Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-05-11
TAKING PETS ABROAD
Provision Is Now Made for Travel
ing Dogs Cats and Birds
Regular Ears il Charged for the AMI
mails and They Receive the Hest
of Care, Hut 1hsy Get
Iouaick.

To take a pet abroad generally In
sures much inconvenience To both OWN
er and animal. but IL is Il practir" which
Id becoming more common every yeah.
Special provision for travelling "ISs.
,a:s and birds are now I:s:tt!r 10y iit
various slcampship lines, anu . ''gniaI
rate of charges for them is I."'I.'"'i.'d.
ihc regular iure from New ran" 4"
E.Jrupe for u dog OF ordinary 81" .IIh
requirements is $40. This H. .hr vna' e"
ui..dc by all lines. Eut son.r at them
demand $50 for supplying ra>s"E' au'.
hrst-class service tn very Inrg" "a IN
Dor iant members Of the canine ",IIu
\, soon us the dog passenger air',"s
mn board he must be turHut UNCr Ia the
butcher. IA fact which, were 1t more gem
orally known, might open IA nrw !ieid to
the humorous puragrapiIrr. ar at least
sustain him in his o~ft-rercai'd face
tipus To the dog rs II food product. Ini
il is patent the butcher does not read
The comic papers, for liz Inah,s no effort
To reduce i'idu 10 sausage neat. In.
stead ir takes entire charge % hiI. dur
~" ihr Nuyage, and keeps liza" rrn '"".
and we'll housed in Il kennel in :: "!lv;
iari nf the lower deck, tur which service
he ,N,rcrs. and usually receives. Il SUBJ
>'uur,al fee from Fido's Uwu,r. he
do. - not permitted 10 run iuD~, about
til" slip. and may not Toe taken into sa-
~ - or >tatcruumS, but If tie uw -,:
desires the company Of Lis pet uU dee!
fui e part Of the time rach day tErIru
iirYr IL usually granted. provided i"r
dog j. kept closely at it, masters s:d,
and not allowed To disturb or annoy
other I~Isscagcrs, whether bipcdS o.
quadrmprds.
1t /. II matter of some difficulty TO
get Al dog into England from this or
ANY Other country, owing t" ia. r~'siTic-
;ioTs st forth in the importation of
dogs or,!vr issued Icy the british board
Of ugrI, "tIurc two wears ago. Before n
dog - ..!!Dwrd to land from a foreign
port the D"ucr must first Obiuiu a Ii
rrusr Tor the Decentralization from the
secretary 81 the board of agriculture
anal must Ign, or have an authorized
agent sign. an exhaustive statement
about the animal. The statement in
cludrs "a full description OF the dog, its
breed. s">. age, color and marks, given
for -. purpose OF Identification; the
country from which il is proposed To Ice
brought. the port at which il is pro-
posted 10 he landed, the place To which
it In proposed, after being landed, To he
moved for such detention and isolation
as may bc required by the board. and
also the route 10y which il is TO bc moved
to Such place OF detention or isolation.
That looks discouraging enough, but
there is more to come in filling out the
application for the Accpsc to land the
red iape-cutnng.ed dog. The owner
must convince the secretary that he !S
TO have Il permanent residence in Great
Britain, where the dog is to he kept.
An American who applied recently for
u license told the writer that the board
had refused To grant II because lac had
gri forth ia his statement that he in
tended to make his home NJ u hotel in
England. nS lac has done for many sum
mrrs. The hotel. the board of ngriCul-
turc replied. was hardly within che
meaning Of II "pcrmancnt residence
As for the detention and Isolation OF
the dog. tho board has ia" authority "a
pow ! Wv 'lN'l'll' wv t'' ~ - w.
Il amounts to practically for "A period
OF half n wear. IL II Is advisable, md that
at the sole expense OF the owner.
Cats which go To Europe travel in the
same class rs dogs. 80 each, md are also
looked after 10y the ships butcher. III.
fare for birds varics q good deal with
the different iiucs. One Transatlantic
company charges "A regular fare of =
~ cngr for birds. and they have to b'
left. like the dogs and cats, with tina
uv"rhurdCnCh mortal the butcher. An
other line charges n certain rate whicl
VARIES in proportion to the size Of tn,
Gag" or numh"r Of cubic feet which !
occupies. \ third company Innkcs m
"hurpr for carrying II bird. and Permit
,hr owner 30 hay" il in his shliCroOm.
DO"s. eats and birds nrc frequent,
afflicted with sea sickness, and NANTES
tie symptoms OF the dread disrnsc 70
all tlr world like their masters. Oftcl
the birds siivCumb aud die when W. o
three days out. but the dogs and cat
seldom show signs OF the illness afte
the second day, and II Is very unUsun
for one OF them TO die at sem.
Bun.