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Flying with a pet can be expensive and confusing, with fees, weight limits, carrier size rules and the need to make sure there’s no loud barking (or meowing) on board.

The homeland of William Shakespeare, Stratford upon Avon is a historic market town in the English countryside of Warwickshire, known for its meandering river, rowing boats, half-timbered Tudor architecture, and world-renowned stage, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

There are plenty of great spots to eat all across Istanbul—it’s arguably one of the best food cities in the world. You could spend your entire trip eating your way across Turkish cuisine, both modern and traditional, but we all know that sometimes a good slice of pizza calls… especially after a couple of glasses of rakı or Turkish wine.

My cat, Isabelle, has accompanied me on more than 35 flights in the past two and a half years. She even has her own European Union pet passport, so she has definitely reached frequent flier status. We’ve flown between North America, South America, and Europe, accumulating thousands of miles and dozens of hours in the air.

Looking for a gift for the frequent traveler in your life who loves to collect earrings? It’s important to select just the right pair of earrings that travels well and reflects the person’s individual taste. After all, travel lovers know that comfort is as important as style and fashion any day of the week. That doesn’t mean that jewelry enthusiasts need to sacrifice glitz and glamor to enjoy travel-friendly earrings. These earrings are easy to wear on trips, comfortable, and fashionable. There’s a pair here to delight every valentine.

Once you meet with Cardsy B, the in-house wellness witch at the Algonquin Hotel, you join Cardsy’s elite portfolio of clients who have included celebrities like Abigail Breslin (“Little Miss Sunshine” and “Signs”), Cat Greenleaf (former host of “Talk Stoop”) and a host of corporate collaborators including Gucci, NIKE, BCBG, Hulu and General Assembly ― each of whom have posted about their tarot collaborations with Cardsy B.

Hidden beneath an overhang on steep cliff walls above the Pinturas River Canyon are more than 800 stencilled handprints and painted images of animals. Nobody fully understands why Patagonia’s nomadic hunter-gatherers crafted the graffiti, but we do know they were created around 9,300 years ago using mineral pigments mixed with blood and fat, and that they provide a glimpse of early life in the glacier-carved province of Santa Cruz.  

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This time, the crime occurred in the small town of Montreuil-Juigné near Angers in western France’s Loire Valley, where more than 40 cats disappeared over the holidays as the shocked inhabitants suspected a serial “tueur de chats” — cat killer — in their midst.

When I researched how to travel with a cat for the first time a few years ago, the logistics alone were almost enough to scare me off the option of flying entirely. Between parsing different pet-friendly policies and questioning whether furry lil’ Francis would hate me when we reached our destination, flying with a cat seemed like it would be way more trouble than it was worth.

There’s nothing like the first sip of a creamy Chardonnay after a long drive on a sunny day. In the garden at Kuzubağ, a winery in southwest Turkey, a cold glass slips down easily. The Aegean breeze rustles the leaves, the sunset paints the open skies rusty orange and resident feline Misket jumps up for a belly rub. “Our cats appreciate attention,” says vineyard owner Aslı Kuzu, before gently shooing her away.

Combining mind-blowing wildlife, cinematic landscapes and plenty of knowledgeable guides, Botswana always has something thrilling to discover.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration confiscated more than 1,800 firearms at U.S. airports from July through September and is expecting to surpass 6,500 firearms by the end of the year.

Is the traditional role of state fish and wildlife agencies coming to an end? That is increasingly the question as some of the nation’s most important—and often controversial—issues are no longer being decided by wildlife professionals whose charter it is to manage natural resources for the greater good. Instead, animal welfare groups and others have staked a clear strategy to circumvent state agencies through the referendum process. That is, if you want to ban mountain lion hunting or introduce wolves to a state, you have only to collect signatures from a population generally easy to sway with emotional media campaigns and overwhelm your opponents on election day— poor outcomes for people and wildlife be damned.

Turkish Airlines has recently launched a new online booking service specifically benefiting passengers traveling with their pets; an unsurprising move given its headquarters in cat-friendly Istanbul. The global airline—which flies to more countries than any other—will provide passengers the opportunity to book pet carrier services online via the website and mobile app while booking the original passenger ticket.

Is the traditional role of state fish and wildlife agencies coming to an end? That is increasingly the question as some of the nation’s most important—and often controversial—issues are no longer being decided by wildlife professionals whose charter it is to manage natural resources for the greater good. Instead, animal welfare groups and others have staked a clear strategy to circumvent state agencies through the referendum process. That is, if you want to ban mountain lion hunting or introduce wolves to a state, you have only to collect signatures from a population generally easy to sway with emotional media campaigns and overwhelm your opponents on election day— poor outcomes for people and wildlife be damned.

On Monday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) unveiled 27 new World Heritage Site designations. Among them are a diverse slate of culturally significant areas, including sacred temples in Cambodia, ancient tea forests in China, and historic European towns.

Walt Disney World in Florida got an unexpected visitor on Monday, as a black bear on the loose in its Magic Kingdom theme park briefly shut down areas of the park while officials with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC) worked to relocate it, eventually catching the bear Monday afternoon.

Walt Disney World in Florida got an unexpected visitor on Monday, as a black bear on the loose in its Magic Kingdom theme park briefly shut down areas of the park while officials with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC) worked to relocate it.

The latest news in the ski world is the marriage of a 21st-century tech billionaire and a troubled ski mountain. In one fell swoop, Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix, has made a $100 million investment in Powder Mountain, Utah, the country’s largest resort. Hastings, who stepped down as CEO of Netflix in January and became a minority owner of Powder Mountain in April, ascended to majority owner of the resort with this investment on September 6.

A Singaporean luxury cruise company is offering cat-friendly dinner cruises for pet owners looking to treat their felines.