{"id":2506,"date":"2018-11-19T14:57:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T19:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicationadmtl.com\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2019-12-30T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:42:55","slug":"yul-pet-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/2018\/11\/yul-pet-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"YUL Pet Squad in action !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canine animation at Montr\u00e9al-Trudeau&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of October, we are providing passengers with a new entertaining and soothing experience. A squad composed of 30 dogs has been formed to roam around the terminal, offering moments of companionship to travellers who can admire the animals and speak with their handlers. Called YUL Pet Squad, this initiative is so far greatly appreciated. Initially implemented as a pilot project in collaboration with the Companion Animal Adoption Centres of Qu\u00e9bec (caacQ), the squad contributes to improve passengers experience.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights<br \/>\n\u2022 The YUL Pet Squad is currently present in the international and domestic zones of the airport terminal.<br \/>\n\u2022 Volunteers let passengers approach the dog, but never go to them in case they have allergies or a phobia.<br \/>\n\u2022 The squad\u2019s name is a nod to the canine unit managed by the Airport Patrol, known as the Canine Squad.<br \/>\n\u2022 The caacQ coordinates and selects the dog handlers, ensuring that they meet ADM\u2019s security criteria.<br \/>\n\u2022 Pet owners\/guardians are performing this activity on a volunteer basis.<br \/>\n\u2022 Each volunteer has completed a two-hour training course and visited the site with their dog to assess its comfort level in an airport setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteers are welcomed!<\/strong><br \/>\nThe recruitment and selection process is managed by the CAACQ experts. If you are interested, you can write to: info@caacq.ca<\/p>\n<p>For more information, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2018-11-15-escouade-yul-caline_-v_eng_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canine animation at Montr\u00e9al-Trudeau&#8230; Since the beginning of October, we are providing passengers with a new entertaining and soothing experience. A squad composed of 30 dogs has been formed to roam around the terminal, offering moments of companionship to travellers who can admire the animals and speak with their handlers. Called YUL Pet Squad, this&nbsp;[&#8230;]<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/2018\/11\/yul-pet-squad\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1540,"featured_media":2500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-experience","publication-montreal-trudeau-express-en"],"new_scheduled_revision":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1540"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3109,"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions\/3109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yulexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}