US pet industry spending
correlates with
Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf population
r = 0.99399% · 2016-2022
US pet industry spendingNorthern Rocky Mountain gray wolf population
These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2016-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
Data Sources
US pet industry spendingamericanpetproducts.org ↗
Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf populationdigitalcommons.unl.edu ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation