Summer intern report 2025 - pet ownership and communications in the UK

Author: Jiayu Pang

Date: 1 October 2025

This report was written by Jiayu Pang, one of our summer interns in 2025. It looks at the environmental and public health impacts of pet ownership in the UK, focusing on how these issues can be better communicated to pet owners. Using premium pet food production and pet parasiticide use as case studies, it identifies the major actors involved in communicating these issues and assesses how different messages are being used to drive behaviour change among pet owners.

Read the full report here.