12-11-2007, 09:54 AM
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 Re: Vick's sentence: 23 months
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Originally Posted by webz  Apparently the judge is a dog-lover and has pictures of dogs on his desk! Not only that, he was the first judge to hand out a sentence for dogfighting like 20 years ago or something.
Tough break. | It appears that he is in the company of anywhere from 35 million American households to 68 million. Quote:
I've found quite a few estimates of the number of dog owners in the
United States, with a rather wide range of figures. Below I've listed
several sources for you.
The Kansas City Star says 68 million Americans own dogs:
"According to the Star, 73 million Americans own cats, while 68
million are dog owners."Tufts University
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Focus USA, a database marketing firm, gives an estimate of 50 million:
"Currently there are approximately 50 million dog owners in the U.S.
"An article in Anthrozoos magazine sets the figure at 35 million:
The most precise figure I found online - 43,143,849 - came from
American Pet Association polls (from 1998 through 2001):
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