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BY CODY THORN
Randy Thompson, the pet travel coordinator for AeroPaws in Grapevine, sits next to a dog named Scout, which was traveling overseas.
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Pilar Kuhn holds Bolt, a Parson Russell Terrier, which was exported from the United States to Australia.
PHOTOS COURTESY PILAR KUHN
First look: AeroPaws provides pet assistance for DFW airlines Pilar Kuhn and her husband, Rodney Ott, opened AeroPaws in Grapevine June 15 to help out airlines at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The facility provides temporary care for pets separated from their owners due to air travel issues at the airport. The Grapevine City Council approved the business permit May 20.
need help sheltering pets. American currently has a contract with another company for a
How we got here The duo operates Casa Fairview Canines near Los Angeles International Airport and saw a need for a Dallas-Fort Worth location last year. Randy Thompson, who works with the company and is from Carrollton, was hired as the pet travel coordinator of the new location. The business is authorized to transport ani- mals from the airport to the Grapevine location until the next available ight, according to the presentation to Grapevine City Council. Kuhn said it is an eight-minute drive from the facility to DFW Airport and they will be able to help all airlines except American Airlines that
similar service. What happened
The facility’s rst customers were two cats from the Houston area that spent time in Grapevine before heading o to New Zealand July 1. Kuhn said the cats were checked by Dr. John Rei- gle, who runs Urban Trails Animal Hospital in North Richland Hills, before receiving the nal clearance to board a ight from DFW Airport to Los Angeles, then to New Zealand. “Our goal is to have them as short a time as possible,” she said.
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