ABC flies walrus from Russia to Germany for dental appointment

RUSSIA's AirBridgeCargo Airlines has flow a 1,146-pound walrus from Russia to Frankfurt after the animal sustained an ingrown tusk and needed dental surgery.

The Russian all-cargo airline flew the walrus in a specially built cage adhering to IATA live animal regulations, keeping the cabin between five and 10 degrees Celsius, and having two Russian Udmurtskiy zoologists along as supercargo agents.

The walrus was then trucked to Tierpark Hagenbeck TPG Hamburg, where it was treated for an extracted ingrown tusk. ABC once flew 175 Aberdeen Angus cattle across the North Pole from Chicago to Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

The carrier also flew 810 foxes from Helskini to Beijing via a Boeing 747-200F charter flight. As with the walrus, the foxes were moved in specially build cages to provide maximum safety and comfort, said an ABC statement.