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The other alternative is to leave the pets at home. I love my dog but no way will I take him on an airplane in any manner. So we board him when we go on vacati
by dorkinspace 7y ago
The other alternative is to leave the pets at home.
I love my dog but no way will I take him on an airplane in any manner. So we board him when we go on vacation.
- derefr 7y agoI think the valid use-case to contend with here is people moving permanently, not vacationing.
- triceratops 7y agoThere do exist pet transportation services. Or you can do a road trip to your new destination.
- derefr 7y agoPeople move over water, you know. Sometimes even while still being in the same country! (You can bring your pets from the continental US to Hawaii; there aren’t even quarantine periods for it.) Those pet transportation services are for large animals like horses, and for exotics. The costs are prohibitive for regular pets (i.e. not your million-dollar tiger.)
- triceratops 7y agoThis website says international moves cost "up to $2.5k". Pricey, but not prohibitive.[1] Long-distance moves are usually pretty costly anyway. 1. https://pets.costhelper.com/pet-shipping.html https://pets.costhelper.com/pet-shipping.html
- throwlaplace 7y ago2.5k "not prohibitive". lol alright. I've moved 3 times over seas. Never has is cost anywhere near 2.5k (including when my family moved to the US in 91).
- triceratops 7y ago91 was almost 30 years ago. $2.5k today is the cost of an economy round-trip ticket from the US to someplace like India or China around the December holidays.
- parsimo2010 7y agoIf we’re being snarky, ships also move over water you know, and you can ship your animal in a crate and the crew can feed it and clean up after it, regardless of size. People shouldn’t have to put up with your dog peeing/crapping in the cabin on a long transoceanic flight. It can ride in the cargo hold or on a ship just fine.
- moftz 7y agoLots of pets die in the cargo holds. Nothing but luggage should really be down there.
- baddox 7y agoI think if the only animals in airplane cabins were service animals and pets of people moving long distances, the impact would be extremely small. It wouldn't be an extremely common hassle that essentially every flyer has to deal with.
- hbosch 7y agoWhere does your dog or cat go to the bathroom on an overseas, international flight?
- zaroth 7y agoIdeally? In a litter box.
- RandomBacon 7y agoThere are quatantine periods. Source: I lived there and have friends whose pets had to go through quarantine. You can either do the quarantine on the mainland before travel, or in Hawaii after travel.