The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
PROVIDE FOR PETS.
Dogs, Cats and Birds ere Now Ac-
cummodated on the
Steamship.

| To, take a pet abroad generally in.
cures much Inconvenience 10 both OWE
e. and animal, but it is i practice which
is becoming more cOmmOn every year.
Special provision for travelling dogs,
cats and birds are now made by the
various ~steampship lines, and , regular
rate OF charges for them Is maintained.
The regular fare from New York to
! Europe for u dog of ordinary size and
requirements is SO. This is the charge
made by al lines. but some of them
demand $50 for supn.t1r+ passage and
tir-;-class service to very larSc or I'M
portant members of the caniue world.
\. Soon as the dog passenger arrives
Oh board he must be turned uVer TO the
butcher. Il fact which. We're it more gen.
| orally known. might open a new field to
the humorous paragrapher. or at least
| sustain him in his Oft-repeated face
tious to the dog as Il food product. But
it is 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. a 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 StateroumS. but if the owner
desires the company of his pet on deck
for Il part of the time each day the priv
ilegc is usually granted, provided the
dog is kept closely at its masters side,
and not allowed to disturb or annoy
other passengers, whether bipeds or
qualrupeds.
1t is IA matter of some difficulty to
get a dog into England from this or
any other country. owing to the restric-
tions set forth in the importation of
dogs order issued by the British board
of agriculture two years ago. Before a
dog is allowed to land from a foreign
port the owner must first obtain u Ii
ccusc for the Decentralization from the
secretary of the board of agriculture
and must sign. or have an authorized
u 1T Fi-it. az III
about the animal. The statement in
cludcs Il full description of the dog, its
breed. sex. age. color and marks. 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 be landed. the place to which
il is proposed. after being landed. to be
moved for such detention and isolation
IS may he required by the board. and
also the route by which il is to be moved
to such place Of detention or isolation.
That looks discoura@ing enough. but
there is more to com" III filing out the
application for the license to land the
red tape-entan%lCd dog. The owner
must convince the secretary that he is
10 have a permanent residence in Great
britain. where the dog is to be kept.
An American who applied recently for
Il license told the writer that the board
had refused to grant it because he had
SGT forth in his statement that he in
tended to make his home at a hotel in
England. as he has done for many sum
rl""s. The hotel. the board of a"ricul.
ture replied, was hardly within the
meaning of a ~"permanent residence
for the detention and isolation of
the dog. the board has the authority to
put fido in quarantine flor that is what
ii amounts to practically for a period
OF half a year. if it is advisable. and that
a. the sole expense of the M
Cats which pa to Euronp travel in the
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 a regular fare of SIS
n cage for birds, and they have TO be
ov~erburdened mortal the butcher. An
other line charges n certain rate which
in proportion to the size of the
cage or number Of cubic feet which it
occupies. y third company makes no
charge for carrying a bird. and permits
the owner to have it in his stateroom.
Dogs. cats and birds are frequently
Il tiiictcd with sea sickness. and 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 eats
show signs of the illness after
The second day, and it is very unusual
one of them to die at sea.-N. Y.
Sun.
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