HOW SHOULD WE TRAVEL?
When summer comes, all families plan for their vacation well in advance. Booking of tickets, reservations, hotels, informing relatives, car travels ... oh my the list is endless and the excitement is on the top.
But most of us pets miss out, on this rare opportunity to travel along with our masters and share all that fun. Not because our masters want to leave us, but because of the lack of proper travel arrangements for us specially public transport, they are forced to leave us behind in our own good interest. Quite disheartening it can be for both of us.
For tourists hotels do not allow pets to reside. restaurants cannot let us even a space in the corner. Even if we are allowed by a kind hear-ted restaurant manager, he has to take back his word if another customer complaints.
Well leaving the pessimism aside for a while, what are the options available for us to travel? Lets have an overview:
INDIAN RAILWAY RULE AND RATES FOR CONVEYANCE OF DOGS :
1. Dogs when carried in the break-van and/or A.C.C. and first class passenger compartments will be charged for at Scale 'L'(luggage Rates)on the basis of weights indicated below, subject to a minimum charge of Rs.10/- per dog, charges being Prepaid: When carried in break_van (Dog-Box) 30 Kgs When carried in passengers compartments 60 Kgs "Seeing Eye" dog traveling with a blind person in the compartment (First class) will, however, be charged the same tariff as for dogs carried in brake_van. The dogs must be provided with Collars and Chains. Owners should make their own arrangements for food and water for the dog during the journey. Dogs detected unbooked will be charged at six times the Luggage Scale Rate subject to a minimum of Rs.50/-
2. A passenger traveling in First Air condition class or first class may take a dog into the compartment only with the concurrence of fellow passengers on payment of charges vide Clause(1) above. The charges are to be prepaid. If fellow passengers subsequently object to the dog remaining in the compartment, it will be removed to the Guard's van, no refund being given. Dogs detected unbooked with the passenger in IA and Ist class compartments will be charged six times the Luggage scale Rate subject to a minimum of Rs.50/-. A lady travelling alone with children under 12 years of age in a first class compartment may take with her in the compartment one dog on payment of charges at the Dog Box Rates,subject to a minimum of Rs.10/-provided that if another lady enters the compartment, the dog can only be allowed to remain in the compartment with her consent. Any dog detected unbooked will be charged at double the dog-box rate for the distance up to the point of detection and at the dog-box rate for the distance beyond the total charge being subject to a minimum of Rs.20/- for each dog.
3. Dogs are not allowed to be carried in ACC Sleeper Coaches, Acc chair car coaches sleeper class and second class coaches. If a dog is found being carried in contravention of this rule, it will be removed immediately to the brake-van and charges will be levied six times the Luggage Scale Rate subject to a minimum of Rs.50/-
4. Charge for dog carried in reserved compartments will be levied at the dog-box rate. Any dog detected unbooked will be charged six times the Luggage Scale Rate subject to a minimum of Rs.50/-
5. Large dogs which cannot be carried in the dog-box of a brake van will be carried in a special vehicle at the same rates and conditions as for horses.
Car Travel:
If we were to travel in a car and if it is day time, then our owners should be careful about the outside temperatures and preferable that they carry along a wet wrap or towel and keep our body temperatures cool by wrapping us around in the wrap.
For more information on pets and car travel also refer to my brother VAYU's blog-
http://vayupug.blogspot.in/2012/04/leaving-us-in-unattended-in-cars-may-be.html
Leaving us in unattended in cars may be fatal !
Flight travel:
I am yet to receive authentic information from airways operators. If any one knows info they can contribute in the interest of all pets.
Whatever the mode of transport, whatever the troubles of travel, we would like to be with our masters. Hope, we make our point clear.
Animals :- Co-species of humans
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