8/89Ratio of American children to American cats and dogs: 1:2
7/89Rank of dog, cat, snake, and U.S. president, among World Book Encyclopedia entries consulted most often: 1,2,3,4
1/00Number of New York City children issued Civil Defense dog tags by 1952 to identify them after a nuclear attack: 2,500,000
8/93Number of American cats fitted with pacemakers last year: 800
8/88Chances that an adult will die after a fall from six stories: 9 in 10
Chances that a cat will: 1 in 10
9/07Number of goats that Chattanooga, Tennessee, has rented to roam city land and clear kudzu: 12
Number of llamas it has had to rent to guard the goats from neighborhood dogs: 2