New Poll Shows Most Owners Not Cutting Back on Pet Expenditures
December 17, 2008 by Paris and John
Filed under Budget Tips, Tips
A new poll from the Associated Press (www.ap.org) and Petside.com (www.petside.com) taken December 3-8, 2008 in phone interviews with 1,129 randomly chosen pet owners showed that 85% aren’t cutting pet care expenses due to the economy. The poll did show that lower-income pet owners are twice as likely to have had to make cuts than higher-income owners.
Those pet lovers who are making cuts, though, are having to make drastic ones:
- 54% of those making pet expenditure cuts they’re waiting on routine visits to the veterinarian
- 21% said they’re putting off vet visits for serious problem
- 27% are considering giving up their pet due to financial difficulties
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