The Pet Jet Set

As more people travel with their dogs, the owners of brachycephalic breeds—snub-nosed dogs including bulldogs and pugs—have had to turn to a new animal-only airline to get their beloved pooches from point A to point B. Most commercial airlines won’t fly these breeds because their foreshortened nasal passageways make it extremely difficult for them to maintain a normal body temperature in the hot cargo holds. So, bulldogs fly private jet, while their owners go coach!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/nyregion/banned-by-many-airlines-these-bulldogs-fly-private.html?src=rechp

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