Birth rates in the US have fallen from nearly 70 per 1 000 women in 2007 to under 63 last year, according to the Australian Internet newsletter Petnews.com.au. American women gave birth to almost 400 000 fewer little humans in 2013 than they did six years before. The decline has occurred exclusively among 15- to 29-year-olds.
Meanwhile, the ownership of small dogs - that is, pets weighing no more than 9 kg - is going in the opposite direction. Americans have been buying more and more small dogs each year since 1999. The population of little canines more than doubled in the US to over 27 mio over that period, and is only projected to continue upwards, Petnews.com.au quotes data from the market research firm Euromonitor International
