Unruly pets are driving owners wild by destroying property worth £1.2billion every year. Dogs, cats, rabbits and rodents sink their teeth into floor boards, skirting boards, doors and furniture.
Electricals are a target too, plus family heirlooms, clothing and just about anything else the critters can get at. Researchers say 8.9million dogs in the UK are the biggest culprits, wolfing down £860million-worth of items.
Cats aren’t purrfect either – destroying £340million of goods. Rabbits – there are one million of them – leave owners hopping mad by destroying property worth £57million.
Even rodents are in a scurry to get in on the destructive action. The niggling nibblers – there are over one million pet guinea pigs, half a million hamsters
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