PETSVENTURA PET RELOCATION SOLUTIONS: International Pet Transport

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Pet in cargo hold

When you send your pet by cargo flight you might wounder where the kennel is placed at the airplane.

I attached to this short note a picture to demonstrate the place in cargo hold. All kennels are secured in an area designated for live animals, away from the other baggage and cargo. Kennels are either strapped down individually or otherwise secured with tarp or netting.

The air in the cargo hold is the exact same pressurized, temperature-controlled air that circulates throughout the main cabin. But because the multitude of human bodies sitting together generates added warmth in the more insulated main cabin, the air is always cooler in cargo. To remedy this, most aircrafts have a “high/low” switch in the cockpit that sends additional warm air to cargo, which the pilot sets to “high” whenever there are live animals below. One pilot states that on a Boeing 777, the cargo air averages about 18°C (64.4° F) with the switch set to high, but can drop to below 10 °C (50°F) if mistakenly left on the low setting.

To help prevent such an accident, all pilots are informed on their load manifest when there are live animals “in the pit.” For caution’s sake, it would be wise to ask your flight attendant to confirm the pilot has “flipped the switch” and is aware of your precious cargo below!

PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions can assist you with all your questions regards to travel with pets.

An Air Charter Service for You and Your Pet

An Air Charter Service for You and Your Pet

If you’ve traveled on an airplane with your pet in the past, you know what an unpleasant experience it can be for your beloved furry friend. In most situations, pets are relegated to the cargo area of a plane, where they’re kept in small cages and situated haphazardly in a cramped area with luggage and other caged animals. Flying can be a very terrifying experience for your pet. If you have a small pet, you may be able to keep it in a small cage under your seat. But the hustle and bustle of a crowded airplane can still be a very unpleasant experience for your pet, especially if they can’t see you from their place under your seat. If you are looking for a much more pleasant way for your pet to fly with you, consider an air charter service that will allow your pet to feel considerably more safe and secure while in flight.

Cost of Sending a Dog to the UK via PETS scheme (USA to UK)

This is one experiance of a person from the USA sending her dog from the USA to the UK . I hope this can give you an idea of the process and fees involve when you plan an international traveling with a pet.

Only Birtish Airways is a qualified to fly dogs from LAX to London-Heathrow!

Cost of ship would be over US$900 for the one-way flight .
Plus a $175 handling fee in the U.S.
GBP 310 ($470) fee for customs clearance in the UK .
In addition, the USDA charges $111 per dog for providing the required paperwork approvals, so in the end, the up front costs were nearly $1700.
Add to that the cost of all the vet visits to get him micro-chipped, vaccinated, de-wormed and blood-tested (another $300 easily).
Cost of buying a replacement bed, leash, collar, and food bowl for the UK (since his US items couldn't accompany your pet in the crate)
The grand-total comes to somewhere around US$2,500.

DISCLAIMER -

The information herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable. While I do not doubt its accuracy, I make no guarantee, warranty or representation about it.

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Volcanic ash in the airspace around Buenos Aires (EZE) - JUNE 24, 2011

Volcanic ash in the airspace around Buenos Aires (EZE) continues to cause flight cancellations to and from the Argentine capital.

All of American's northbound and southbound flights into EZE have been cancelled tonight. JUNE 24, 2011

International Pet Relocation Quotes

When you and your family decide to move with your pet/s, PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions ® know how stressful it can be to arrange all the logistics and with pets, it is even more distressing. This is where we step in. We take on all the logistics involved with relocating your pets, as there are often many steps involved, and we handle it all for you.

PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions ® will asses, which paperwork is needed for the country you are moving to, and we will get in touch with agents on that side, if necessary. We will obtain the health certificate in due time (each country has a different time stipulation). We will find the safest and fastest flight plan for your pets, so that they have to endure as little stress as possible. We will also always seek the most economical flight schedule, when possible. We make sure the travel box sizes are appropriate according to IATA regulations, in order for the pets to have enough room for travelling and to secure that there will be no hold–ups during travelling.

PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions ® will collect the travel kennel in advance, so we may prepare them before your pet needs to travel, making sure all the necessary paperwork is attached securely and that your pet can travel safe and with as much comfort ability as possible.

Your PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions ® agent will personally take your pets to the airport to check them in for their flight. The same agent will further follow your pet’s progress on their journey to their final destination, will give you updates and we do not stop chasing and we do not “close” until we know for certain, that the kids are happily reunited with their family.

To provide you a quote, please provide the following details:

- Pet details including health status
- Estimated departure date
- Size of travel box (height, width and length)
- Final destination point
- Weight of pet in the travel box with a blanket
- Vaccination status

We will provide you with a quote in within 72 hours and we will advise you on your options of how to proceed.

PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions ® understand the anxieties, that you may have and that your pet might incur and we are here to assist you and yours in any way we can. Just contact us with your questions, and we will get back to you immediately to help you.

PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions ® will provide as much or as little aid, as your relocation may require and only charge you accordingly.

We think it is fantastic and we are truly thankful, when families who have decided on relocating, naturally include their family pet /s.

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Eze Airport cancelled Animal Flight Due To Volcanic Ash

Impact of Ash in Argentina Lessens as Winds Shift

June 10, 2011

United Cargo is advising our customers that prevailing winds are now pushing ash from the Puyehue volcano in Chile away from air space surrounding Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE).

Subsidiary Continental and United flights to EZE scheduled to depart Friday evening, June 10, are planned to operate. Our flights from EZE scheduled to depart Saturday, June 11, are also planned to operate. CO and UA flights to and from other locations in South America are also planned to operate normally.

United Cargo continues to work to minimize any impact of this event on our customers. We also continue to monitor the situation and will issue further updates if conditions warrant.

NOTE from PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions:

June 11, 2011

Shipping of animals by AA American Airlines to the USA cancelled today from EZE International Airport

Frankfurt Animal Lounge

Arriving With Pets To Buenos Aires , Argentina (EZE International Airport)

Arrival Services Into Buenos Aires, Argentina

Since we, PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions, are located right in Buenos Aires, we can offer you a speedy recovery of your pets on arrival from an overseas flight.

Our import service includes:

Arrange Argentina Customs clearance

Transfers to a domestic flight or international flight

Meeting your pets upon arrival at the airport (EZE International Airport or Jorge Newbery Airport)

Direct delivery to your residence or boarding kennel

We can also provide excellent boarding facilities if you are not immediately ready to receive your pets

Pet Shipping

Shipping a pet is a stressful experience for most pet owners. There are many details regarding the shipment of a dog or cat that must be attended to -- especially when overseas pet shipment is concerned.

In planning for your pet's shipment, allow for plenty of lead-time, especially if you're shipping your pet abroad, so that all the preparations are in place well before your departure. That way, you and your pet can take the big move in stride.

Every country has its own set of customs regulations, procedures, and health and documentation requirements. These can be quite complicated and must be followed precisely.

A domestic move can be easily arranged for. The international moves are more complicated because the regulations vary from country to country. Using a pet shipper alleviates some of the stress

IPATA member shippers -- numbering more than 200 in 30 countries -- must demonstrate appropriate experience, must be properly licensed in their countries, and must agree to adhere to IATA's Live Animal Regulations, the international standard for the care of animals in shipment. According to Young, member companies make use of airlines with facilities and handling procedures that have been verified to meet standards of quality and safety.

IPATA maintains a searchable list of pet shippers worldwide with a detailed listing of their specific services. The list can be searched alphabetically by name, or by airport location.

It's important to keep in mind that IPATA is a trade organization, not a shipper. Each IPATA member is an individual company with its own practices, procedures, services, and rates. Compare the costs and services of several different companies before making your choice.

Various levels of service are available from different shippers, ranging from basic airport-to-airport service to comprehensive door-to-door service. The cost of shipping a pet varies widely, depending on the degree of service sought and the destination. Naturally, international shipping is more expensive than domestic.

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New Security Directive Affects Non-U.S. Origin Cargo

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a new Security Directive effective 1700 GMT March 10, 2011. This Directive mandates changes in security measures applicable to cargo shipments originating, transiting, or transferring at all non-U.S. locations.

Continental Airlines Cargo continues to accept cargo from all our customers as we work with the TSA to validate the impact and ramifications of this Directive.

Compliance with the new Directive requires carriers to determine whether the forwarder/

consolidator’s customer has had an established account with the forwarder for at least one

year. Forwarders are required to attest to this relationship by submitting the following revised

MAWB statement:

“All shipments tendered on this Master Air Waybill were received from persons having an established account for at least one year with a physical shipping address and a payment, invoice, or credit history of at least one year.”

When possible, this statement should accompany the shipment at time of tender. The statement may be written on the air waybill or other shipment documentation or may be included on a separate document. The version of the MAWB Acceptance Statement required by previous Directives is no longer valid or required.

Separate security measures apply to shipments tendered by regulated agents who provide the statement above, and to cargo from unregulated agents or agents who do not provide the statement. United Cargo will continue to accept cargo tendered both with and without this statement, and will apply the appropriate security protocols.

We will issue further updates on this issue as the impact of the new Directive is clarified. If you have any questions on this issue, please contact your cargo sales manager. We appreciate your support and continued strong business relationship.

Entry Rules To Argentina With Pets

Admission of pets into Argentina

The requirements to be fulfilled to get dogs and cats into Argentina are the following:

1. Complete information on the owner:
   • first and last name;
   • country of origin or departure;
   • countries in transit (if any);
   • address.

2. Information about the animal:
   • breed – sex;
   • birth date – size;
   • weight–fur color;
   • particular signs.

3. Vaccination certificate against rabies for animals over 3 months old.
For animals under 3 months old or that are coming from a country free from rabies and/or where anti–rabies vaccination is prohibited, this situation has to be stated on the certificate issued by the official sanitary authority.

4. Zoosanitary certificate issued by the official sanitary authority of the country of origin that should state:
   • that the animal prior to leaving the country had no signs of any infectious–contagious or parasite disease, characteristic of the species.
   • if the animal is coming from countries that declare before the International Office of Epizooties (O.I.E.) the presence of African equine pest or Valle del Riff fever, shall certificate that in the area of origin, or where the animal is coming from, and in an area within fifty (50) kilometers of such, there have been no reports of those diseases in the last 12 months or that during that period the animal has not been taken to the affected regions.

5. Quarantine: the animals that fulfill the mentioned requirements will not undergo an import quarantine; if there is a suspicion of infectious–contagious, zoonotic or high risk diseases the SENASA (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Animal) (National Office of Animal Sanitation) will decide on the means to assure the animal’s isolation and the corresponding sanitary measures.

About the admittance of other species of domestic animals, each particular case has to be dealt with at PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions.

(54–11) 5292-6001

TRASLADOS DE MASCOTAS

El traslado de sus bienes, podría incluir a miembros muy especiales: sus mascotas. Por eso PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions (www.petsventura.com ) ofrece un servicio especializado para su transporte, que incluye no sólo los trámites esenciales para su retiro del país, sino también la selección del medio de transporte y de jaulas diseñadas para tal fin.

Transporte de mascotas a todo el Mundo

Transporte de mascotas a todo el Mundo, hacemos traslado de animales vivos en todo el interior del Pais, gestionamos tramites como lazaretos, consulados, senasa.

Disponemos de mas de 8 modelos de cajas y jaulas transportadoras para perros y gatos en venta , bebederos de goteo aprobados por I.A.T.A, homologados por la Union Europea.

Tambien contamos con nuestro servicio de pensionado canino y felino durante todo el año.

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We move your pet

PetsVentura Pet Relocation Solutions® is a growing business with a motivated team located at the Buenos Aires, Argentina and offices in Brazil, Canada, USA. Our team has a lot of experience with preparing, organizing and finalizing international animal transport by air and ground.

We are thankful of the shared conviction and outstanding workmanship that we have built throughout the years with our worldwide partners, airlines and their agents, key factors that will guarantee your animal the safest voyage to its new home. That is also where many years of experience and an immaculate record will make a difference.

Our team has been formed by the international standards of IATA (International Air Transport Association) and we keep ourselves constantly informed and updated about the newest change in laws and conditions.

We look forward to answering your questions about moving your animal to any destination, including mandatory vaccinations, eventual blood tests and documents needed for a stress less and smooth relocation. We work with respect to the international rules for transport of live animals (IATA LAR – Live Animal Regulation) and we profit of a worldwide network of animal transport specialized businesses.

Guided by a close collaboration with the federal veterinary office, border vet, government veterinarians, we can offer you a wide range of services including the needed information about documentation for the transport of your animal.

Rules for Flying With a Service Dog

Here are some of the old and new rules as well as progress in animal relief areas that is currently worth mention. As ones that used to travel with a service animal, this topic is very close to our heart, and that said, we hope that if you do travel with an animal that you have trained yourself, as we did, that you do so responsibly.

Existing Rules:

Airlines can not ask passengers what their disability is, but they can ask what the service animal does for the individual, which will briefly touch on that person's special needs (and therefore eluding to their disability).
Airlines are required to provide service animal relief areas and must cooperate with airport operators to make these areas accessible and readily available for both arriving and connecting passengers.
TSA will expedite passengers to and from outdoor relief areas if they are on the other side of security and a passenger needs to relieve the service animal during a connecting flight.

Newest Rule:

Passengers traveling with "emotional support animals" (which are not currently defined the same as a service animal) must give the airline 48 hours advance notice and provide a letter of verification and special need from their doctor.

International Rules:

Many countries have very strict rules regarding animals and traveling with pets, and no matter what the laws are in the US, as well as no matter whether the new 382 ruling requires their airlines to comply with the rules, if the country's existing laws prohibit animals in some way, they prohibit US travelers with service animals as well and are awarded a "conflict of law waiver" in regard to following 382. Of note, the Philippines, Jamaica, and Mexico have already received their conflict of law waivers, and do not, nor likely will soon, allow service animals into their countries.

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Costa Rica Import Permit

Most of the government offices in Costa Rica close for the week between Christmas and New Years and many take an extended vacation beginning the 18th of December and not ending until after the 3rd of January.

If you are trying to import a pet you will find that this rule applies to you and the offices that you need to be opened to facilitate your need for an import permit. While some offices will be opened on a skeleton crew they will not be issuing import permits during this time and will only resume this practice after the 3rd of January.

Pets can still leave the country but should not try to enter the country by the proper means or they risk being held by the customs officials for an unlimited period of time.

Airline Animal Incident Reports

Please note that the data for each airline does not necessarily indicate the quality of service that it provides, because the number of animals transported by each airline varies widely. For example, Continental Airlines, which transports numerous pets, has emphasized that incident reports are filed for less than 0.05% of the pets that it transports. Further, Southwest Airlines until recently did not transport pets (in contrast to service animals, as required by law), and no reports have been filed by Southwest to date. http://www.thirdamendment.com/animals.html

The reports essentially give pet owners information they can use to decide how to and whether to travel with animals.

Such statistics to someone who has lost a beloved pet is like quoting similar data on the safe transport of unaccompanied minors to the caregiver of a child who is lost en route.

Consider all the options before you decide to put your pet on an airplane. Here are some general guidelines:

In July 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation released statistics that showed short-nosed breeds of dogs—such as pugs, Boston Terriers, boxers, mastiffs, Pekingese, Lhasa Apsos, Shih Tzus and bulldogs—are more likely to die on airplanes than dogs with normal-length muzzles.

In fact, over the last 5 years, approximately one-half of the 122 dog deaths associated with airline flights involved these short-faced breeds. 25 of the 122 dogs that died over the 5-year period were English bulldogs, followed by 11 pugs, the only other breed in double digits. Although these numbers seem a bit scary, keep in mind that this is a very small number when compared to the hundreds of thousands of animals that fly every year.

As a result of the tighter space, they are prone to problems such as smaller-than-normal nostrils, a longer-than-normal soft palate, and a narrowed trachea (or windpipe).

Because of these abnormalities, they don't breathe as efficiently as dogs with normal-length snouts and can have difficulty cooling off when they're playing or exercising, or if they're stressed or overheated. And when they're stressed, their airway can actually collapse (either partially or completely) and cut off their airflow.

It's like breathing through a straw – if you gently suck through the straw, there's no problem getting air. But when you really try to suck hard through the straw, similar to what these dogs may do when they're stressed, exercising or overheating, the straw collapses and you don't get air. This doesn't always cause death, but it can cut off their oxygen supply temporarily and cause the dogs to collapse or overheat.