Omnibus Research

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Omnibus Research
Prepared for
February 2006




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Demographics




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Gender Male 48Female
52
Age Under 24 years 11 25-34 years
17 35-44 years 20 45-54 years
17 55-64 years 15 65 or
over 20


Working status Full-time employed
44Part-time employed 11Unemployed
13Pensioner 26Student 4
Marital Status Single 23Married/co-habiting 53
Widowed/separated 22
Social Class AB 25C1 29
C2 21DE 25
Children at home None aged 18 or
under 67 Yes 32 Ref. 1
Internet Access At home
58At work 29No
access 34
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Attitudes Towards Docking

• Just over one third (34) of adults in the UK
  agree that docking for cosmetic reasons should be
  banned.
• Over a quarter (27) believe docking should be
  allowed to continue whatever the reason.
• Older UK adults are more likely to prefer a
  complete ban on docking than the younger
  population
• (65 45 Vs 18-24 32).
• Those in the higher social classes are more
  likely to prefer the banning of docking for
  cosmetic purposes than
• those in social class DE (AB40 Vs DE26).
• By region, adults living in Wales and the South
  West are most likely to prefer a ban on cosmetic
  docking (47).

Q1. Typically a vet may dock (shorten) a dogs
tail when the dog is young for two reasons one
is for cosmetic reasons (I.e. to enter the dog
into a competition), the other is for working
dogs (such as police dogs and working spaniels)
to prevent serious tail injuries to them. Which
of the following would you prefer?
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