HOMEPets and Collective Housing DataData on Pet Ownership

	Data on Dog and Cat Ownership
	Ratios of Collective Housing in Major Urban Centers
	Data on Pet Ownership

	Data on Pet Ownership

Likes and dislikes regarding pets Do you enjoy, or not enjoy, pet ownership?		Places to keep dogs and cats

Survey on Pet Care, July 2003, Cabinet Office The survey shows that 65.5% of respondents like pets which shows that the majority of people are fond of pets.

Pet Food Manufactures Association Survey for 2005 Indoor dogs are double the number of outdoor dogs. Indoor cats are more than 70%, and the trend seems to continue.

Rules on Cat and Dog Ownership		Pet Ownership in Collective Housing

Overall Survey of Apartments and Condominiums for 2003, the Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Ministry Nearly 90% of collective housing arrangements have rules on pet ownership. However, pet ownership is prohibited in nearly 60% of collective housing arrangements.

Survey on Pet Care, July 2003, Cabinet Office A majority of respondents took a permissive attitude, saying pets should be allowed as long as the rules are observed.

Pet Ownership in Collective Housing The latest survey(By Age Group)

I think it should be allowed I think it should be allowed as long as certain rules are followed I don't think it should be allowed Other I don't know Survey on Pet Care, July 2003, Cabinet Office More than 60% of people under 50 are permissive about pet ownership. And more than a majoring of respondents in their 60s are permissive about pet ownership.

On the Keeping of House Cats in Metropolitan Tokyo

Single-family dwellings

Collective housing

Overall Survey of Apartments and Condominiums for 1999, the Former Ministry of Construction

	The rate of keeping cats indoors at collective housing in Tokyo is more than 70%.

Estimated figures on cat ownership for metropolitan Tokyo

Number of cats kept per household Proportion of households in which cats are kept Estimated number of cats Survey by The Public Health Bureau, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government,1999 In Tokyo, 600,000 cats being raised in collective housing, 170,000 more than in single-family dwellings.

*Number of households was obtained from calculations based on 1995 census figures. (Survey by the Public Health Bureau, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government,1999)