Pet-free people donate more to charity than cat and dog owners

By Stephen Beech

People who don’t have pets are more likely to donate to charity than dog or cat owners, suggests a new study.

Previous research has shown that dog owners are often associated with being social and community-oriented, while “cat people” are often thought of as introverted and more open-minded.

But the new study found that people who don’t keep pets are more “philanthropic” than cat or dog owners.

Cat owners donate slightly more than dog owners – and also donate more often and more diversely, according to the findings published in the journal AnthrozoÓ§s .

But people without pets donate the most.

To examine philanthropic behavior by pet ownership – including how personality traits may come into play – researchers analyzed 63 million donors and 788 million transact