Flying With Rabbits

Those who have never flown with rabbits are curious how we fly to convention with 10, 20, ...50 or more rabbits.

Here are some photos taken at the baggage claim area at Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) airport.

Betty flew to DFW with top American Fuzzy Lop breeders Carol G., Christina G. and her mom Tausha. Betty had 18 English Angora, Carol G. had 25 American Fuzzy Lop and Christina had about 15. Three of us had a total of five dog kennels. Each kennel holds rabbit carriers that divided into compartments. Due to the fact that each passenger is allowed two kennels and that there is a fee to be paid to have the kennels as excess baggage, space in the kennel is of premium value. The compartments tend to be smaller than the compartments in the regular show carriers.

The top photo shows that the carriers have been taken out of the dog kennels and the kennels are stacked. Prior to the photo taken, an airline worker rolled out the kennels, while the regular luggage came out of the carousal shoot on the left. The second photo was taken from an opposite angle. Christina and Betty waited at the airport when Carol G. and Tausha went to the car rental office about 20 miles away from the airport. The third photo shows Christina maintaining cell phone contact with her mom.

We had more stuff than the space allowed in the two vans rented. Luckily, a nice gentleman Mr. Harris was at the airport picking up the shipped in rabbits. He offered to take our luggage to the convention center. We eventually were able to squeeze in all the rabbits and the kennels into the two vans.