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Reasons owners get their dog from abroad in the United Kingdom in 2024

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Release date

May 2025

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

December 23, 2022 to January 18, 2023

Number of respondents

2,475*

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Panel survey

Supplementary notes

*Total dog-owning survey respondents. Figures refer to share of survey respondents who got their pet from abroad.
**Refers to docked tail, cropped ears, and debarked.

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Why UK owners got their dog from abroad 2024

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, May 25, 2025

According to a survey of UK pet owners carried out in December 2023 to January 2024, approximately ** percent of respondents stated that they got their pet from abroad as they specifically wanted to rescue a pet from outside the UK. Some * percent of respondents got their pet from abroad as the breed, color, or type of pet which they wanted was not available in the UK.

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