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50 Cities ranked for Animal Wellness are: |
1
Boulder CO
2 Fort Lauderdale FL
3 Seattle WA
4 San Francisco CA
5 Portland OR
6 Denver CO
7 Sacramento CA
8 Atlanta GA
9 Greensboro NC
10 Eugene OR
11 Raleigh NC
12 San Diego CA
13 Vancouver BC
14 Minneapolis MN
15 Orlando FL
16 Oakland CA
17 Toronto ON |
18
San Jose CA
19 Fresno CA
20 Savannah GA
21 Calgary AB
22 Los Angeles CA
23 Fort Worth TX
24 Detroit MI
25 Milwaukee WI
26 Durham NC
27 Erie PA
28 Charlotte NC
29 Jacksonville FL
30 Pittsburgh PA
31 Rochester NY
32 Madison WI
33 Columbus OH
34 Warren MI |
35
Rockford IL
36 Houston TX
37 Columbus GA
38 Miami FL
39 Chicago IL
40 Dallas TX
41 San Antonio TX
42 Aurora CO
43 Aurora IL
44 Cincinnati OH
45 Cleveland OH
46 Yonkers NY
47 Colorado Springs CO
48 New York NY
49 Buffalo NY
50 Philadelphia PA |
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Criteria
for Ranking:
The following list indicate the criteria by
which each city was assessed and calculated
on a per unit of population basis. For example
a city may have more Holistic Vets than another
city however on % of total population basis,
the smaller city would come out ahead.
Each City is ranked based on availability
of the following 14 services listed below.
The following criteria is ranked in our opionion
from the most valued animal wellness services
for our pets to the least. |
| Criteria |
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Air Quality
• Holistic/Integrative Vets
• Natural Pet Food Retailers
• Anti-Cruelty Legislation
• Pet Shelters
• Animal Acupuncturists
• Animal Massage Therapists
• Dog Parks
• Herbalist Vets
• Pet Sitters
• TTouch Therapists
• Animal Communicators
• Pet Friendly Restaurants
• Pet Friendly Lodging |
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| References* |
•
US News Watch
• US Census
• Veterinary Institute of Integrative
Medicine
• American Holistic Veterinary
Medical Assc.
• Veterinary Botanical
• Medicine Association
• Switchboard.com
• Animaltalk.net
• Petsit.com
• Dogfriendly.com
• HSUS Government Affairs -Dept.
or hsus.org
• US Environmental Protection
Agency |
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| *References
have been used from the most complete sources
available. |
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