BREAKING DOWN PET OWNERSHIP IN AMERICA.

The health benefits of pets have become increasingly recognized with living a longer and happier life. Studies show dogs reduce risk of death by 33%. In the U.S., there now are 245,000,000 pets.

SeniorLiving.org has released a study on Pet Ownership in America after analyzing the latest data from the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Among the key findings: the most-popular pets are dogs (31.1%), fish (30.9%), cats (23.6%), chickens (6.2%), birds (3.1%), reptiles (2.4%), rabbits (.9%), horses (.8%), pet livestock (.7%), and ferrets (.2%); 25.4% of...