Warning: Pets Flying in Winter

This should have occurred to me sooner but didn’t because I live in San Francisco and it doesn’t snow here. I want to share a bit about winter travel with pets. In particular, the warning is about the cargo hold of an airplane. The cargo hold is only heated while in flight. Before or after takeoff it is unheated and may even have the doors open. Regulations require that animals cannot be kept in the hold or on the tarmac for more than 45 minutes. However, even that can be too long. There are many horror stories about pets dying from hypothermia. I know I would be devastated if anything like this happened to my furkids. I’m sure you would be too.

For more about travel with pets, the Automobile Club has an excellent page about it. You can read it here.  Have a happy holiday and travel safely

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