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Pet Population 2010 Print E-mail

The Top 10 Pets in the UK for 2010, starting with the most popular, are:
(the total number of species, rounded in Millions)

  1. Fish (over 40.0M) Indoor and Outdoor)
  2. Dogs (around 8.0M)
  3. Cats (around 8.0M)
  4. Rabbits (around 1.0M)
  5. Birds (around 1.0M - Indoor)
  6. Domestic Fowl (around 1.0M)
  7. Guinea Pigs (around 0.7M)
  8. Hamsters (around 0.4M)
  9. Horses/Ponies (around 0.3M)
  10. Frogs/Toads (around 0.3M)

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Top 10 Dogs in the UK in 2008

  1. Labrador (0.6M)
  2. Border Collie (0.6M)
  3. Jack Russell Terrier (0.5M)
  4. Yorkshire Terrier (0.4M)
  5. German Shepherd (0.3M)
  6. Bischon Frise (0.2M)
  7. Rottweiler/ Dalmation (0.1M)
  8. Cocker Spaniel/ Shitzu (0.1M)
  9. Labradoodle/ Golden Retriever (0.1M)
  10. Greyhound (incorporating Whippets)/ Chihuahua (0.1M)

NB: There was 5.5M Pedigree and 1.0M Mixed breeds and 0.8M cross-breeds of dog in the UK

Top 5 Cats in the UK in 2008

  1. Bengal (0.1M)
  2. British Short Hair (0.1M)
  3. Burmese (0.1M)
  4. Manx (0.1M)

  5. Siamese (0.1M)

NB: There was 0.6M Pedigree and 6.6M Non- Pedigree cat in the UK

Please note: 2008 was the first year that we have looked at the top 5 cats and the sample size was fairly low. This means that there was always a higher level of statistical uncertainty but for general reference you may find these results useful.
(ref:PFMA/TNS)
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 May 2010 )
 
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Dog ownership is highest amoungst families and people aged between 
35 - 64 years old. To view how many dogs there are in the UK click here.