Families can now bring their pets no matter the bread along with them when they travel as JFK Airport opens new ARK terminal
'The Ark' facility is due to open for business early next year
There will be a Paradise 4 Paws kennels, an aviary and jobs for 110 vets
Animals will be transported in dedicated climate controlled vehicles to ensure their safety and happiness
Shipments of horses, parakeets, goldfish and other creatures through the area have risen by 28% during the past three years, to 2,800 in 2014
Jet-setting stallions and high-flying hounds at New York's Kennedy International Airport can look forward to their own new luxury terminal.
The $48 million private facility is called The ARK at JFK. It'll handle more than 70,000 animals flying in and out of the airport every year, from cats and dogs to horses, cows, and even sloths and aardvarks.
The large animals will have their own climate-controlled stalls, and doggies will occupy hotel suites featuring flat-screen TVs, bone-shaped splashing pools and spa services.
Pet owners will be able to monitor their pooches through webcams.
It will include more than 70 climate-controlled horse stalls equipped with soft floors so racehorses won't hurt their hooves.
Dogs will be allowed to frolic at a 20,000-square-foot 'resort' run by the pet-boarding chain Paradise 4 Paws.
It will have bone-shaped splashing pools, massage therapy and other spa services like 'pawdicures,' the company says on its website.
Travelers can drop off their pets at 'top-dog suites' before getting on a plane. The suites will go for around $100 a night and include a human-size bed and flat-screen TV.
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