Taking dog from Beijing to Mongolia on Air China

[penglimei]

Hi

This is kind of a longshot, but has anyone tried to do this? I'm hoping to be able to fly my dog as checked baggage/cargo on Air China from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar. Does anyone know if this is allowed (some airlines say yes, some say no, Air China is just confusing), and if it is, how much it costs?

Or, I guess the alternative: Can dogs go on the Trans-Siberian railway as cargo?

thank you! you can email me at siaopeng@gmail.com if you want, or post back to here.

[gougou]

Or, I guess the alternative: Can dogs go on the Trans-Siberian railway as cargo?

Having spent the best part of my trip from Moscow to Omsk debating with the attendant whether that huge German Shepherd could be asked to vacate the bunk I had bought a ticket for, I can assure you that, allowed or not, dogs do travel on the Trans-Siberian.

[penglimei]

Haha that's a good story.

How long ago was this? Moscow and Omsk are both in Russia though... Do you know anything about the China - Mongolia leg? The Chinese tend to view dogs not as pets but more as... Food or cargo. I don't know how it is in Russia, are they more lenient?

[roddy]

Some of the links here might be helpful. Perhaps also here.

[gougou]

That was about 4 years ago. I didn't have to fight for my bunk between Mongolia and China, so I can't tell you whether regulations are different there. Would be strange, though, as you can take the train non-stop from Moscow to Beijing.

[penglimei]

I'm going Beijing to Mongolia though, not Russia to Mongolia/Beijing, which is why I worry that the Chinese might be more harsh/difficult than the ticket takers on the Russian side. Has anyone else taken the trans siberian from China and seen dogs on it?