[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR234.13]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 234_AIRLINE SERVICE QUALITY PERFORMANCE REPORTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 234.13  Reports by air carriers on incidents involving animals 

during air transport.



    (a) Any air carrier that provides scheduled passenger air 

transportation shall, within 15 days of the end of the month to which 

the information applies, submit to the United States Department of 

Transportation's Aviation Consumer Protection Division a report on any 

incidents involving the loss, injury, or death of an animal during air 

transport provided by the air carrier.

    (b) The report shall be made in the form and manner set forth in 

reporting directives issued by the Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. 

Department of Transportation and shall contain the following 

information:

    (1) Carrier and flight number;

    (2) Date and time of the incident;

    (3) Description of the animal, including name, if applicable;

    (4) Identification of the owner(s) and/or guardian of the animal;

    (5) Narrative description of the incident;

    (6) Narrative description of the cause of the incident;

    (7) Narrative description of any corrective action taken in response 

to the incident; and

    (8) Name, title, address, and telephone number of the individual 

filing the report on behalf of the air carrier.

    (c) For purposes of this section:

    (1) The air transport of an animal includes the entire period during 

which an animal is in the custody of an air carrier, from check-in of 

the animal prior to departure until the animal is returned to the owner 

or guardian of the animal at the final destination of the animal; and



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    (2) Animal means any warm or cold blooded animal which, at the time 

of transportation, is being kept as a pet in a family household in the 

United States.



[Docket No. OST-2005-20331, 70 FR 7394, Feb. 14, 2005]