Desperate pet owners split up by coronavirus travel curbs. IOLTravel lockdown coronavirus
When Guy Nizan flew to Israel with his wife and daughter for a family emergency in March, Gula - their six-year-old German shepherd mix - stayed behind in New York with a pet sitter.
Major airlines like United Airlines Holdings Inc, which have slashed passenger flights by more than 90 percent, suspended their pet programs in mid-March, saying the transports no longer made sense financially or could not be continued safely. That meant Frances Hayter and her husband Alan, on an eight-month work secondment in Texas, had to make a heart-wrenching decision when they caught one of the last flights back to Australia, leaving their 10-year-old cat Indigo to follow later.Indigo has been boarding with a veterinarian in Houston since March 18, but Hayter said the Abyssinian's advanced age is a constant worry.
On the bright side, Ross Hayes, the deputy manager of London's Heathrow Airport animal reception center, said some airlines were trying to recover lost passenger revenue by transporting cargo, including pets.
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