The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-22
Provide FOR PETS
poss, Cat. and Birds Are NOW Ac-
commoIated on the
Steamships.

To take pet abroad generally in
cures much inconvenience to both 0" N
er and animal. but il is a practice which
is becoming more common every year.
special provision for travelling dogs,
cats and birds are now made by the
various steampsIip lines, and . regular
rate OF charges for them is maintained.
The regular fare from New York 10
Europe for dog of ordinary size and
requirements is s10. This is the charge
made by all lines,#but some of them
demand $50 for supplying passage and
first-class service to very large or I'M
porlant members of the canine world.
Is soon as the dog passenger arrives
on board he must be turned over 10 the
butcher. "A fact which. wereit .nore gen.
orally known. might open nesV neid TO
the humorous paragrapher, or at least
sustain him in his oft-repeated face
tious To the dog a. a food product. But
II Il patent the butcher does not read
the comic papers for he makes no effort
TO reduce Fido to sausage meat. In
stead he takes entire charge of him dur
ing the voyage. and keeps him well fed
and well housed in a kennel in the after
part of the lower deck for which service
he expects. and usually receives, sub
stantial fee from Fido's owner. The
dog Is not permitted to run loose about
the ship. and may not be taken into sa-
looms or staterooms, but if the owner
desires the company of his pet or deck
for part of the time each day the priv
ilege is usually granted, provided the
dog is kept closely al its masters side,
and not allowed to disturb or annoy
other passengers. whether bipeds or
quadrupeds.
II is "a matter of some difficulty to
get dog into England from this or
any other country, owing 10 the restric-
tions set forth in the importation of
dogs order issued by the British board
of agriculture two years ago. Before
dog is allowed to land from n foreign
port the owner must first obtain Il Ii
ccnse for the Decentralization from the
secretary of the board of agriculture
and must sign, or have an authorized
agent sign. an exhaustive statement
about the animal. The statement in
Cludes a full description of the dog. its
breed, sex, age, color and marl<, given
for the purpose of Identification; the
country from which it is proposed to be
brought. the port at which it is pro-
posed to he landed, the place to which
it is proposed, after being landed. TO be
moved for such detention and isolation
as may be required by the board, and
also the route by which il is to be moved
to such place of detention or isolation.
That looks discouraging enough, but
there is more to come in filing out the
application for the license To land the
red tape-entangled dog. The owner
must convince the secretary that he is
TO have permanent residence in Great
Britain, where the dog is to be kept.
An American who applied recently for
license told the writer that the board
had refused to grant it because he had
set forth in his statement that he in
tended To make his home at a hotel in
England. as he has done for many sum
mers. The hotel, the board of agricul-
ture replied, was hardly within the
meaning of permanent residence"
As for the detention and isolation of
the dog, the board has the authority to
put Fido in quarantine (for that is what
it amounts to practically for period
of half n year, IL IL is advisable. and that
at the sole expense of the owner
Cats which go To Europe travel in the
same class as dogs. $40 each, and are also
looked after by the ships butcher. The
fare for birds varies "A good deal with
the different lines. One transatlantic
company charges IA regular fare of IS
n cage for birds. and they have to he
left. like the dogs and cats. with that
oNerburdened mortal the butcher. An
other line charges certain rate which
vnries in proportion 10 the size of the
cage or number of cubic feet which il
occupies. \ third company makes no
charge for carrying a bird, and permits
the owner to have it in his stateroom.
Dogs, eats and birds are frequently
afflicted with sea sickness. aud manifest
the symptoms of the dread disease for
oil the world like their masters. Often
the birds succumb and die when two or
three days out. but the dogs and cats
seldom show signs of the illness after
the second day, and Il is very unusual
for one of them TO die at sea.--N. Y.
sun.