How Well Do Dogs Cope with Air Travel? An Owner-Reported Survey Study
Katrin Jahn,
Jacqui Ley,
Theresa DePorter
et al.
Abstract:It is estimated that 2 million domestic animals travel on commercial flights every year in the US alone and that dogs make up 58% of pets travelling worldwide. There has been little research on the welfare effects of air travel on dogs. The purpose of this owner-reported study was to understand how well dogs cope with and recover from air travel from a physical, mental, and emotional health perspective. An online survey questionnaire was distributed globally to pet owners whose dogs had travelled by air in the… Show more
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