Originally Posted by
vandenn
According to WarcraftPets...
61 pets are available from vendors (includes guild achieve pets)
48 pets are available from drops (includes seasonal event pets)
24 pets are available from quests
14 pets are available from crafting and archaeology
12 pets are available from achievements
4 pets are available from Collector's Editions
Thats 163 pets already, without going to the store. If you narrow it down to one faction, on US servers, it comes down to roughly 155. A dedicated collector who has been playing the one character for some time will easily have 150, or be very close.
I don't understand why people think they need to get achievements as soon as they are released. New pets are released in-game all the time. If you'd been reading MMO lately, you would realise the following pets have been datamined, and look like they will be available in 4.2...
- Feline Familiar
- Fire Lasher
- Hyjal Bear Cub
- Creepy Crate (potentially)
- Chirping Box
Add these to the two pets you will get on your way to 150 (Nuts and Brilliant Kaliri), and that's 7 new pets, without even including the whelpling from the legendary staff.