Place where the cat toilet is, place where cats are kept
Recently, many pet cats in Tokyo have their own toilets/potties. According to a survey which Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health conducted in Tokyo during 2011-2012, 76.3% of cats have their own dedicated toilets/potties.
Where is the cat toilet? | % |
Indoors dedicated toilet | 76.3 |
Dedicated toilet or outdoors | 9.1 |
No rule | 8.8 |
No answer | 5.7 |
Number of sample is 317.
Another statistics show 71.6% of cats in Tokyo are indoor-only cats.
Place where cats are kept | % |
Indoors only | 71.6 |
Outdoors only | 5.4 |
Both of indoors and outdoors (owner controls going in and out) |
10.4 |
Both of indoors and outdoors (free entry) |
7.3 |
No answer | 5.4 |
Cats used to sleep anywhere they like, whether outdoors or indoors. But these days there are a lot of troubles around cats, for instance, sit in the neighbor's garden, so people keep cats indoors.
Source is Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health.
www.fukushihoken.metro.tokyo.jp/kankyo/aigo/horeishiryou/siryou.files/23tyousa_gaiyou.pdf
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