Do people really care less about their cats than about their dogs? A comparative study in three European countries.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have shown that cat owners seem to care less about their cats than dog owners care about their dogs - both in terms of their emotional state of attachment and in their willingness to pay for services that potentially benefit the animals. One study speculated that this difference is "driven by the behavior of the pet" - that the behavior of dogs encourages care more than the behavior of cats - and therefore is a universal phenomenon. However, previous studies mostly relied on convenience sampling of owners and were undertaken in single countries. Based on responses to a questionnaire from cat and dog owners drawn from representative samples of citizens (18 to 89 years of age) in three different European countries, Denmark, Austria and the United Kingdom, we tested the degre

SUBMITTER: Sandoe P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10625900 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature