Should dogs and cats be allowed to travel in plane cabins? (Image: Bigandt_Photography)
BREAKING updates from Cambridgeshire's roads, rails and airports More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Breaking updates from Cambridgeshire's roads, rails and airports Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Many people consider pets to be part of the family - and want them to be with them at all times. Now there are calls for changes to the way animals are allowed to travel on flights to and from the UK. More than 5,200 people have signed a petition to Parliament calling for pets to be allowed to travel in the cabin of aeroplanes with their owners. Currently animals travel in the cargo hold with the luggage. Amongst those signatories, a number are from Cambridgeshire - including 14 from Cambridge. Elsewhere in the county it has been signed by eight people in Huntingdon , seven in South Cambridgeshire, six people in North West Cambridgeshire, five in North East Cambridgeshire, five in South East Cambridgeshire and three in Peterborough . Read More: Class A drugs found stashed under gearstick cover of car in Cambs Read more:
police say ‘opportunities missed’ in late drugs test for man whose driving killed man The petition, which can be viewed here, states: "Change the rules on animal travel so they can travel with their owners (with all the documentation and vaccines in order) inside airplane cabins instead of in the hold with luggage. "It is allowed in many other countries around the world, including in the EU , South America, and the
USA. Pets are often seen as an extension of the family. Many airlines allow pets up to 9kg to travel to most countries inside the airplane cabin, in their pet carrier, instead of in the cargo hold. "However, they are not allowed on commercial flights coming to the
UK, regardless of their size. This can not only distress the pets and owners, but can also risk their health and safety. There are cases of pets that are treated as manifest cargo being killed, injured or lost." The Government responds to any petition to Parliament that receives more than 10,000 signatures. Any that receives more than 100,000 is considered for debate in Parliament. Do you want more of the latest Cambridgeshire news as it comes in? Sign up to our dedicated newsletter to make sure you never miss a big story from Cambridge or anywhere else in the county. You can also sign up to our dedicated Peterborough, Traffic and Crime newsletters for the latest updates on the topics you are most interested in. Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow CambridgeLive
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