kmurray719
Contributor
I have escorted three dogs and two cats from the Humane Society in Coz and can back up everything Zman says. The volunteers who bring the animals to the airport have always been completely professional and came in plenty of time for me to check into my flights, and had all the necessary paperwork in order for the animals, plus blankets, leashes, water bowls and everything else that I might possibly need on the trip. And the animals are inspected by someone official (I think the military?) in a small room behind the airline check in counters before they are put onto the plane. They inspect not only the paperwork, but the animals themselves, and pay VERY close attention to any incisions and to their bellies. There's no way that a dog was just handed over to someone at the last second, not inspected, and put on the plane. But a bit of hyperbole makes any story way more fun to tell your friends, right?Really, they have a scanner behind the ticket counter that you have access to?
Can you explain what El Guardo was talking about? The people who were supposed to deliver the dog to them with all the appropriate papers didn't show up until the very last second before the plane departed, and simply handed off the dog in its pet carrier and left.
That doesn't seem like a secure system to me.
I will check this out on my next COZ trip and if it checks out legit, I may bring a couple back with me. One caveat, I don't do diapers.
Everyone is free to choose where to spend their volunteer time and energy, but please don't disparage a program you know nothing about, especially by creating unfounded fears in people who may want to help.