Editing Pet (section)

==Pet popularity==

In China, spending on domestic animals has grown from an estimated $3.12 billion in 2010 to $25 billion in 2018. The Chinese people own 51 million dogs and 41 million cats, with pet owners often preferring to source pet food internationally.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tang |first1=Ailin |last2=Bradsher |first2=Keith |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/business/china-pet-food-trade-war.html |title=The Trade War's Latest Casualties: China's Coddled Cats and Dogs |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 October 2018 |access-date=23 October 2018 }}</ref> There are a total of 755 million pets, increased from 389 million in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinapetmarket.com/china-pet-population-and-ownership-2019/|title=China Pet population and ownership 2019 update|date=25 December 2018|website=China Pet Market|language=en-US|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825215834/https://www.chinapetmarket.com/china-pet-population-and-ownership-2019/}}</ref>

A survey in 2002 found approximately 45 million pets in Italy, including 7 million dogs, 7.5 million cats, 16 million fish, 12 million birds and 10 thousand snakes.<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711060520/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/home_piaceri/animaliepiante/45_milioni_gli_animali_domestici_in_italia_150000_ogni_anno_vengono_abbandonati/notizie/74252.shtml|archive-date=11 July 2013|url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/home_piaceri/animaliepiante/45_milioni_gli_animali_domestici_in_italia_150000_ogni_anno_vengono_abbandonati/notizie/74252.shtml |title=Main_Page45 milioni gli animali domestici in Italia: 150.000 ogni anno vengono abbandonati |date=22 September 2009 |publisher=[[Il Messaggero]]}}</ref>

A 2007 survey by the [[University of Bristol]] found that 26% of UK households owned cats and 31% owned dogs, estimating total domestic populations of approximately 10.3 million cats and 10.5 million dogs in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2010/6826.html |title=UK domestic cat and dog population larger than thought |date=6 February 2010 |publisher=[[University of Bristol]]}}</ref> The survey also found that 47.2% of households with a cat had at least one person educated to degree level, compared with 38.4% of homes with dogs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8501042.stm |title=More cat owners 'have degrees' than dog-lovers |date=6 February 2010 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

There are approximately 86.4 million pet cats and approximately 78.2 million pet dogs in the United States,<ref name="shea-online.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.shea-online.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Animals%20in%20Healthcare%20Facilities.pdf |title=Animals in Healthcare Facilities: Recommendations to Minimize Potential Risks |website=shea-online.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102728/http://www.shea-online.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Animals%20in%20Healthcare%20Facilities.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Humane Society">{{cite web|last=The Humane Society of the United States|title=U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pet_overpopulation/facts/pet_ownership_statistics.html|access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref> and a United States 2007–2008 survey showed that dog-owning households outnumbered those owning cats, but that the total number of pet cats was higher than that of dogs. The same was true for 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Statistics/Pages/Market-research-statistics-US-Pet-Ownership-Demographics-Sourcebook.aspx|title=U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook (2012)|access-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217030940/https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Statistics/Pages/Market-research-statistics-US-Pet-Ownership-Demographics-Sourcebook.aspx|archive-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> In 2013, pets outnumbered [[children]] four to one in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Animal Planet: Pets Outnumber Children 4 to 1 in America |author=Daniel Halper |url=http://m.weeklystandard.com/blogs/animal-planet-pets-outnumber-children-4-1-america_699157.html |newspaper=The Weekly Standard |date=1 February 2013 |access-date=9 February 2013 |author-link=Daniel Halper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904013035/http://m.weeklystandard.com/blogs/animal-planet-pets-outnumber-children-4-1-america_699157.html |archive-date=4 September 2015}}</ref>

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|+Most popular pets in the U.S. (millions)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petquestions.com/12502/what-are-the-most-popular-pets-around-the-world/|title=What are the most popular pets around the world?|author=Susan Hayes|publisher=PetQuestions.com|access-date=4 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022142459/http://www.petquestions.com/12502/what-are-the-most-popular-pets-around-the-world|archive-date=22 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanpetproducts.org/press_industrytrends.asp|title=Industry Statistics & Trends|publisher=American Pet Product Association|access-date=4 March 2011|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309131043/https://www.americanpetproducts.org/press_industrytrends.asp}}</ref>
!Pet
!Global population
!U.S. population
!U.S. inhabited households
!U.S. average per inhabited household
|-
| align=center | Cat
| 202
| 93.6
| 38.2
| 2.45
|-
| align=center | Dog
| 171
| 77.5
| 45.6
| 1.70
|-
| align=center | Fish
| N/A
| 171.7
| 13.3
| 12.86
|-
| align=center | Small mammals
| N/A
| 15.9
| 5.3
| 3.00
|-
| align=center | Birds
| N/A
| 15.0
| 6.0
| 2.50
|-
| align=center | Reptiles & amphibians
| N/A
| 13.6
| 4.7
| 2.89
|-
| align=center | Equine
| N/A
| 13.3
| 3.9
| 3.41
|}