If
you’re looking to go on a holiday with your furry companion, it
would be best to leave Fido to the kennel—especially if you’re
travelling by plane.
Dog
owner Michael Jarboe found this out the hard way, when he took his
Mastiff BamBam on a cross-country flight. He even paid extra bucks to
have professional dog handlers around to take care of BamBam, but
after a short layover in a sweltering tarmac, handlers found the dog
dead on arrival when they landed on the next airport.
BamBam
isn’t the only victim of this type of incidents. Pet deaths while
travelling on a plane are technically few and far between, but many a
furry companion has succumbed to the conditions. The cause of
BamBam’s death was heat stroke, after he was left in a cargo space
without air conditioning. Air travel is also particularly dangerous
for animals with “pushed in” faces (i.e. bulldogs, pugs, Persian
cats), mainly because their short nasal passages leave them
vulnerable to oxygen deprivation or heat stroke. Varying air
pressures while airborne can also contribute to pet fatalities, as
such animals aren’t really used to these conditions like humans.
That
being said, driving is a much better alternative to flying for dogs,
although it too has its own flaws--making the boarding kennel the
best option. In the kennel, the animal is handled by a crew of
trained staff, so there will be virtually no worries.
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