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Aussies keep more chooks and pets at home

Reported by AAP

Friday, March 30, 2012

Australian families are keeping more chooks and pets in their backyards as they bring a bit of old-style living back to the major cities, retail giant Bunnings says.

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"People are keeping chickens and poultry again and it's a big part of our business, it really is becoming a big part," Bunnings chief operating officer PJ Davis told reporters during a tour of the Bunnings Greenacre store in Sydney on Friday.

"Pet accommodation, I suppose is what we like to call it, is actually a big thing."

Bunnings, which is owned by Wesfarmers, has expanded its range of pet shelters, plants and playground equipment in recent times.

But it's not only young families who are leading the push towards growing their own vegetables and keeping rabbits, chickens and geese as well as traditional pets.

"Younger people in Australia have always liked pets but as the population ages I think pets are becoming more and more a part of everyday life for people and leading on from that has been the veggie garden," Mr Davis said.

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