Dear tener,
Here is the best data on dog ownership I could locate:
-- Australia --
Estimated Number of Australian Households with Dogs, 2002: 2.8 million
Estimated total Number of Dogs held as Pets, 2002: 3.972 million
-- Japan --
Estimated percentage of Japanese Households with Dogs: 18.3%
Estimated total Number of Dogs held as Pets, 2002: 11.137 million
-- Canada --
Estimated Number of Canadian Households with Dogs, 2002: 3.4 million
Estimated total Number of Dogs held as Pets, 2002: 5.7 million
-- United Kingdom --
Estimated Number of UK Households with Dogs, 2001: 5.3 million
Estimated total Number of Dogs held as Pets, 2002: 6.1 million
-- Italy --
Estimated Number of Italian Households with Dogs, 2004: 4.5 million
Estimated total Number of Dogs held as Pets, 2004: 5.8 million
-- France --
Estimated Percentage of French Households with Dogs, 2002: 27.8%
Estimated total Number of Dogs held as Pets, 2002: 8.8 million
-- Germany --
Estimated Percentage of German Households with Dogs, 2003: 13.3%
Estimated total Number of Dogs held as Pets, 2003: 5 million
Sources:
Petnet: Pet Ownership In Australia
http://www.petnet.com.au/statistics.html
Japanese Pet Food Manufacturers Association: 2003 National Dog and Cat
Ownership Survey (in Japanese!)
http://www.jppfma.org/topics/topics0402.html
Japanese Pet Food Manufacturers Association (in Japanese!)
http://www.jppfma.org/
Dog Business Digest: October 2002 - The Dog Market
http://www.dog-digest.com/html/oct2002.html#1
AltaVista: Babelfish Translation
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Google Answers: "Number of cat owners - Worldwide", answered by knowledge_seeker-ga
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=244443
SEBA: Newsletter March/April 2004
http://www.elkbreeders.sk.ca/information/newsletters/2004-03-04/page9.html
Scotsman.com: Cats claw their way to the top
http://lifestyle.scotsman.com/families/pets_specific.cfm?articleid=6705
ASAB: The domestic dog Canis familiaris
http://asab.icapb.ed.ac.uk/resources/cameos/dog.phtml
Moggies: National Pet Week - United Kingdom
http://www.moggies.co.uk/articles/apr2004/nwp_uk.html
BBC News: Owners 'spend £3.5bn on pets'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2291815.stm
Zentralverband Zoologischer Fachbetriebe Deutschlands: Struktur &
Umsatzdaten 2003 (in German!)
http://www.zzf.de/presse/markt/markt2003.html
Exprimere: Arrivano le vacanze novitą per cani e gatti (in Italian!)
http://www.exprimere.it/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1416
Way Italia: In Viaggio - Cani e gatti possono entrare (in Italian!)
http://www.wayitalia.net/root/viaggio_2066.html
National Assembly of France: Compte rendu No. 46, Mercredi 2 avril
2003 (in French!)
http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/12/cr-cafe/02-03/c0203046.asp
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Best regards,
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