纽约“宠物航站楼”豪华舒适

都说美国是儿童的天堂，其实美国更是宠物的天堂。美国人对宠物的关心宠爱程度达到使别国人民匪夷所思的程度。纽约肯尼迪机场的方舟航站楼就是个典型的例子。这是一个宠物专用豪华航站楼。它能给宠物提供飞机起飞前和落地后的安置点，包括检疫和通关，但与一般航站楼不同，它又被称为“豪华动物旅馆”。动物在这里享受到不亚于五星级豪华酒店的待遇。

　　航站楼在今年1月份和6月份分别开放了它的一期、二期工程，包括马及其他牲畜出口中心、禽鸟出入境检疫机构以及“动物绿洲”三个部分。在牲畜出口中心里有24个用雅致的黑钢管隔成的宽敞单间。地板上铺着新鲜的刨花，疲惫的马们可以躺在上面舒展身子。每个房间里有三饼蒂莫西干草和两个水桶。它们还有专门的菜单，主人可以从菜单上点特殊的干草、燕麦或别的营养品。马的房间里有音乐台遥控器，只要摁一下，帕瓦罗蒂的歌声马上充满了整个房间。这样设计是因为马喜欢歌剧，歌剧可以让它们平和下来，减轻旅行的劳累。房间里的光线特意调得比较昏暗，以便马调整时差。马厩温度是仿气候调节，整个室内温度均匀，控制在让马感到最舒适的状态中。

　　禽鸟出入境检疫机构要相对简单些，但是也有两个很大的可供鸟飞行的笼子式房间，其中一个房间里还有一个小游泳池，让喜欢水的鸟儿可以在里边玩水。所有的鸟都会由经过专业训练的员工喂水喂食并做清理工作。如果有些鸟比较挑食，主人可以要求航站楼给鸟喂特殊食物。

　　动物绿洲是一期工程中最大的一个亮点。绿洲设有一个时尚的前台，前台后面是休息室，里边摆放着一溜宽敞的狗窝，狗和猫可以在这里作短暂的停留和休息。绿洲里边有兽医室，有专业兽医可以24小时全天候提供紧急护理和救助。考虑到宠物长途旅行中往往会把自己弄得很脏，这里还设有浴缸和吹风机等洗浴用具。为了让狗狗们旅行后好好放松一下，这里不仅建了一个小院子可以让狗溜达，还建了一个骨头形的游泳池，让狗在里边戏水、打水仗。而最不可思议的是这里居然还设有水疗中心，这真是个把宠物当孩子一样宠爱的所在。绿洲里也有厨房，这不算奇怪，不过厨房里边塞满的都是著名品牌皇家宠物食品。在绿洲里，所有的动物都会得到受过专门训练的专业人士的全天护理。所以与其把动物绿洲看作航站楼，还不如把它看成动物全方位保健中心。

　　三期工程的设施会在今年秋天开放，它将把整个方舟设施推向真正的奢华方向。项目包括完整体系的兽医诊所，并将建有自己的动物实验室。而由宠物天堂公司承建的长期宠物寄宿设施，则是一个高端的宠物度假村。在这里住宿的宠物有自己的私人套房。套房里安置的豪华床跟人用的一样大，还有等离子屏幕供宠物跟它们的主人视频。宠物们在套房里可以享受到艺术节目和夜间服务。主人们可以跟度假村提诸如此类的要求:“我想让我的狗狗每天游泳两次，按摩一次，在跑步机上跑步20分钟，到外面溜达3圈，然后晚上安排它吃一顿牛排。”这么逆天的高级服务，估计很多人一辈子也享受不到。大概只有在美国这种把宠物宠上天的国家才能想象出来。

　　方舟航站楼是世界上第一个私人拥有的一星期7天、每天24小时服务的豪华动物航站楼。它规模巨大，耗资可观。航站楼总投资是6500万美元，除了本身建筑面积达17.8万平方英尺，外围还有14.4英亩的地皮，用作动物上下飞机时的交通场地及其他室外活动场地。航站楼里的设施，在任何时候都足以安置180只鹦鹉、30只猫狗和72匹马。在航站楼完全开放后，预计每年会有5000匹马、7000到1万只狗和猫在这里落脚，同时还有很多过境的鸟在里边飞翔。

　　方舟航站楼的设计是顶级的，由著名的霍尔特建筑公司施工。很多流程设计由康奈尔大学兽医学院指导完成。　　　　　　　　　　　　

来源：环球时报

New York "pet terminal" luxurious and comfortable

The United States is a paradise for children, but in fact, America is a paradise for pets. The extent to which Americans are interested in pets is unthinkable to the people of other countries. The ark of the J.F.Kennedy.Apt Airport in New York is a typical example. This is a deluxe terminal for a pet. It can provide pets with the placement points before and after landing, including quarantine and customs clearance, but it is also known as the "luxury animal Hotel" from the general terminal. The animals enjoy the treatment of the five star luxury hotel here.

The terminal opened its first and two projects in January and June this year, including the three parts of horse and other livestock export centers, bird entry quarantine agencies and animal oasis. There are 24 spacious single rooms separated by elegant black steel pipes in the livestock export center. The floor was covered with fresh shavings, and the tired horses could lie on it. There are three cakes of Timothy hay and two buckets in each room. They also have special menus, where the owner can order a special hay, oatmeal, or other nutrition from the menu. In the horse's room, there was a remote control of the music table. As long as the press was pressed, Pavarotti's song was full of the room. This is designed because the horse likes the opera, and the opera can make them flat and reduce the fatigue of the travel. The light in the room was specially dimmed so that the horse could adjust the time difference. The stable temperature of the stables is a climate - like adjustment. The temperature is uniform throughout the room and is controlled in the most comfortable condition for the horse.

Birds of entry and exit inspection and quarantine institutions should be relatively simple, but there are also two big for the flight of a bird cage type room, one room and a small swimming pool, let love water birds can be inside the water. All birds are fed and cleaned by professional trained staff. If some birds are more choosy, the owners can ask the terminal to feed the birds special food.

The animal oasis is one of the biggest highlights in the first phase of the project. Oasis with a stylish front, behind the front desk is placed inside a room, a spacious home, dogs and cats can make a short stay and rest here. There are veterinarians in the oasis, and a professional veterinarian can provide emergency care and rescue for 24 hours all day. Considering that pets are often dirty in a long journey, bath and hair dryer are also available. In order to let the dogs travel to relax, not only built a small yard can let the dog walk, also built a head shaped swimming pool, let the dog in the water, splashing inside. And the most incredible thing is that there is a spa center here, which is really the pet of a pet as a child. There is also a kitchen in the oasis, which is not surprising, but the kitchen is filled with a famous brand of Royal pet food. In the oasis, all animals are given full day care for specialized trained professionals. So it is better to think of the animal oasis as a terminal building than the animal's omni-directional health care center.

The three phase of the project will be opened this fall, and it will push the entire ark to a truly extravagant direction. The project includes a complete system of veterinary clinics and will have its own animal laboratory. And the long-term pet boarding facility, built by PET paradise, is a high-end pet resort. The pets here have their own private suites. The deluxe beds placed in the suite are as big as people, and there are plasma screens for pets and their owners. Pets can enjoy art programs and night service in a suite. The owners can ask for such a request with the resort: "I want my dog to swim two times a day, massage once, run on a treadmill for 20 minutes, go out for 3 laps, and arrange it for a steak in the evening." Senior service so guards, estimated that many people do not enjoy life. It is probably only in the United States that the country that spoil pets can be imagined.

The ark is the world's first privately owned luxury animal terminal with 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. It is huge and expensive. The total investment of terminal is 65 million dollars, besides building area of 178 thousand square feet, and 14.4 acres of land outside, it is used for transportation and other outdoor activities on animals. The facilities in the terminal are enough to place 180 parrots, 30 cats and dogs and 72 horses at any time. After the opening of the terminal, there are 5000 horses, 7000 to 10 thousand dogs and cats here. There are many passing birds flying inside.

The design of the ark terminal is top-level and is constructed by the famous Holt construction company. Many process designs are designed by the Cornell University veterinary college.