Guide to Greener Travel With Your Pet
Published November 16, 2011
Petside's guide to greener pet travel!
Will you be traveling for the holidays with your pet? If so, you can do your part in keeping our planet safe by traveling green!
At some point your pet will need to travel - for a move, vet visit, or to play in the park. But there are ways to limit the impact of your pet's trips on the environment. A little planning, and purchasing eco-friendly supplies can make a big difference. Check out the following tips:
- Limit the distance you drive to the vet, dog parks, and pet stores for a greener score.
- If you have to travel on planes with your pets, invest in an eco-friendly carrier.
- Check out this product from earthdoggy.com. This carrier is made of denier nylon from recycled PET, while the espresso/natural carriers are made of earth friendly, durable hemp fiber. Very earth friendly! Go to earthdoggy.com
- If you have to bring your dog on the plane, make sure they are comfortable for the trip with these cozy and eco-friendly crate pads from fetchdog.com. This crate pad is pre-washed, pre-shrunk 100% Hemp canvas treated with azo-free dyes.
- When traveling with you pet, bring your own water bottle. Recycling options may be limited on the road.
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This is how Delta advertises their pet travel: "Pet Travel from Delta for happy healthy, jet-set pets" BUT this is what happened to me: On 1/22/11 we were having our newest family member, a kitten we named Snickers shipped to us from Utah. We paid for her to be in a climate controlled cargo & even paid an extra $70 for an expedited service called Delta Dash which should have meant she was the first thing off or on the plane. When we got to the airport, we waited, her flight came in at 8:40, they didn't bring her out to us until 9:30. (50 minutes after the plane landed) She was cold, pale, limp & unresponsive & had blood coming from her nose & mouth. My family rushed her to the emergency vet, but on the drive, she passed. The vet pronounced her DOA, she died from extreme hypothermia, she froze to death. Apparently, what we thought was a warm cargo bin, wasn't. When a plane lands, climate control is lost & she didn't stand a chance for 50 minutes in their cargo hold. If for any reason there is a holdup on the tarmac, our animals are trapped, unable to escape the extreme cold or extreme heat in the summer. Our family is devastated & Delta's response has been disgusting. They valued her life at 50 cents per pound if you can even believe that. Life to them is worth no more then 50 cents a pound -- DISTURBING! BUYER BEWARE!