This statistic displays the share of arrangements pet owners make for their pets when going on a holiday in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015. Of the respondents, eight percent (of cat owners) would leave their cat with friends or family when going on a holiday.
When you go away from home, what arrangements do you typically make for your pet?
Characteristic
Rabbit owners
Cat owners
Dog owners
Stay in the house and someone comes to feed/exercise him/her
48%
54%
5%
Stay with friends/family
18%
8%
32%
Come with you
1%
1%
26%
Stay in a boarding kennel/cattery/rabbit hotel
7%
16%
14%
Stay outside the house (cat/rabbit only)
5%
1%
0%
Stay with a dog/cat/rabbit sitter elsewhere
4%
1%
5%
Stay in the house alone with timed/constant access to food and water
2%
3%
0%
Other
3%
4%
4%
Not applicable – I/we haven’t been on holiday since having the pet
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People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. (December 1, 2015). When you go away from home, what arrangements do you typically make for your pet? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/541063/pet-arrangements-when-away-united-kingdom-uk/
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. "When you go away from home, what arrangements do you typically make for your pet?." Chart. December 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/541063/pet-arrangements-when-away-united-kingdom-uk/
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. (2015). When you go away from home, what arrangements do you typically make for your pet?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/541063/pet-arrangements-when-away-united-kingdom-uk/
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. "When You Go Away from Home, What Arrangements Do You Typically Make for Your Pet?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/541063/pet-arrangements-when-away-united-kingdom-uk/
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, When you go away from home, what arrangements do you typically make for your pet? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/541063/pet-arrangements-when-away-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
When you go away from home, what arrangements do you typically make for your pet? [Graph], People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, December 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/541063/pet-arrangements-when-away-united-kingdom-uk/
