Issues Related to Accommodating Animals Traveling Through Airports (2015) / Chapter Skim
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3 More animals, especially pets and particularly dogs, travel with passengers than ever before. This trend is encouraged by changing demographics and by business practices of the travel industry (Kadet 2012)
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4 airports and their partners in animal transportation to ensure the well-being of animals traveling through airports by using effective practices that are well documented and presented in actionable form. The specific objectives of this synthesis are to identify pertinent regulations; describe the issues and ranges of accommodation requirements and strategies to respond to issues; and describe through case examples some practices found effective in accommodating animals traveling through airports.
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5 Companion Animals Companion animals include pets and service and working animals (USDA 2014a)
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6 Airport (LEX) in Lexington, Kentucky, and Heathrow International Airport (LHR)
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7 with the Heathrow Animal Reception Centre (HARC) was prompted by the findings of the literature review.
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8 11 organizations never responded despite at least two e-mails and one telephone request. Counting "interview completed" and "interviewed declined" as responses, the overall response rate for this study was 85%.
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9 Data Analysis Information gathered from the interviews, documents shared by airports and other organizations, and results from the literature review for common themes were analyzed. Particular attention was given themes related to • Recurring issues; • Isolated issues; • Alternative solutions to a given issue; • Gaps in the information; and • Evaluation and metrics applied to the accommodation of animals at airports.
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