Basic Government-Provided Information

• Booking pets on United Code shares
• APHIS Country-by-Country Guide to Pet Travel Regulations
• FAQ on Travel Issues for Short-Nosed Dogs
• State Department's Pet Info and Travel Page
• OBC's Pet Import Restrictions and Quarantine Database (intranet only)
• EU Pet Passports
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
• April 3, 2012: Updated FAM Regulations - New Options for Using Non-Contract Carriers
• April 13: Updated FCS Regulations on Pet Travel (Includes Helpful FAQ Section)
• TSA Regulations on Shipping Live Animals Into/Through the U.S.
• Policy on the Use of Discount Government Fares When Justified by the Shipment of Pets (May 11, 2012)
• EU Veterinary Certificate

AFSA Materials

• AFSAnet Update on the United's Pet Transport “Waiver,” June 5, 2012
• Update on the United Waiver (May 17, 2012)
• Letter to United Senior VP Hershel Kamen (May 15, 2012)
• Traveling with Our Pets by Maureen Johnson (from the May 2012 issue of AFSA News)
• Letter from Members of Congress to United CEO Smisek, April 19, 2012.
• Thank-You Letter from AFSA to Ambassador Locke, April 2, 2012
• Letter from Ambassador Gary Locke to United Airlines, March 27, 2012
• AFSA Update on United Pet Policy Appeal, March 16 2012
• AFSA Appeal to United Airlines: Include U.S. Foreign Service in New Pet Policy Waiver for U.S. Military, March 7, 2012 (This is a call to collective action now on behalf of Foreign Service pets and their owners/families. See the sample e-mail letter to United immediately below signature.)
• AFSA Letter to United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek Regarding New Pet Travel Policies, March 2, 2012
• AFSA Letter to Under Secretary Kennedy Regarding New Pet Travel Policies at United Airlines, Feb. 24, 2012
• Looking Out for Our Foreign Service Pets by Donna Ayerst (from the June 2011 issue of AFSA News)

Pet Evacuation Preparedness

• Proposed Pet Evacuation Policy
• Pet Evacuation Preparedness at the Post Level
• AFSA Memorandum on Pet Evacuation Policy with Recommendations (written, with input from the Humane Society and other pet welfare groups, following the 2011 Cairo evacuation which resulted in 160 pets being left behind in the care of the remaining Embassy staff and one veterinarian)

Airline-Provided Information

• Pet Relief Areas at Washington Dulles International Airport
• United's (Incomplete) List of Allowed In-Cabin Pet Destinations (current as of March 29, 2012)
• Airline Codeshares
• Letter from United to AFSA (May 1, 2012) (see AFSA's May 15 response under "AFSA materials" above)
• Letter from United to AFSA (May 25, 2012) [fee chart]
• PetSafe Exceptions for Military and Foreign Service Personnel
• REVISED PetSafe Exceptions for Military and Foreign Service Personnel

From Members

• Recommended Vet/Pet Boarder in Vienna, Austria
• Pet Evacuation Checklist (January 22, 2013)
• FS member's blog post on losing a pet due to restrictive pet shipping policies
• Video created by an FS community member to protest the United policy (note that re-posting does not suggest suggest 100% agreement with all sentiments expressed)

From Other Groups

• USAPHC Request for FAVN-OIE Rabies Antibody Test Form
• USAPHC Credit Card Authorization Form
• Foreign Affairs Friends of Animals Network (FAFAN)
• FAFAN's Compendium of Pet Transport Resources
• Foreign Service Pets Yahoo Group
• "Fabulous Foreign Service Pets" on Facebook
• Humane Society Congressional Scorecard (ratings for all members of the 112th Congress)
• Article from AAFSW's Global Link newsletter regarding the United issue

Information from Pet Shippers

• Club Pet
• PetRelocation.com

Media Coverage

• Details on the Military Waiver (from military.com)
• April 5, 2012: "Diplomats Demand Pet Parity" from Government Executive
• April 18, 2012: "Foreign Service Officers Feel Dogged by Airline" from The Washington Post
• April 19, 2012: "United Pet Fares Still Breed Discontent" from The Houston Chronicle (Note that IPATA President Sally Smith's statement is incorrect; pets shipped as accompanied baggage are not required to be shipped as cargo when entering or re-entering the U.S.)
  

Approximate Details of the Military Waiver

• United Airlines decides to waive the program for pets traveling on the PCS orders of status of forces agreement personnel.
• Under the waiver, a pet and its kennel weighing 99.9 pounds or less will be checked as excess baggage.
• The United Airlines PetSafe Program and exemption policy will not affect pet transportation via the Air Mobility Command’s Patriot Express, a U.S. government-contract flight, which provides support to U.S. military members and their families
• The policy for heavier pets remains the same as before.Pets and carriers which weigh 100 pounds or more will still have to be booked as cargo, and those rates will remain the same.