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and Corns, OH MY!
I got the following post off one of my dog lists.
Wasn't there a post earlier re something like this??
Does anyone know how this effects the Herp industry, especially small hobby breeders/collectors??
I am looking into it and will post further info.
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1a. Dogs as Cargo on Flights
Posted by: "xxxx"
Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:09 am (PST)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:14:15 -0800From: xxxx>: [SETTERS-L] IMPORTANT: US stops accepting live animals as cargo -- effective TODAY
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
While this isn't important to anyone who shows/breeds/sells in the US only -- it's monumental for the rest of us.
Today, the US Gov't stopped accepting live animals as cargo from anyone other than brokers and licensed shippers. This is a not an airline rule, it's a US Federal cargo importation ruling. The new rules for cargo were announced a month ago but was widely assumed that they did not apply to live animals. It was only today that the airlines found out and started calling clients to tell them their dogs could not fly.
This rule applies not only to flying to but ground transportation, too. (and quite possibly handlers taking client dogs to shows!)
I don't have much info but it does not matter if your dog is booked on a flight tomorrow ... it will not go!
This looks like the end of cross-border breeding and showing in the US and the end of importing dogs fro other countries. Broker fees start at $300 and go up - that's in addition to the cost of shipping the dog (which has doubled recently).
Please cross post. I will provide more information and links to the actual rulings as I find them. The person in charge of pet handling for Continental Airlines is already on the case
trying to get the rules relaxed for live animals from Canada but the rule is firmly in place until it changes. Sadly, all Continental personal are in Buffalo trying to deal with the situation there ... so this issue will not be a priority in the near future.
Wasn't there a post earlier re something like this??
Does anyone know how this effects the Herp industry, especially small hobby breeders/collectors??
I am looking into it and will post further info.
>>>>>>>POSTED ON [email protected]
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1a. Dogs as Cargo on Flights
Posted by: "xxxx"
Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:09 am (PST)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:14:15 -0800From: xxxx>: [SETTERS-L] IMPORTANT: US stops accepting live animals as cargo -- effective TODAY
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
While this isn't important to anyone who shows/breeds/sells in the US only -- it's monumental for the rest of us.
Today, the US Gov't stopped accepting live animals as cargo from anyone other than brokers and licensed shippers. This is a not an airline rule, it's a US Federal cargo importation ruling. The new rules for cargo were announced a month ago but was widely assumed that they did not apply to live animals. It was only today that the airlines found out and started calling clients to tell them their dogs could not fly.
This rule applies not only to flying to but ground transportation, too. (and quite possibly handlers taking client dogs to shows!)
I don't have much info but it does not matter if your dog is booked on a flight tomorrow ... it will not go!
This looks like the end of cross-border breeding and showing in the US and the end of importing dogs fro other countries. Broker fees start at $300 and go up - that's in addition to the cost of shipping the dog (which has doubled recently).
Please cross post. I will provide more information and links to the actual rulings as I find them. The person in charge of pet handling for Continental Airlines is already on the case
trying to get the rules relaxed for live animals from Canada but the rule is firmly in place until it changes. Sadly, all Continental personal are in Buffalo trying to deal with the situation there ... so this issue will not be a priority in the near future.
