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* Copied and pasted from another page. * Dear tourists, rent a nice bike, an electric scooter, a convenient scooter and go on your nice ride. On foot discover enchanted places, hidden corners and traditional mezedopolies. Forget the chariots and cavalry! Leave alone the horses, mules, donkeys and any other equine that will suffer in the heat to carry you on his back..... Let's not make your own travel experience another part of the constant abuse of equine labor
Wow, this is such a powerful and insightful conversation prompted by a situation at the recent Crufts dog show. This is an incredible learning opportunity about compassion, not just in dog training but with people, humanity and our lives. I encourage everyone to at least have a listen.
Have you ever been triggered by social media dramas about dog training methods? It's likely something we all experience. There was a recent incident at Cruft...
We feel the same!
We love that many of our U.S. families who have adopted some of our rescues from Sneha's Care in Nepal continue the traditional celebration of Kukur Tihar, honoring the dog as loyal companion. Happy Kukur Tihar to all!
Please keep our friends in Greece, both human and animal, in your thoughts and hearts. Wildfires are raging and may potentially threaten our Humanitourism partners at the KAZ shelter.
Our hearts go out to our Greek friends in the week of this catastrophic tragedy. 💔
At least 43 people were killed and dozens more injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train in Greece late Tuesday.
Happy Gyalpo Lhosar to all who celebrate this traditional holiday!
We send our deepest condolences to all of the families involved in this terrible tragedy in our beloved Nepal.
Hundreds of rescue workers scoured the hillside where the flight carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu went down. Officials late in the evening called off the search operations until Monday.
If you are traveling to Europe, here’s some info worth knowing.
https://www.smartertravel.com/worst-european-airports-for-flight-delays
Please support our friends at Project V.E.T.S. (Veterinary Equipment, Technology and Supplies) tomorrow by dining at Native Foods if you are in the Boulder area!
Commit to Eat in support of Project V.E.T.S. at Native Foods Cafe on Jul 13
Some advice for those who plan to travel this summer from someone in the travel industry:
Flying this summer is ROUGH!!! I feel like as a Flight Attendant I should attempt to share some tips to get you through airline travel for the foreseeable future. ✈️✈️
1. Things are not good..... if its less than 7 hours - DRIVE! I'm not kidding. There is nothing enjoyable about flying right now. On any airline. If you must fly, keep reading. 🚗
2. Download and use the app of the airline you are flying. You can do everything on it - get your boarding pass, track your bags, see your incoming plane, and change a flight. It sure beats waiting in the long line to talk to an agent! Trust me - Usually these apps will tell you a flight is cancelled before the crew even knows! 📲
3. Fly MUCH earlier than you need to - a whole day early if its important!! This week I saw many people miss important things like weddings, funerals, cruises, international connections, and graduations. The tears were very real, for very real reasons, and there was nothing I could do! If you have to be somewhere, spend the extra money, go a day early. Have a glass of wine and stay in a hotel, enjoy your night not being stressed while everyone else misses their events. 🍷
4. ALWAYS fly the first flight in the morning so you have all day to be rebooked if the s**t hits the fan. Yes, that means it might be a 3:00 alarm, but morning flights don't cancel nearly as often.⏰
5. This is not unique to this year, but keep in mind summer is thunderstorm season. A single storm can shut down a whole airport. We can't fly through them. Storms usually build as the day gets later. Book early flights! ⛈
6. Schedule long layovers - Your 1 hour layover is NOT enough anymore. 30 minutes, not a chance. 3 hours minimum. 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
7. What you see on the news is an understatement. We are short staffed and overworked. Not just pilots and flight attendants, but also ground crews. Without ground crews there is no one to park the planes, drive jetways, get your bags on/off planes, or scan boarding passes. This causes many delays that snowball throughout the day. Sometimes HOURS.(Another reason morning flights are best!) 👀
8. When flight crews get delayed we time out. We can NOT fly longer than 16 hours. Its illegal. So it doesn't matter if you have a wedding to get to, when we are done we are done. The way things are now, there are no back up crews, so when this happens your flight cancels. (Now you are starting to see why those morning flights are best!) 😴
9. Avoid connecting in Newark. It is literal hell. You have a 50/50 chance your flight will cancel or missing your connection. They have been cancelling flights at their starting points just to keep the planes out of Newark because there just aren't enough people to manage the planes, so the gates stay full. Also the restaurants are expensive, it is not a great place to be stuck. 💩
10. Be nice. As stated above, we are overworked and tired. We will not help you if you are mean. No one cares that you are going to miss your cruise if you are an as***le. So even if we can help, we will save our help for someone nice. Tensions are high. Our patience is gone. If you make us mad - you will not be flying on our planes. We will leave you behind without a second thought, and laugh about you later. 🥰
11. Being drunk on an airplane is a federal offense, so don't overdo it. If you drink too much at the bar waiting for your delayed flight you risk not being allowed to fly at all. We are too tired to deal with your drunk ass when we have legitimate issues to deal with. 🍻
12. Get trip insurance if you have a lot of money invested. I hate the whole idea of this, but I also hate the idea of losing money. Example: I was working a flight yesterday that waited over an hour for a gate. A family of 8 missed their flight to Rome. The only flight of the day. They were going to a cruise which they would now miss. They were all crying, there was nothing I could do. (Also a reason to fly a day early!) 🛳
13. Flights are FULL. If you buy the cheap seats you will not be able to sit with your family. It says so when you purchase your ticket!! Flight Attendants aren't there to rearrange the whole plane just so you can sit with your family because you tried to save $100 on a third party website. 💸
14. Speaking of third party websites and saving money..... Like I said flights are FULL. If a flight is oversold, and no one volunteers to give up their seats, who do you think is the first to be bumped? You guessed it, the family that saved a few $$ by using sites like Expedia, Kayak, Hotwire etc. 🤷♀️
15. Pack smart. Don't be "That guy" Don't hold up boarding because you have your extenders open till they are busting and you can't figure out how to make it fit in the overhead. (Passengers are stressed too, they can be aggressive when boarding a delayed flight) 🛍
16. Take showers, brush your teeth, leave the perfume off, don't eat stinky food (caesar salad and tuna fish I'm talking to you!), and bring headphones. Trust me. These things sound basic, but add to stress on crowded planes. If you are stuck on the tarmac for 3 hours after a 4 hour flight, you will thank me for this. 💜
17. Bring a sweater if you tend to be cold. So tired of half naked girls asking me to turn the heat up. NO. Wear clothes!! Side note: If you dress like this and ask for heat, there's a chance I will turn the AC up. 🥶
18. Thats not water on the bathroom floor. For the love of God wear shoes to the bathroom!!! 🤮
19. Don't tell a Flight Attendant they look tired. We are and we know. You may cause us to ugly cry right there in galley. 😭
20. Happy Travels!
What a fabulous memory for one of our Nepal rescues and her amazing mom!
Follow Fozzie on Facebook Fozzie, a little dog from Nepal, has her own new wheels and her own page. To see videos of Fozzie dancing and using her new cart, follow her at facebook.com/Fozzi…
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers around the earth!
Everyone feels the same way
Happy Mother's Day ❤
While our Humanitourism trips are on hold due to the pandemic, here is a way you can help animals if you are traveling this year.
https://helpthedogfly.com
🐾 Help The Dog Fly is the platform where traveling makes you a hero. Become a flight volunteer and help a dog, cat or other pets to arrive home.
Best tests for travel
Wondering how to get a COVID test for international travel? These at-home COVID tests are the solution. We’ve found the best at-home COVID tests for travel.
Critical documentation information for travel in the current covid age.
Here’s how you can re-enter the United States without a negative COVID test if you’ve recovered from the illness.
It would be interesting to see an updated version of this. The book and post are almost 10 years old.
What the World Eats - Families with their weekly stash of food.
American photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio have traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors—what we eat. Their project, “Hungry Planet,” depicts everything that an average family consumes in a given week—and what it costs.
New travel advisories
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised more than 20 destinations around the world to its highest travel advisory level in one of the widest-reaching COVID-19-related travel warnings yet.
Our Greek Humanitourism partners have their own unique holiday traditions.
Greece has some Christmas customs which are uniquely Greek, and most of them come from the rich folklore of the countryside.
Once the gold standard, the United States passport doesn't crack the top 5.
These countries have the strongest passports in the world.
The advice has been circulating on social media. Here's are some things to consider before following that advice.
A post making its way through several social media channels has misleading advice, according to SAR officials.
Here’s a way to help right here at home.
We are running low on kitten supplies – can you help? The Longmont Humane Society Foster Program is currently experiencing a shortage of items necessary for supporting litters of kittens and nursing moms, including Kitten Milk Replacer (KMR), canned cat and kitten food and litter boxes. Our Amazon Wish List makes it easy to send much needed supplies, including these for our Foster Program, directly to our facility. Link below!
We have also added Cosequin joint support tablets for our older pups, an assortment of dog treats and Kong’s which we have run low on as well. Thank you in advance for any help that you can provide!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1BATVF31ADPUD/ref=cm_sw_su_w
Update on the animal crisis in Afghanistan
Charlotte Maxwell-Jones is still in Afghanistan, trying to persuade the Taliban to let her retrieve animals released by the US military and airlift them out of the country with the clinic's employees.
We know that many of you have been following this with concern

The Pentagon denied reports Tuesday that it abandoned animals in the service of the U.S. military at Hamid Karzai International Airport after American forces evacuated.
Changes to issuance of last minute passport applications for US passports.
Looking to get your last-minute passport applications filled out online? You’re about to be severely disappointed. The State Department has removed...
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Happy Gyalpo Lhosar to all who celebrate this traditional holiday!
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