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Pets on Planes: It’s actually really, really safe (update)

Via the excellent journalism blog, The Scoop (blog post link):

Paula Lavigne of the Dallas Morning News used federal data to show that “despite previous estimates from animal rights groups that thousands of animals were killed, injured or lost on commercial airlines each year, only 56 incidents were reported nationwide in the past year, the first that official statistics were kept.” Most of the incidents involved dogs, with cats, birds and a rat making up the rest. A 2003 article by the Humane Society estimated that up to 5,000 pets a year were lost, injured or killed during air travel.

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Read the Dallas Morning News’ article: Airline statistics show less risk to animals than groups estimated

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2 Responses to “Pets on Planes: It’s actually really, really safe (update)”

  1. wendy fenner Says:
    February 8th, 2007 at 7:31 am

    I want to do a story to put on my website about just this topic–I want to get permission from an airline(s) to view cargo holds where pets are placed, and see what the real story is. If it is not as horrible as imagined, I would be positive enough to even add that as a service to my Petsitting customers, that I would handle all of that for them, if they were flying themselves and a pet, or shipping a pet.

  2. corky Says:
    May 21st, 2007 at 10:55 am

    what is the actual story of continental’s cargo area? is it safe in hot weather for dogs?
    is it airconditioned?

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