Animal Transportation – Page 9
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NewsDHL's bear necessities are Grrrrreat
Four of Japan’s Ussuri brown bears – Riku, Kai, Hanako and Amu – have safely migrated to their new sanctuary in the UK’s Yorkshire Wildlife Park, transported during a 9,000 km journey by DHL Global Forwarding.Relocating from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the bears’ voyage saw them travel via special ...
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NewsABC Jumbo gives his giraffe friends a lift to China
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) flew 66 baby giraffes on a charter flight from South Africa to China, via the Russian cargo carrier's Moscow Sheremetyevo hub.The 'tower' of giraffes, collectively weighing around 38 tonnes, travelled on an ABC Boeing 747 freighter (pictured below) at the end of July from South Africa’s O.R. ...
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MAB Kargo flies 1,500 sheep ahead of Eid Aidil Adha festival
MAB Kargo today completed a charter flight carrying 1,500 sheep across the Java Sea from Surabaya to Kuala Lumpur.Flight MH6435 departed Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport at 17:05 with 50 tonnes of livestock and landed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 20:45.This is the first ever charter that MABkargo has ...
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Kenya Airways helps rehome mistreated 'pet' lion cub
Kenya Airways has partnered with an international wildlife charity, Born Free, to airlift a one-year-old lion cub to the Big Cat Rescue Centre at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in South Africa.The cub, called King, was rescued from an apartment in Paris last summer where he was being kept illegally as ...
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NewsGulf parr for success with live salmon shipments to Dubai
The first successful shipments of live salmon parr fingerlings (Salmo salar) have flown from Scotland to Dubai.FloatPac, owners of FishPac live seafood transportation systems, said that process involved a total of 38,500 fish transported in 42 bin (pictured below) movements over a five month period on Emirates passenger aircraft under ...
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Giraffes fly with Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo has relocated three young giraffes from Johannesburg to Tehran via an Istanbul connecting flight.During the flight, the 16-month old giraffes were accompanied by their keepers, veterinarians and IATA Live Animals Regulation-certificated personnel from Turkish Cargo.In the past month Turkish Cargo, has relocated 10 lions, seven of which were ...
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Airfreight oxygen system for live seafood lands in Europe
The FishPac live seafood oxygen transport system is now available in Europe after its owners, FloatPac, signed an agreement with Norway-based agency LipFish to market the product.The manufacturer claims that FishPac is the world’s only approved airfreight oxygen delivery system. The first 42 units are on the water for delivery ...
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Cargolux bans hunting trophies
Cargolux has banned the transport of game hunting trophies on board its aircraft.The Luxembourg all-cargo carrier joins a growing list of airlines that refuse to carry such shipments, saying that it “does not align with the company’s ethical engagements and policies”.President and chief executive Richard Forson said: “Cargolux is committed ...
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Bertus the rhino takes to the skies with Intradco
Intradco Global helped to transport a greater one-horned rhino from Europe to Southeast Asia as part of an endangered species-breeding programme.The 2.5 ton male rhino Bertus was relocated from Edinburgh Zoo to a new home at Batu Secret Zoo in Indonesia, driven from Scotland to Luxembourg where he flew on ...
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Horses jump at the chance to stay at Liege airport
Liege Airport's Horse Inn facility will see no fewer than 300 horses transit through the Belgian hub over the next 20 days as they journey to attend the Longines Global Champions Tour 2018.The annual international competition for top-level show jumping began at the end of March in Mexico, before moving ...
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IATA officially launches CEIV Live Animals
IATA has confirmed the launch of its new CEIV programme for the transport of Live Animals to help improve the safety and welfare of animals travelling by air.CEIV Live Animals, which Air Cargo News reported was being developed last year, is based on the IATA Live Animals Regulations (LAR) and ...
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They're off: Emirates races ahead for premium horse transport
Emirates SkyCargo flew in some of the world’s most highly rated racehorses to Dubai for the Dubai World Cup Championship.Some of the leading contenders for the Dubai World Cup such as West Coast, Mubtaahij, and Talismanic journeyed to Dubai on Emirates SkyCargo’s fleet of freighters.For the third year in a ...
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United Airlines suspends PetSafe offering
US carrier United has temporarily stopped accepting bookings for pets travelling in the cargo hold via its PetSafe service, while it conducts a review of its offering for pet travel.It will honour any existing reservations on the product made prior to March 20.The suspension of the PetSafe service does not ...
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ANA becomes first Japanese airline to sign up to Buckingham Palace wildlife declaration
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first Japanese airline to sign up to the United for Wildlife (UFW) Buckingham Palace Declaration on the illegal trade in wildlife.By signing up to the declaration the airline will aim to increase passenger, customer, client, and staff awareness about the nature, scale, and ...
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CITES calls for continued effort from air cargo to reduce illegal wildlife trade
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has called on the air cargo industry to continue its efforts to help reduce the illegal trafficking of wildlife.Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium, CITES secretary general John Scanlon highlighted the plight of many species ...
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NewsDigi-Pets offers reassurance for owners of on-board pets
Global IT company Unisys has launched Digi-Pet, an app which allows pet owners to monitor their pets’ condition in the aircraft cargo hold.Digi-Pet also lets pet owners to subscribe to live video streaming, photos and voice exchanges of and with their pet, using their smartphone or tablet.In addition to transporting ...
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Hong Kong votes to impose domestic ivory ban by 2021
The Hong Kong Legislative Council has voted to pass a bill that will end local ivory trade in Hong Kong, with no compensation for ivory dealers, and an increase of maximum penalties for wildlife crimes of up to 10 years imprisonment.“Today’s decision is another milestone for the conservation of elephants, ...
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Etihad jumps to it for elite equestrian event
Etihad Cargo shipped a consignment of elite four-legged passengers from Belgium to Hong Kong for the Longines Masters - the second year in a row that it has been entrusted to transport horses to the show-jumping event.The 51 steeds were accompanied by eight grooms and a veterinarian on the round-trip ...
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Airfreight a rhinoceros? Of courseros! Make it two.
Volga-Dnepr Airlines transported two Southern White Rhinos from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Russia where they will reside in one of the largest Russian zoos in Rostov-on-Don.The rhinos were transported on the airline’s modernised IL-76TD-90VD freighter to ensure the correct temperature and pressure environments were maintained during the flight.The aircraft’s low-noise ...
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New York's ARK owner files multi-million dollar claim against JFK airport authority
The owner of the $65m ARK animal centre at New York’s JFK airport has launched a potential $426m damages claim against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY&NJ).The compensation claim by Ark Development, which opened the animal transhipment facility at JFK in January 2017, alleges a breach ...