According to the latest known figures, the dog population is growing rapidly in Spain and Europe. The number of dogs in Europe has increased by almost 200% in eight years, reaching 73 million dogs registered in the EU by the end of 2022, according to the Royal Spanish Canine Society (RSCE), based on estimates from the International Sinological Federation (FCI). ) and the European Commission. In the same year, a record was reached in Spain with 9.3 million registrations. from domestic dogs.
As a result, the number of these animals in Spain boom Registered throughout Europe, making it readily available More dogs than children under 14 In our country, according to official figures.
9.3 million dogs in Spain They represent 12% of the continent’s registered populationApproximately one million of them are purebred and recorded in a Book of Origins.
European census figures have tripled data since 2014When FCI statistics show that there are approximately 24.5 million dogs in Europe, this also shows that there is a “growth” trend in society as more and more homes have dogs as pets, Europe Press reports.
multinational work
To do this, the FCI collected statistics on thoroughbred and mixed breed samples from 52 countries, 43 of which were European; Seven transnational companies, including Russia, Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia and Kazakhstan, and two companies from outside European territory, Israel and Uzbekistan.
Special, The biggest growth in these eight years occurred between 2015 and 2016; The number of dogs increased from 38 million to 51 million in European homes. In addition, there was an 11 percent increase during the pandemic period, between 2020-2021, the number of dogs increased by 11 percent from 60.7 million to 67.4 million, and in 2022, it increased by 9 percent to 73 million.
These data therefore show that there has been a stabilization in recent years in the number of dogs, which, according to the RSCE, has “rapidly increased” during the pandemic, resulting from Covid-19 restrictions and the proliferation of social networks that allow walks with pets. “They often appear with animals.”
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