is
$235 million industry.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:iueqqLoMWl0J:subscribe.wsj.com/microexamples/articlefiles/WhatsASnakeToDo.doc+%22reptile+food%22+million&hl=en

According to Wagner?s, retail sales of wild bird seed are $1 billion
and there are 60 million Americans feeding wild birds.
http://www.wagners.com/history.html>
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<Additional links:>

<Book ? U.S. Pet ownership & Demographics Sourcebook. ? Published by
American Veterinary Medical Association. Price $99.00>
<http://www.avma.org/membshp/marketstats/sourcebook.asp>

<US pet food sales by company and market share.>
<http://www.wattnet.com/Archives/Docs/PT013p6.pdf?CFID=133688&CFTOKEN=83970690>


<Search strategy:>

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<Hope this helps.>

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Request for Answer Clarification by batqul-ga on 14 Jun 2004 15:04 PDT

The first half was perfectly what i wanted. I thankyou very much for
your assitance. I need clarification or correction on the second half.
I was requesting pet products revenue not pet food revenue. How much
of that was just on dogs related products-not dog food. Please assist.

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Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 15 Jun 2004 08:34 PDT

<According to an article by Steve Yarbrough, Americans spent $1.5
billion on dog products and $740 billion on cat products in 2001.
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:4mfVUvEPraUJ:www.comfortsathome.com/features/member.html+%22on+dog+products%22+billion+&hl=en

According to Pet Product News Buying guide, sales of dog products were
$1.37 billion in 2000 and sales of cat products were $748 million.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/homeimprovement/chi-981219designideas,0,7528895.htmlstory

According a 2001 report from packaged facts the market for non-food
pet supplies is $5 billion.
http://www.packagedfacts.com/pub/376081.html

According to an article in the Detroit News, Americans spent $29
billion on dogs in 2002.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/business/0302/28/b01-96330.htm

According to the American, Pet Products Manufacturers Association
(APPMA), pet spending was $32.4 billion in 2003 and is projected to be
$34.3 billion in 2004.
http://www.appma.org/

A breakdown of what the money is spent on:
Food - $13.7 billion
Supplies and OTC medications - $7.2 billion
Veterinarian care - $7.0 billion
Live animal purchases - $1.5 billion
Other services such as grooming and boarding -  $2.1 billion
http://www.appma.org/press/pr-fact_sheets.asp>

<Hope this helps.>

It is generally ilegal to allow any of the pets you mentioned (except
cats) to run free = leash law. Enforcement is often lax, especially in
rural communities. Thus it will be difficult to distinguish between
indoor pets and outdoor pets. It will also be difficult to distnguish
cattle as pets from cattle for income/ most are the latter. Horses are
popular for riding, 90% of USA horses could be classed as pets.
Perhaps 5% are hopefuls for horse racing.
Odd breeds of chicken ie banties, ginnie hens, ducks, geese, peacocks,
pigeons and rabbits are pets, as are a few small varieties of pigs,
goats, buros, donkies, jackasses, lammas, and mules. Each probably
number in the thousands rather than millions as pets in the USA.  Neil