Museum Fish Blog

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A lot more people would ride the rails if they were allowed to take Fido or Fluffy with them. Not everyone likes to drive long distances with their pets in the back — or to fly. But Amtrak doesn’t allow dogs — except service dogs — or cats on board. It’s hard to say why Amtrak’s pet policy is so restrictive. Pets were permitted to ride as baggage until 1977; it would not take much money to conform to sanitation laws that would allow pets to ride again. Lots of people claim that they are allergic. Why then, are pets permitted on planes, which are far more enclosed? There’s no science backing the notion that allergies would prevent people from boarding trains that have pets on them.