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🇺🇸 United States

1 in 5 of the world’s cats lives here

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Numbers

pets

76.3 million 📎 www.avma.org 2025

street

55 million 📎 news.mongabay.com range 30–80M, midpoint used

Share of the world’s cats

22% 📎

Lifespan in the data

10.2 yrs 🎲

Neutered (pets / street)

80% / 15% 🎲 global owned ~60% (Mars 2024) real; US values sim

Kept indoors

60% 🎲

Lab cats per million

91 📎 www.aphis.usda.gov 12,004 cats FY2024 / 131.3M

And what kind of cat 🎲

• a cat from an ordinary home29%
• a street cat29%
• a cat from a poor household12%
• a cat from a wealthy home11%
• a kitten from an unwanted litter9.3%
• a show-cattery cat4.8%
• a temple, shrine or mosque cat3.4%
• a backyard-bred kitten2.4%
• a lab cat<0.1%

Beliefs about cats

• Black cats: still seen as unlucky by many

Laws and policies

• US shelters — ~3.0M cats enter shelters a year; ~277,000 euthanised (≈9%). 📎 www.aspca.org
• City TNR — No federal policy — some cities run TNR, others don't. 📎 www.aspca.org 🎲
• AB 485 (California) — Pet shops may only sell dogs/cats from shelters or rescues · private breeders exempt (game applies it country-wide = simulated). 📎 www.cbsnews.com
• Beagle Freedom-type laws — ~11 states require publicly funded labs to rehome retired dogs and cats (Minnesota first, 2014). 📎 bfp.org

Help real cats in United States

• ASPCA — Cruelty rescue, shelter support and animal law work www.aspca.org
• Alley Cat Allies — Community cat advocacy and TNR since 1990 www.alleycat.org
• Best Friends Animal Society — No-kill sanctuary working with 5,500+ shelters bestfriends.org
• ASPCA spay/neuter — Finder link plus ASPCA services in NYC, LA, W. N. Carolina www.aspca.org
• SpayUSA — Nationwide referral network, discounted rate at member vets www.animalleague.org

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