Pets and the Pandemic
2020 was a truly challenging year for us all—physically and emotionally. Our pets helped us through it just by being there by our sides, but also so much more—and each in their own unique way.
What Your Pets Have Meant to You
New Pet Owners
- 80% Female
- 14% Male
- 6% No response
- 38% Work from home
- 20% Essential worker
- 20% Other
- 16% Work sometimes from home and sometimes from the office
- 6% Go to the office
AGE RANGE
*4% no response
How New Pets Were Acquired
About AMC
$53 million
raised towards our $70 million goal to expand and renovate the hospital
53,759
Total patient visits
- 39,751 Dogs
- 12,211 Cats
- 2,967 Exotics
430
Total hospital staff members
17,227 ER visits
Busiest service
61
Age of oldest patient (Orange Wing Amazon)
Largest and smallest animal treated
191 pound Otis (Saint Bernard)
22 gram Lorenzo (Canary)
Most Popular Breeds
CAT
Domestic Shorthair
Domestic Longhair
Tabby
DOG
Yorkie
Shih Tzu
French Bulldog
EXOTICS
Parakeets
Cockatiel
Domestic Ferrets
Top Names for Dog & Cat Patients
- FEMALE DOG
- MALE DOG
- FEMALE CAT
- MALE CAT
- 1) Bella
- 2) Lola
- 3) Luna
- 4) Coco
- 5) Lucy
- 6) Chloe
- 7) Daisy
- 1) Max
- 2) Charlie
- 3) Rocky
- 4) Toby
- 5) Oliver
- 6) Teddy
- 7) Milo
- 1) Bella
- 2) Luna
- 3) Lucy
- 4) Mimi
- 5) Kitty
- 6) Lily
- 7) Lola
- 1) Leo
- 2) Max
- 3) Oliver
- 4) Charlie
- 5) Simba
- 6) Tiger
- 7) Milo
Research & Education
research studies published by AMC staff
2020 event attendees
applicants for 21 internships
Usdan Institute events for pet
owner education (15 virtual)
participants for our 2020 Annual One Health Conference “Connecting Human and Veterinary Medicine, A Comparative Approach to the Physical Rehabilitation of Chronic Diseases”
AMC Gives Back
$4.8 million in charitable
care donated in 2020.
Pet owners that were supported through our pet loss support group.