The bar graph depicts the trend alterations of the number of animals adopted from an animal shelter in Madison, Wisconsin. The data cover three different species: dogs, cats, as well as birds and reptiles, and were presented biannially from 1990 to 2000. By and large, it is ubiquitous that there was an alteration in the preference of adopting dogs to cats while other species remained stable.
As for the statistical data which delineates the adoption numbers in cats and dogs, the Madison inhabitants adopted more cats than dogs over the periods. Initially, dogs were the most favorable animals to adopt at the beginning of the survey with almost 600 records. However, the trend decreased gradually afterwards until it reached 400 adoption files in 2000. Showing an adverse tendency, cats were much less popular in 1990 than dogs, but these animals showcased a dramatic rise along the period of the survey. In 2000, cats were recorded to have more than 600 adoption cases. It made these furry animals the most adopted of all.
Turning to the remaining species which had much less popularity, the adoption pattern for birds and reptiles remained stable. The number only informed slight fluctuations with approximately 100 adopted animals during the duration of the survey.
