I started this petition to educate pet owners, more specifically other ferret owners. Both AirCanada and WestJet do not allow ferrets on their flights. My hope is that one day the policy will be changed.
I called WestJet and AirCanada to book a flight and to let them know that I was planning to take my two ferrets with me. They both said their policy only covers dogs and cats. So I asked to speak with a supervisor to discuss this and understand their policy better. From that conversation, they directed me to contact Civil Aviation, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and the Canadian Transport Agency because they make the policies. After talking with all three, they all told me that the individual airlines make their own policies. So I called WestJet back and they said for me to write a comment on their feedback page...maybe one day it will be changed.
I spent the entire afternoon stuck in this loop of being directed from one department to another while my ferrets just slept on the couch and had no idea how much trouble they are causing for my travel plans. It feels like nobody actually wants to own the policy which is honestly so frustrating because if the airlines say it is the government and the government says it is the airlines then we are clearly stuck in a circle of silence. I am going to keep digging through their websites to find a human being who will actually listen to me because these little guys deserve to be on a plane too.
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Chloe Tan
16 years ago
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just want to bring my boy bandit on the plane with me instead of having to drive 12 hours everywhere
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Sarah Haddad
16 years ago
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my ferrets are like my kids and i cant just leave them at a kennel for weeks when i fly home to visit family. this is ridiculous.
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Mike Whitaker
16 years ago
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FERRETS ARE CLEANER THAN MOST DOGS I DONT GET WHY AIRLINES ARE BEING SO STUBBORN ABOUT THIS
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Lily Buckingham
1 year ago
i wanna let my uncle see my ferrets in person
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I started this petition to educate pet owners, more specifically other ferret owners. Both AirCanada and WestJet do not allow ferrets on their flights. My hope is that one day the policy will be changed.
I called WestJet and AirCanada to book a flight and to let them know that I was planning to take my two ferrets with me. They both said their policy only covers dogs and cats. So I asked to speak with a supervisor to discuss this and understand their policy better. From that conversation, they directed me to contact Civil Aviation, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and the Canadian Transport Agency because they make the policies. After talking with all three, they all told me that the individual airlines make their own policies. So I called WestJet back and they said for me to write a comment on their feedback page...maybe one day it will be changed.
I spent the entire afternoon stuck in this loop of being directed from one department to another while my ferrets just slept on the couch and had no idea how much trouble they are causing for my travel plans. It feels like nobody actually wants to own the policy which is honestly so frustrating because if the airlines say it is the government and the government says it is the airlines then we are clearly stuck in a circle of silence. I am going to keep digging through their websites to find a human being who will actually listen to me because these little guys deserve to be on a plane too.
4 Comments
C
Chloe Tan
16 years ago
Featured
just want to bring my boy bandit on the plane with me instead of having to drive 12 hours everywhere
S
Sarah Haddad
16 years ago
Featured
my ferrets are like my kids and i cant just leave them at a kennel for weeks when i fly home to visit family. this is ridiculous.
M
Mike Whitaker
16 years ago
Featured
FERRETS ARE CLEANER THAN MOST DOGS I DONT GET WHY AIRLINES ARE BEING SO STUBBORN ABOUT THIS
just want to bring my boy bandit on the plane with me instead of having to drive 12 hours everywhere