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The popularity of dogs in Spain cannot be denied – the number of hounds has only increased in the last years, reaching figures of approximately *** million in 2023. The number of stray and street dogs rescued on the Spanish streets also saw a considerable increase to over ** in 2019. This figure decreased to ** in 2023.

Dogs: Spain’s favorite domestic animal

Among the wide variety of animals kept as pets, cats and dogs are the most common. In Spain, dogs seem to be the most popular pet, with ** percent of Spanish households owing at least one canine. The share of households that owned a cat amounted to ** percent that year.

How about cats?  

Spanish homes had around 5.86 million pet cats in 2023, which is about half the number of that of dogs the same year. The number of rescued stray or street felines was also significantly lower compared to dogs, with approximately ** cats collected from Spanish streets in 2023. The fate of rescued street and stray pets normally has a happy ending, with nearly half of them adopted by a new family and ** percent returned to their original homes that year.