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When my daughter moved from NY to Florida, she took her cat with her on the plane. What was she supposed to do with him? Ship him via UPS? Abandon him? The airline charged her a fee for him but took her to a private room to go through Security with him. He had to fit in a soft carrier under the seat during takeoff and landing. The rest of the time she sat him on her lap. Before she left, she took him to the Vet who gave her a tranquilizer for him for the flight. She said he slept the entire flight. Daughter does not drive on highways so forget her driving 1,000 miles with her cat in the car. While this was practical special circumstance, daughter is also Bi-Polar and get panic attacks being in confined places for long periods of time without a support human, animal, or tranquilizer for herself.
Airlines? What about hotels with animals? When we moved back from Florida, we drove our two cats in the car with us. We had to stay at hotels overnight with the cats, their food, and their litter pan and litter. Much easier with a dog than two cats. Had to plan our drive and find Pet Friendly Hotels along the way. Most of these hotels had a separate section for pets. All I saw were dogs. One hotel did not put us in the pet section room. They said they made the exception for cats who would not be walked around the hallways.
It was very difficult with two cats in carriers and lugging around all their equipment. I don't think my daughter could have managed doing this all alone.
Boy, are you missing the point. We don't care about people paying to stow their pets. We don't care about people who have service dogs. We're complaining about liars who claim they need to bring Fluffy as an emotional support animal.
Having said that, she should have kept him in his carrier.
In general, pets should be chipped.
Service animals should be registered and certified.
Service animals that need to fly with their owners should be declared at the time of ticket purchase.
On check in, the animal is scanned for the chip, it is compared to the registry.
If they do not match, they don't fly.
When my daughter moved from NY to Florida, she took her cat with her on the plane. What was she supposed to do with him? Ship him via UPS? Abandon him? The airline charged her a fee for him but took her to a private room to go through Security with him. He had to fit in a soft carrier under the seat during takeoff and landing. The rest of the time she sat him on her lap. Before she left, she took him to the Vet who gave her a tranquilizer for him for the flight. She said he slept the entire flight. Daughter does not drive on highways so forget her driving 1,000 miles with her cat in the car. While this was practical special circumstance, daughter is also Bi-Polar and get panic attacks being in confined places for long periods of time without a support human, animal, or tranquilizer for herself.
Airlines? What about hotels with animals? When we moved back from Florida, we drove our two cats in the car with us. We had to stay at hotels overnight with the cats, their food, and their litter pan and litter. Much easier with a dog than two cats. Had to plan our drive and find Pet Friendly Hotels along the way. Most of these hotels had a separate section for pets. All I saw were dogs. One hotel did not put us in the pet section room. They said they made the exception for cats who would not be walked around the hallways.
It was very difficult with two cats in carriers and lugging around all their equipment. I don't think my daughter could have managed doing this all alone.
Somehow hundreds of thousands of people move each year, with their pets no less. It's called a moving van. Sedated pets travel just fine by movers.
In general, pets should be chipped.
Service animals should be registered and certified.
Service animals that need to fly with their owners should be declared at the time of ticket purchase.
On check in, the animal is scanned for the chip, it is compared to the registry.
If they do not match, they don't fly.
This would be a great system and I'd like it even more if expanded to stores and restaurants.
In general, pets should be chipped.
Service animals should be registered and certified.
Service animals that need to fly with their owners should be declared at the time of ticket purchase.
On check in, the animal is scanned for the chip, it is compared to the registry.
If they do not match, they don't fly.
Great idea, yes. But, how does that take care of the emotional support animal debacle?
Somehow hundreds of thousands of people move each year, with their pets no less. It's called a moving van. Sedated pets travel just fine by movers.
My daughter had no furniture to move. Why hire a moving van? She just packed up all her clothes, and paid extra baggage fees.
Maybe we should not have driven our cats and stayed in hotels either? My husband was 68 years old and could not lift furniture and drive a van full of furniture. You do know that on long distance hauls movers do not move only ONE household's furniture? They pick up and drop off other household's furniture along the way. Do you know how long that takes for a 1,000 mile trip? Leave the cats sedated in our section of that moving van for days without eating or drinking? Here's your DEAD cats!
I know. Not everyone can afford their own plane, fuel and maintenance.
Until then, a private company has their own rules and like a ship, the captain is the authoritarian ruler of the ship.
Just like Google, right?
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