Jet-setting stallions and high-flying hounds at New York's Kennedy airport can look forward to a new luxury terminal that will handle the more than 70,000 animals flying in and out every year.
纽约肯尼迪机场里搭乘飞机的种马和猎犬可以期待搬入一座全新的豪华航站楼了，这一航站楼每年可接待7万多只动物“飞”进“飞”出。
The ARK at JFK, its name inspired by Noah's biblical
vessel1, will more than measure up to terminals for humans: horses and cows will occupy
sleek2, climate-controlled stalls with showers, and dogs will lounge in hotel
suites3 featuring flat-screen TVs. A special space for
penguins4 will allow them mating privacy.
The ARK is billed as the world's first air terminal for animals.
Set to open next year, the $48m, 178,000-square-foot (16,500-square-meter) shelter and quarantine facility will take in every kind of animal imaginable -- even an occasional
sloth5 or aardvark. From The ARK, they'll head to barns, cages, racetracks, shows and competition
venues6 in the United States and abroad.
Many arriving animals are quarantined for a period of time (for horses, it's normally about three days) to make sure they're not carrying
contagious7 diseases. And The ARK is designed to make their stay as pleasant as possible, with hay-lined stalls for up to 70 horses and 180 head of cattle, plus an
aviary8 and holding pens for goats, pigs and sheep.
For dog owners, The ARK will offer a 20,000-sqf (1,860-sqm) luxury "resort" run by the company Paradise 4 Paws, complete with bone-shaped splashing pools,
massage9 therapy and "pawdicures with colored nail pawlish." Dogs can watch flat-screen TVs and their owners can check in on them via webcam.
Cats will have their own trees to climb. And all animals will have access to a 24-hour clinic run by Cornell University's veterinary college.
Even animals that don't need to be quarantined -- a huge dog that can't fit in the cabin and has to travel as
cargo11, for example -- will be held at thefacility until departure or
pickup12 by its owner.
"A lot of our design making is in
collaboration13 with veterinarians and
consultants14 to help minimize the amount of stress placed on the animal," said Cliff Bollmann, a leading airport architect working on The ARK for the San Francisco-based architecture firm Gensler.
When completed, the facility is subject to approval by the US Department of Agriculture. Animals will be charged fees -- still being
determined15 depending on services -- that will help fund the terminal. High-end dog "suites" could top $100 per night.
Transporting animals by air is not aimed at low-income owners. A flight to London for a dog can cost about $1,000, plus a
crate16, airport fees and
vet10 certifications. And moving a horse can add up to at least $10,000.
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