{"id":753208,"date":"2018-05-12T09:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T13:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=753208"},"modified":"2018-05-12T09:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T13:24:45","slug":"treating-animals-like-luggage-should-be-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=753208","title":{"rendered":"Treating animals like luggage should be illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>A cargo hold is no place for any living being, yet airlines allow animals to be shipped as if they were beat-up old pieces of Samsonite.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DAPHNA NACHMINOVITCH:<\/strong> &#8216;<em>In response to a spate of other deaths and mix-ups involving animals, United Airlines has announced new policies for animals on its flights. Among other measures, it will ban more than 20 flat-faced breeds, including French bulldogs from being transported in cargo holds. That sounds good, but is it enough?&#8230; These measures may make for good PR, but they aren&#8217;t enough to protect other animals from experiencing terrifying, painful deaths on planes. A cargo hold is no place for any living being, yet airlines allow animals to be shipped as if they were beat-up old pieces of Samsonite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Those who should be animals&#8217; protectors and advocates \u2014 their guardians \u2014 unwittingly hand them over, sending them down a dark conveyor belt to what may be their final destination. Even if they survive the flight, being separated from their guardians and confined to a noisy, unfamiliar environment, in which the &#8220;ground&#8221; tilts and sometimes feels as if it&#8217;s suddenly dropping out from under them, is an extremely stressful experience. As long as any animals are allowed to be shipped like luggage, they will continue to die. It&#8217;s time for lawmakers to ban this dangerous and cruel practice entirely&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/energy-environment\/386560-treating-animals-like-luggage-should-be-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r4apM7KvUsc?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAPHNA NACHMINOVITCH: &#8216;In response to a spate of other deaths and mix-ups involving animals, United Airlines has announced new policies for animals on its flights. Among other measures, it will ban more than 20 flat-faced breeds, including French bulldogs from being transported in cargo holds. That sounds good, but is it enough?&#8230; These measures may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":753209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,18,25],"tags":[35,37],"class_list":["post-753208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-ethics","category-welfare","tag-protection","tag-speciesism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=753208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753210,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753208\/revisions\/753210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/753209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=753208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=753208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=753208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}