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<DIV><FONT size=2>However, the TSA, in its infinite wisdom is citing the threat
of allergens as the reason.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The threat of allergens??? WTF?? Aren't they
supposed to be concerned with the threat of terrorists, or loudmouth salesman
wearing cheap cologne or something? Maybe they should try arresting the airport
vendors for ripping off the public.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=starbliss@gmail.com
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 02, 2009 10:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=editor@lataheagle.com
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai Eiselein, Editor</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=areaman@moscow.com href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">Dan
Carscallen</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Dash the Cat Being Evicted From
Airport</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>The difference between pets in carriers or on leashes, used by passengers
transporting their pets through a airport terminal, and semi-permanent pet(s)
free to roam an airport terminal, are obvious. The concerns of those
with allergies, protective parents who do not want their
children potentially scratched or bit (regardless of how friendly
Puff the cat or Spot the dog are, which travelers will not know),
or someone who simply does not want to be bothered with an animal in
proximity, are much greater for an animal left free to roam, as opposed to
one confined to a carrier or on a leash. The U of I has a policy that no
animals are to be left tethered unaccompanied on U of I grounds; animals are not
even to be left tied, much less left to roam freely. Pets on U of I
grounds are always to be accompanied by an owner on a leash, or are subject to
impoundment. I'd rather that the world were one big warm and fuzzy animal
friendly place, animal lovers one and all, but alas...</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted Moffett</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/2/09, <B class=gmail_sendername>Kai Eiselein,
Editor</B> <<A
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">editor@lataheagle.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Let's
see:<BR>Dogs and cats are allowed as carry on luggage in a carrier as long as
the<BR>carrier fits under the seat, but a cat isn't allowed in the
terminal???<BR>On my last three trips by plane, I've seen dogs out of their
carriers, on<BR>leashes in LAX, Maui, Spokane and MacArthur.<BR>So what the
hell is the difference between having an animal in a carrier,<BR>which is
vented and allows allergens to freely float around, and a cat
that<BR>runs around freely, and earns its keep?<BR>This is typical asinine,
to-the-letter, bureaucratic BS to the
hilt.<BR><BR>--------------------------------------------------<BR>From: "Dan
Carscallen" <<A
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</A>><BR>Sent: Monday,
February 02, 2009 1:55 PM<BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] Dash the Cat Being Evicted From Airport<BR><BR>> Saundra,
and vizzz peeps,<BR>><BR>> Dash pretty much has free run of the
terminal. I was there the other day<BR>> picking someone up, and
my daughter found the cat and they had some time<BR>>
together.<BR>><BR>> I can understand how some people could have a
problem, and I'm not much of<BR>> a<BR>> cat fan either, but the lack of
mice is always a good thing.<BR>><BR>> DC<BR>><BR>> -----Original
Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:<A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>]<BR>>
On Behalf Of Saundra Lund<BR>> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:51
PM<BR>> To: 'Tom Hansen'; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:vandal@uidaho.edu">vandal@uidaho.edu</A><BR>> Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Dash the Cat Being Evicted From Airport<BR>><BR>> Thanks,
Tom, for sharing this shining example of our tax dollars hard at<BR>>
work!<BR>><BR>> If I'm correctly understanding, the concern seems to be
allergic<BR>> passengers?<BR>> Last time I was at the airport,
passengers weren't allowed in the back<BR>> room<BR>> -- has that
changed?<BR>><BR>> Or, have they mistaken Dash for a
terrorist? No, I guess that isn't the<BR>> case or else she'd
have already been subject to extreme rendition.<BR>><BR>> Hey -- maybe I
can get the TSA to ban passengers who wear way too much<BR>> perfume &
aftershave on flights . . . I know several people who suffer<BR>> allergic
symptoms from that kind of air pollution. And, while I'm at
it,<BR>> let's get all those passengers & employees with colds &
the flu & other<BR>> communicable diseases banned from airports &
flights -- they present a<BR>> health risk to the rest of
us.<BR>><BR>> I'll be curious to see what the TSA has to say & I'll
be happy to share<BR>> their response :-) For others
who may want to share their thoughts on<BR>> this<BR>> fine use of our
tax dollars, feel free to let the TSA know:<BR>> <A
href="https://contact.tsa.dhs.gov/DynaForm.aspx?FormID=110">https://contact.tsa.dhs.gov/DynaForm.aspx?FormID=110</A><BR>><BR>>
KUDOS, BTW, to our local airport folks for their care of this
wonderful<BR>> cat.<BR>> In today's society, it's far too easy for way
too many people to turn a<BR>> blind eye to the suffering of the least of
us, but they didn't do that.<BR>> We're lucky to have such compassionate
folks at our airport!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Saundra Lund<BR>>
Moscow, ID<BR>><BR>> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is
for good people to do<BR>> nothing.<BR>> ~ Edmund Burke<BR>><BR>>
***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2009 through
life<BR>> plus<BR>> 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward,
excerpt, or reproduce<BR>> outside<BR>> the Vision 2020 forum without
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author.*****<BR>><BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From:
<A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:<A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>]<BR>>
On Behalf Of Tom Hansen<BR>> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:04
PM<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:vandal@uidaho.edu">vandal@uidaho.edu</A><BR>> Subject:
[Vision2020] Dash the Cat Being Evicted From Airport<BR>><BR>><BR>>
Courtest of today's (February 2, 2009) Moscow-Pullman Daily
News.<BR>><BR>>
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Dash the cat being evicted from airport<BR>> Employees seeking new home for
4-year-old flame point Siamese<BR>><BR>> By Erin Fenner, For the Daily
News<BR>> February 2, 2009<BR>><BR>> Dash the cat needs a new
home.<BR>><BR>> ----------------<BR>><BR>> Dash plays with a
string held by Blanche Anderson at the Pullman-Moscow<BR>> Regional Airport
on Friday. Regional managers from the Transportation<BR>> Safety
Administration recently decided Dash can no longer live in the back<BR>>
room of the airport. Anderson is a federal security officer at the<BR>>
airport.<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://www.dnews.com/images/3019337.jpg">http://www.dnews.com/images/3019337.jpg</A><BR>><BR>>
----------------<BR>><BR>> Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Manager Robb
Parish said regional managers<BR>> from the Transportation Safety
Administration recently decided Dash can't<BR>> live in the back room of
the airport anymore.<BR>><BR>> She can't live in the terminal, either,
because of the risk posed to<BR>> passengers with
allergies.<BR>><BR>> Airport employees are trying to find a good family
who wants to adopt<BR>> Dash.<BR>><BR>> The 4-year-old flame point
Siamese has been a fixture at the airport since<BR>> she was found as a
kitten trying to board one of the planes.<BR>><BR>> She was barely
alive, and employees took turns taking her to the<BR>> veterinarian until
she recovered.<BR>><BR>> Parish said Dash is a people cat. She acts
bored when people are not<BR>> around and often goes into a corner and
falls asleep.<BR>><BR>> "She seems to enjoy it when the terminal fills
up with people," he said.<BR>><BR>> TSA employee Kim Mordhorst said Dash
is good with children because she<BR>> recognizes she has to be gentle with
them.<BR>><BR>> TSA employee Lee Zimmerman said Dash likes to chase
people's pant legs and<BR>> swat at them like she is playing
tag.<BR>><BR>> "She has been a therapeutic cat for the passengers who
come and go," TSA<BR>> employee Blanche Anderson said.<BR>><BR>>
Employees said Dash will be missed at the airport.<BR>><BR>> Zimmerman
said there hasn't been a mouse in the back room since Dash has<BR>> lived
there.<BR>><BR>> He said families come to the airport just to see the
cat and don't even<BR>> get on a plane.<BR>><BR>> Mordhorst said
people who fly into the airport sometimes bring her cat<BR>> toys and
treats.<BR>><BR>> Parish hopes to find Dash a home with an active family
because she's so<BR>> playful.<BR>><BR>> Mordhorst said Dash would be
happy anywhere where she can be pampered and<BR>> allowed to rule the
roost.<BR>><BR>> Most airport employees are not in a position to take
Dash themselves<BR>> because they are renting or already have animals,
Mordhorst said.<BR>><BR>>
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Flying out of Moscow will no longer be the same . . . not without
Dash.<BR>><BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>><BR>> Tom
Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>><BR>><BR>> "For a lapsed Lutheran
born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist<BR>> Unitarian Wiccan
Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go<BR>> to
work."<BR>><BR>> - Roy Zimmerman<BR>><BR>>
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