Ma ka US Pet Market, ke kuku mai nei na popoki no ka noonoo hou aku

ʻO ka manawa kēia e nānā pono ai i nā felines. Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻo ka ʻoihana puaʻa ʻAmelika he mea ʻokoʻa i ka canine-centric, ʻaʻole me ka ʻae ʻole. ʻO kekahi kumu, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o ka ʻīlio ʻīlio a ʻo ka nui o ka ʻai ʻana i nā pōpoki i paʻa mau. ʻO ke kumu ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻīlio ma ke ʻano o nā huahana a me nā lawelawe.

"Ma ka hana maʻamau a pinepine pinepine, nā mea hana holoholona, nā mea kūʻai aku, a me nā mea kūʻai aku e hāʻawi i nā pōpoki pōkole, me ka noʻonoʻo o nā mea nona nā pōpoki," wahi a David Sprinkle, ka luna noiʻi no ka hui noiʻi mākeke Packaged Facts, nāna i hoʻopuka i ka hōʻike Durable Dog and Cat Petcare Products, 3rd Edition.

Ma ka Packaged Facts' Survey of Pet Owners, ua nīnau ʻia ka poʻe nona nā pōpoki inā ʻike lākou he "manaʻo ʻia nā pōpoki ma ke ʻano he papa lua" i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻīlio e nā ʻano mea pāʻani o ka ʻoihana holoholona. ʻO ka pane ʻana he "ʻae," me nā hale kūʻai meaʻai nui e kūʻai aku ana i nā huahana holoholona (me ka 51% o nā mea nona nā pōpoki e ʻae ikaika a i ʻole i loaʻa i nā pōpoki i kekahi manawa ka mālama ʻana i ka papa lua), nā hui e hana ana i nā meaʻai ʻai/nā meaʻai (45%), nā hui hana i nā huahana meaʻai ʻole (45%), nā hale kūʻai meaʻai holoholona (44%), a me nā hale kūʻai holoholona holoholona (44%).

Ma muli o kahi noiʻi ʻike ʻole o nā hoʻolauna huahana hou a me nā hoʻolaha leka uila i nā mahina i hala iho nei, ʻike ʻia e loli ana kēia. ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei, nui nā huahana hou i hoʻolauna ʻia i pili i ka pōpoki, a i ka makahiki 2020 ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Petco i nā leka uila hoʻolaha me nā poʻo poʻomanaʻo e pili ana i ka feline me "Ua loaʻa ʻoe iaʻu ma Meow," "Kitty 101," a me "Ka papa inoa kūʻai mua a Kitty." ʻO nā huahana lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā pōpoki (a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nānā ʻana i ke kālepa) kū i ka paipai ʻana i nā mea nona nā pōpoki e hoʻopukapuka nui aku i ke olakino a me ka hauʻoli o kā lākou mau keiki huluhulu a-ʻo ka mea nui o nā mea āpau-e hoʻohuli i nā poʻe ʻAmelika i loko o ka pā manu.