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Pandemic-era pet boom shifts into reverse

Pandemic-era pet boom shifts into reverse

[html]Trends tell stories. Last year, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) reported that one in five US households had acquired a new pet since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, an upshift also reflected in the UK, where I live. Though animal charities feared people would give their new additions up when the reality of ownership sunk in, by May 2021, the vast majority of US pets -- 90% for dogs and 85% for cats, according to the ASCPA -- remained in those homes.[/html]

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