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Proces przewozu zwierząt żywych w transporcie lotniczym
The process of handling live animals in air transport

Author(s): Kamil Pacek, Aleksandra Górecka
Subject(s): International Law, Management and complex organizations
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: air transport; processing; live animals; IATA;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is to investigate the process of handling live animals in air transport. It consists of information about the market of live animals in transport and regulations. There is a strong need for time minimisation when shipping live animals. Due to this fact the detailed procedures must be implemented by the handling companies to fulfill this requirement. As the main part, the ground handling process and shipment is presented. The hypothesis claims that live animals transport regulations are strict enough to ensure safe transport regulations and the only cause of the mistakes in the process can be human error. Authors describe each part of the process, characterize the critical points and confirms this hypothesis.

  • Issue Year: 1/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 71-79
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English