Lynda

We've had dogs shipped in from England and a couple of other countries and
across the U.S. If you are going to ship an animal, buy your own crate,
don't rent one from the airline or other crate rental outfit, it is worth
the expense! Go with the animal all the way through the shipping process.
Do NOT leave until you see it go on the belt. They don't like you to do
this but insist! If you are there, the crates won't be switched (a
frequent happening) and the crate won't be thrown around like just so much
luggage. Some planes have pressurized baggage areas just for animals. It
is really best to hold your plans until you can get the furry children on
one of those!

Lynda

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> From: Tracy Oldfield <tracy.oldfield@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] travelling animals, was snakes
> Date: Friday, September 08, 2000 5:26 PM
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> If you're looking to transport animals overseas, be very careful
> about the instructions the airline gets about them. There's a fly-on-
> the-wall series over here about Heathrow airport, including the
> kennels and animal care centre. Two beautiful Newfoundlands
> got shipped from Canada (a 12 hour flight) in boxes taht were too
> small, so they couldn't lie down. The bloke who found them was
> spitting mad! Basically, when measuring dogs for travel boxes,
> they're supposed to take the full head-to-tail length and add the
> 'forearm' length, without which, a dog can't lie down. These poor
> animals had stood up for over 12 hours!!! ugh!! Here in the UK,
> they are trying to bring in 'pet passports,' id chips or somesuch to
> reduce the time spent in Q (and the cost! yes the owner pays for
> 6 months kenneling fees...) And the quarantine regs are so strict
> for a good reason, rabies is rife in Europe and it's extremely rare
> here.
>
> Tracy
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