ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In the wake of COVID-19, the over-all share of U.S. homes possessing animals notched up from 54.% in 2019 to 56.4%, according to Packaged Facts’ just-launched Pet Populace and Possession Trends in the U.S.

By sort of pet, 44% of homes personal pet dogs, 25% personal cats, and 12% very own other animals (like fish, little mammals, herptiles, and birds).

Pet adoption and pet acquisition trends in 2021 have remained good, in accordance to David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Information, if not as supercharged as in the close to-phrase wake of COVID-19.

Packaged Information estimates that pet populace progress in the wake of COVID-19 brought the range of pet canine to 96 million in 2020, up by about 10 million from 2019, and the amount of pet cats to 32 million, up by nearly 2