Bird 6%

1. The survey polled members of the Future Ready Librarians and Library Think Tank Facebook pages.

2. Includes snakes, iguanas, bearded dragons, tortoises, turtles, toads and frogs

3. Includes guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, mice and rats

4. Source: Household penetration rates for pet-ownership in the United States from 1988 to 2017/2018. Statista. Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/198086/us-household-penetration-rates-for-pet-owning-since-2007

5. Source: Global GfK survey: Pet ownership. (May 2016)

Hedgehog Hermit Crab Axolotl Tarantula

Other

Special Librarian

Library School Student

Academic Librarian

School Librarian

Public Librarian

We conducted an informal survey1 of librarians to see which pets are most popular in their households.

In 2017, some 68% of all households in the United States owned pets, up from 56% in 19884. More than 50% of people

worldwide have at least one pet5.

Proof PawsitiveLibrarians Love Their Pets

Who Responded

50%

21%

17%

5%5%

2%

Number of Pets Per Household

32% 33%

14%

8%5% 5%

3%

1 2 3 4 5 6-9 10

Pets Owned

Most Unique Pets

Pet Ownership Around the World

Nearly 90% of librarians reported having at least one pet. Of those, 47% own at least one dog and one cat.

Dog 33%

Cat 23%

Fish 12%

Other 6%

Cat62%

61%

7%

6%

5%

4%

2%

2%

>1%

Dog

Fish

Bird/Chicken

Reptile/Amphibian

Rodent

Bunny

Horse

Ferret