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SHIPPING YOUR PUPPY
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| Things to Consider |
| Airlines that Ship Pets |
| Organizations that Ship Pets |
| Importing and Exporting Live Animals |
| Animals must be at least 8 weeks of age. |
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Shipping kennel or cage must meet standards for size, ventilation, strength and design. Animals must have enough room to stand up and turn around. Kennels must be equipped with one food and water cup. Kennels must be marked with shipper's name, address and phone number and pick-up person's name, address and phone number (if different from shipper), Live Animal Stickers should be applied to the kennel and the last time fed and watered indicated. Place newspaper or absorbent material on the bottom of the crate. |
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Animal may not be exposed to temperatures of less than 45 degrees Fahrenheit unless there is an acclimation statement by a Veterinarian. |
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Health Certificate must be issued by a licensed Veterinarian and be no more than 10 days old. |
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Animals may not be brought to the airline more than 4 hours before a flight. |
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Animals less than 16 weeks of age must be offered food and water if transit is more than 12 hours. Older animals must have food at least every 24 hours and water at least every 12 hours. |
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Animals over 16 weeks must have rabies shots current. |
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If shipping international (including Hawaii) check the quarantine laws. |
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Do not give your pet solid food in the six hours before the flight. |
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Do not give your pet sedation without your veterinarians approval. |
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Try to schedule a non-stop flight and avoid heavy travel times. |
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If you are flying with your pet, be sure to tell the flight attendant or pilot. |
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Place a familiar blanket, or your pets favorite toy in the kennel. |
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AirTran Airways (ONLY
SMALL PETS ALLOWED | CABIN ONLY)
http://www.airtran.com/help/baggage/index.jsp#PetsAlaska
Air http://www.alaskaair.com/www2/help/faqs/Pets.asp American
Airlines American
TransAir Continental
Airlines Delta Airlines Northwest
Airlines
Southwest Airlines ** DOES NOT ACCEPT PETS ** United
Airlines
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America
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AirTran Airways (ONLY SMALL PETS ALLOWED CABIN ONLY) | ||||
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PetPass Program involves a few simple but important steps:
After your completed application is received, a Live Animal Specialist will contact you with your PetPass number and complete your pet booking. Live animals will not be accepted without your PetPass number, please retain your number for all future live animal bookings. Have your PetPass account and booking confirmation number ready when you present your live animal for transportation. Continental cannot accept a live animal shipment from a walk-up customer without a valid PetPass number. | ||||
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Northwest Airlines | ||||
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Southwest Airlines ** DOES NOT ACCEPT PETS ** | ||||
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Spirit
Airlines ** SUMMER
EMBARGO ON CARGO PETS IN EFFECT ** | ||||
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Sun Country Airlines ** DOES NOT ACCEPT PETS ** | ||||
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Singapore Airlines Do you really
know whats in your pets food?
Although you may think all pet food
manufacturers have your pets best interests in mind, this is not always the
case. Current pet food regulations allow manufacturers to use ingredients that
you would never knowingly give to your pet. In fact, you may be shocked to
learn what some brands of pet food really contain. For example: the use of
by-products (feet, bones and intestines, etc.), chemical preservatives (BHA
and BHT) and grains that are often difficult to digest (corn, wheat, gluten
and soy), which are often used as a protein source instead of meat.
What are you feeding your pets?
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Worldwide Pet Shipping - www.jet-a-pet.com |
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Pet Air - www.flypets.com/ |
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Air Animal Pet Moving Service - www.airanimal.com |
Importing and Exporting Live Animals
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Importing Domestic
Animals to Rabies-Free Areas - Quarantine requirements |
More Information on Shipping Pets
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http://www.library.uiuc.edu/vex/cpl/faq/travel.htm - Information and tips about pet travel. Included is a list of books as well as a bibliography of articles that may give you helpful information about traveling with your pet. |
May 02, 2003
Delta Air Lines Announces Embargo on Pets As Checked Baggage
M2 Communications
Delta Air Lines will implement its annual embargo on the
acceptance of pets as checked baggage from 15 May through to 15 September.
During this embargo period, customers may transport their pets by shipping
them as cargo under the Pet First programme or transporting them as carry-on
luggage. The airline's Pet First programme is available from Atlanta,
Cincinnati, Dallas and Salt Lake City, and is designed to address the special
needs of warm-blooded animals shipped as cargo without their owner.
Those customers wishing to transport pets as carry-on luggage may bring their
pets (dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs) into the
passenger cabin for a fee of USD75 when travelling within the US or Canada.
The animals must fit comfortably in a kennel measuring 17"L x 12"W x 8"H.
Further information is available online at
http://www.delta.com.
New airline law
Ten animals were killed, injured or lost by six U.S.
airlines in May, the first month for which carriers were required to report to
the government.
A large dog escaped his kennel in the cargo hold of an Alaska Airlines flight
and killed an Abyssinian cat named Tango in one of the four deaths reported
Thursday by the Transportation Department in Washington, D.C. Five animals
were injured, and one was lost, the report says.
"It has been a hidden secret for so long how many animals are lost, hurt and
killed," said Barbara Listenik, a Brooklyn, N.Y., artist who campaigned for
the reporting requirement. "That's why I fought so hard for this."
In April 2000 Congress enacted the law for airlines, which transport about
500,000 animals a year. The information, which the government will disclose
monthly, "will help consumers make informed decisions about whether and how to
travel with pets," the Department of Transportation said.
A dog and rat arrived dead on Continental Airlines Inc. flights due to natural
causes, the report says. A Sheltie named Kelly was put to death after
ingesting a toxic substance, possibly antifreeze, on a US Airways Group Inc.
flight, the report says.
Injuries and a loss were reported by Northwest Airlines Corp., Continental,
Alaska Air Group Inc's Alaska, Frontier Airlines Inc. and Delta Air Lines
Inc.'s Comair.
"Obviously one injured or killed pet or animal onboard an aircraft is too
many," said Jack Evans, spokesman for the Air Transport Association, a
Washington trade group whose members include major U.S. carriers. The 10
incidents reported show problems are "the exception rather than the rule," he
said.
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