Two nations in the UK: northerners love dogs, southerners prefer cats

Its survey of animal ownership trends, based on analysis of almost 266,000 pets, found that a person’s choice of pet varies considerably according to where they live. Almost 75 per cent of PDSA patients in the north of England are dogs, the researchers found. But the proportion of canine patients south of Watford is significantly lower, at about 57 per cent.

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