The AP-Petside.com Poll
Submitted on Dec 19, 2011 (Original item from 2011)
Companion Animals | General Animal Protection | Data and Statistics | Pet Adoption, Rescue or Shelters | Pet Ownership
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Short Description:
The AP-Petside.com Poll is an annual survey of people with companion animals. It asks questions about where companion animals were obtained, attitudes about adoption, number of companions in the household, and personal experience at shelters, among other questions.
Abstract:
Study Highlights:
- 77% of respondents live with one or more dogs, while 43% live with one or more cats.
- 31% of respondents bought at least one animal from a breeder, while another 30% adopted at least one animal from a shelter.
- Of those respondents who did not currently have any pets adopted from a shelter, 32% had, at some time in the past, adopted an animal from a shelter.
- Of those who currently had an animal adopted from a shelter, 58% felt that it being "more socially responsible to adopt a pet from a shelter" was a very important reason for their decision.
- 23% of respondents had brought an animal to a shelter in the past. Of those, about one third brought in their own animal.
The link below will begin a PDF download of the full survey results.
Spot Check Number:
1908
Sponsor:
Associated Press, Roper & GfK
Animal Type:
Dogs, Cats, Companion Animals
Record Type:
Survey Summary
Research Method:
Telephone Survey
Geographic Region:
United States National
Number of Participants:
1,118
Population Descriptors:
Pet owners, Companion animals, Cats, Dogs
Year Conducted:
2011
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