Britain's ideal pet is part-dog, part-cat

Britain's perfect pet is a bizarre combination of both cat and dog - with a little bit of rabbit, researchers claim. With the ears of a rabbit, face of a cat, body of a golden retriever and tail of a horse, scientist said the image depicts the country's ideal animal companion.

The computer-generated picture was created after a survey of 2,000 British pet lovers revealed the nation's perfect animal was supposedly 49 per cent dog, 35 per cent cat, 9 per cent horse and 7 per cent rabbit.



The animal, called ''Max'' by the researchers, has high energy levels, loves daily walks and sleeps for an average of nine hours, 27 minutes a day.

Pete Markey, who helped conduct the research for insurance firm More Than, said: ''This experiment has provided great insight into exactly what it is about their animals people love, both in terms of looks and personality, and it goes to show what a pet-obsessed nation we are.''