coffeepotkeepers
09-20-2005, 07:31 AM
Continental is flying for free from Baton Rouge to
> Dallas any dog from
> Katrina. Please consider this and contact
> Continental about it if you are
> interested in flying these dogs.
>
> >>>The two airports in this affected region that are
> capable of taking
> animals are Houston and Baton Rouge (so your
> associates there could use this
> service in Baton Rouge). Animals can go to any
> Continental destination, in the
> lower 48 states, that Continental services with
> full size jets, such as the
> 737. Towns and small cities might have Continental
> service, but only with the
> smaller, Express jets. There must be a designated
> person to pick up the
> animal at it's destination.
> Reservations for each pet must be done individually
> through the Cargo
> office. The number is 281-553-5050 (it's likely
> different in Baton Rouge). If you
> call that number, you'll only want to wade through
> all the animal
> information once. You can push "8" to by-pass it.
> Better yet, go to
> _www.continental.com_ (http://www.continental.com/)
> and first click "Travel Center" on the
> upper bar. From there, scroll to Special Needs.
> Then you can get to all the
> kennel requirements and animal information.
> The only exceptions to the rules for shipping
> animals will be that,
> while a vet-signed certificate of health from
> within ten days of flying is
> preferred, something signed by the SPCA itself will
> be sufficient. This is all a
> limited time offer, so it would be best to get all
> the animals that are
> going to family and friends, to be looked after, be
> on a jet within a couple of
> weeks.
Misty
> Dallas any dog from
> Katrina. Please consider this and contact
> Continental about it if you are
> interested in flying these dogs.
>
> >>>The two airports in this affected region that are
> capable of taking
> animals are Houston and Baton Rouge (so your
> associates there could use this
> service in Baton Rouge). Animals can go to any
> Continental destination, in the
> lower 48 states, that Continental services with
> full size jets, such as the
> 737. Towns and small cities might have Continental
> service, but only with the
> smaller, Express jets. There must be a designated
> person to pick up the
> animal at it's destination.
> Reservations for each pet must be done individually
> through the Cargo
> office. The number is 281-553-5050 (it's likely
> different in Baton Rouge). If you
> call that number, you'll only want to wade through
> all the animal
> information once. You can push "8" to by-pass it.
> Better yet, go to
> _www.continental.com_ (http://www.continental.com/)
> and first click "Travel Center" on the
> upper bar. From there, scroll to Special Needs.
> Then you can get to all the
> kennel requirements and animal information.
> The only exceptions to the rules for shipping
> animals will be that,
> while a vet-signed certificate of health from
> within ten days of flying is
> preferred, something signed by the SPCA itself will
> be sufficient. This is all a
> limited time offer, so it would be best to get all
> the animals that are
> going to family and friends, to be looked after, be
> on a jet within a couple of
> weeks.
Misty