these regulations come from the Animal Welfare Act - this act was
intended to provide guidelines for the airline industry in the transport
of fragile pets - the act basically specifies that pets must be
transported in carriers at temperatures between 45 and 85 degrees
in my case the USDA is extending these regulations to include single
digit acclimated adult Kangal (Anatolian) LGDs being transported with
their goat herd in my specially designed trailer - during the winter
trip (DEC 2009) the goats and dogs were transported from Michigan to
Oregon across an intense arctic cold air bubble in Montana - the goats
and dogs traveled fine and arrived in Oregon fine with no effects from
the cold temperatures
during the meetings with USDA inspectors I specifically asked about vet
issued 'acclimation exemptions' as part of the interstate vet inspection
forms - I was told that those exemptions do not modify the law and have
absolutely no bearing on compliance with the law - in other words they
are meaningless!
hello everyone!
here is the footer that I am attaching to all email sent from my
location - it is self explanatory - with enough grass roots pressure
maybe we can get the government zombies to recognize that their airline
pet transport Animal Welfare 'bible' does not cover the topic of working
livestock dogs - these are unique animals that have one goal in life -
to live with and protect their herd - so let's try to force the USDA to
recognize that these special animals deserve special attention
since I have been forced to stop transport of LGDs I have had to turn
down a dozen requests to transport LGDs - that is a dozen herds that
don't have the protection from predators that they need and deserve!
please feel free to crosspost this information to any group that you
think will have members who are uncomfortable with the USDA interfering
with our private lives - in other words crosspost to EVERY group that
you belong to - also make sure that your local USDA inspector gets at
least a dozen copies of your and your friends comments about government
intervention into areas where experienced animal handlers are more
knowledgable about animal care than any 'politician' law writer who put
a few paragraphs into a congressional bill
--
Thanks to restrictive USDA regulations I no longer transport dogs!
Please let your local USDA inspector know how stupid it is to apply
'pet' transport regulations to climate acclimated working dogs!
With enough pressure maybe we can get the government morons to
recognize the difference between lap pets and working livestock dogs
and that working dogs transport best in the trailer with the livestock
we expect them to protect with their lives!
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questions?
Ask about TravelWithRonK PremierLimo service
Ron and Corgi co-pilots Tina and Jeremy (AKC)
operating from a base near Austin TX
private email at rkee...@realtime.net
web site at http://TravelWithRonK.com
group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TravelWithRonK
all animals crossing a state line must have vet inspection
papers before they can legally be transported
TravelWithRonK is dedicated to coast to coast transport of
small quantities of small livestock with 3000 animals
transported in 10 years of service
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/animal_import/animal_imports_states.shtml
for animal IMPORT information
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