Pets are more popular than ever

Whether it’s a dog, a cat, a bird or a gerbil a recent survey, done by the Pet Food Manufacturers Association, has shown that pet ownership is on the increase. Pets are more popular than ever.

Eleven million households have pets and the total population exceeds 57 million.  More people have fish than any other pet, dogs come next at 8.5 million with cats close behind at 7.5 million.

The pet food industry is very powerful with the dog market around £1.3billion pounds whilst cats account for £1 billion.   Pets really are big business – it all used to be so low cost and simple!  Are we over-commercializing pets?  Back to basics and a natural life sounds good to us.