Examine finds NJ leads nation in lacking cat studies
Let’s hope they’ve 9 lives.
Extra cats have gone lacking in New Jersey than in every other state within the US — and it could possibly be a results of the Backyard State having a few of the “deadliest” roads.
A brand new research carried out by Pet911.org, which maintains a nationwide database of lacking pets, discovered there have been 18,580 studies of lacking Jersey cats in 2024.
Utah adopted with 15,165 lacking felines, whereas 13,010 vanished in Massachusetts adopted by 12,905 and 12,470 in Illinois and Michigan, respectively. In New York, 11,385 cats had been reported lacking — rating the Empire State No. 7.
Andrey Chernyshev, CEO of Pet911.org, supplied his principle on why extra cats had been reported lacking in New Jersey than wherever else.
“The important thing perception is that New Jersey has created the proper storm for cat loss by way of a novel mixture of things that no different state matches: Excessive density creating territorial confusion; deadliest highway community and brutal commuting tradition,” with 400,000-plus out-of-state commuters day by day,” Chernyshev informed The Submit.
Northeast skilled pet tracker Carmen Brothers additionally mentioned Jersey residents, in her expertise, “are extra proactive about discovering their lacking pets” than these dwelling in Southern states, like Alabama and Mississippi.
“The additional north you go, the higher persons are about reporting lacking pets, and that’s only a unhappy actuality,” Brothers defined. “I additionally suppose folks are extra in tune with animal welfare within the Northeast, and I discover that to be true of cats and canines.”
But, Texas was the state with highest variety of lacking canine studies with 82,515 final yr. Tennessee ranked No. 2 with 58,036 studies, and Arizona was shut on its tail with 56,370.
In the meantime, New Yorkers reported 30,890 canines lacking in 2024, placing it at No. 23. With 37,090 canines reported lacking, New Jersey ranks No. 17.
The research additional discovered huskies and chihuahuas had been reported lacking greater than every other canine breed, with Siamese and tuxedo cats vanishing probably the most.
Moreover, the research decided Friday is the day of the week when most pets are reported lacking.
As for names, canines named Bella, Luna, Max, Coco and Rocky go lacking probably the most, whereas cats named Luna, Milo, Leo, Simba and Oliver are most frequently reported to have disappeared.
“When a specific title is quite common amongst pets nationwide, it naturally seems extra regularly in misplaced pet studies,” the research notes.
