PETS IN JAPAN

Japan has a record of 19.3 million domestic pets which is lesser compared to one hundred three million domestic pets of U.S. the quantity of domestic pets in Japan grew fifteen percent between the year 1990 and 2000, with the largest growth among prosperous households. A local pet market cost about ten billion dollars every year and therefore far has been slowdown resistant.

A 2004 study by a pet food company found that among Japanese households, 23.4 percent owned dogs, 12.9 percent cats, 3.7 percent goldfish and 5.5 percent tropical fish. An overall of fifty two percent doesn’t own pets. When it comes to singles, 8.2 percent owned dogs, 7.9 percent owned cats, 2.6 percent kept goldfish and 2.2 percent kept tropical fish. An overall seventy nine percent doesn’t own pets. Those people who don’t own pets, 70.3 percent of them said that pets are pets are not allowed in their apartments and facilities.

Well-known pets in Japan are turtles. They are very appropriate for small Japanese houses. Turtles don’t have much stink, very quiet and they can be stored in fish containers. For children, hamsters are very popular and their appreciation increased since the Hamuster cartoon. An unexpected number of Japanese have ferrets for pets.

L. Nakamura