As someone who openly acknowledges my animals are child substitutes, it’s interesting to find out that I’m not alone! Here in Italy, recent research carried out by AstraRicherche for leading Italian petfood company AgrasDelic has shown that a growing number of Italians consider their cat or dog not just a pet but more like a […]
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I just had an email from someone asking me how many pets there are in Italy. This intrigued me as although I’ve recently posted about the Italian pet owning statistics published earlier this year, I didn’t recall reading any pet numbers in that. Anyway, I did a quick google search in Italian and there appear
According to a 2013 survey by Eurispes, the Italian Institute of Political,Social and Economic Studies, the country’s economic woes have not taken their toll on the nation’s pets. In actual fact there has been a rise in pet ownership. Over 55 percent of Italian families now have at least one pet, up 13 percent on last year. Dogs remain the
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The little hilltown area of Fauglia near Pisa has just announced it is looking into creating the first mixed pet and human cemetery in Italy. Although still in its very early stages and looking for funding, the Comune is very serious about the project and believed there will be a strong demand from owners who
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