While there are no official figures, data from the pet food industry show that in 20191 25% of UK households owned a dog, compared with 33%2 in 2021, with the number of dogs rising from nine million to 12 5 million PFMA releases its new top ten pets 2019: pets are the tonic for yappy days www pfma org uk/news/pfma-releases-its-new-top-ten-pets-2019 2 Pet Food Manufacturers Association www pfma org uk/pet-population-2021 3 Tulloch JSP Minford S Pimblett V Rotheram M Christley RM Westgarth C Paediatric emergency department dog bite attendance during the covid-19 pandemic: an audit at a tertiary children’s hospital
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