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- 43,6% of Quebec families own a pet (cat or dog)
- Quebec families have over 2 million pets (845,000 dogs and 1,200,000 cats)
- 11,000 children are born every day in North America, compared with 77,000
kittens and puppies: it is unrealistic to think that each animal will find a home!
- In the time it takes a child to become an adulte, a kitten will have time to
breed ad nauseam!
- A cat that is not neutered can, in theory, become the patriarch to a
family of 420,000 kittens in only 7 years!
- In Quebec, there are approximately 1,6 million stray cats (prorated from U.S.
figures=65 million stray cats).
- At the time, 65% of animals at the SPCA shelters are cats and 35 %
are dogs.
- HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) studies show that by the year 2010, 85% of pet owners
will own cats and only 15% will own dogs.
- The life expectancy of a domestic cat is between 12 and
15 years, compared to the life expectancy of a stray cat which is between 2 and 5 years
- The record for longevity belongs to a cat who lived to be 36 years old.
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