• Question: do animals in the country live longer than ones in the city

    Asked by anon-177568 to Urslaan, Nicola, Helen, Daniel, Andrew on 11 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Daniel Marsh

      Daniel Marsh answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      I’m not sure if there have been any studies carried out on this but certainly within certain animal groups they are far more successful in the urban environment as although it may be more polluted there is often an abundance of waste food that doesn’t require any hunting skills!

    • Photo: Urslaan Chohan

      Urslaan Chohan answered on 12 Jun 2018:

      I don’t think we can animals live longer in the country – but yes, in the country they would likely have more room to live in. This doesn’t mean they would live longer, however.

    • Photo: Helen Littler

      Helen Littler answered on 13 Jun 2018:

      Animals in the city have easy access to food but it is junk food and as it is easy access they don’t get much exercise so I imagine countryside animals live longer

    • Photo: Andrew Singer

      Andrew Singer answered on 14 Jun 2018:

      Good question. You’ll need to decide which animal you’re wanting to know about…birds, cats, dogs, etc. I would imagine cats live longer in ‘the country’ as there are fewer cars to run them over.

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