OH NO!!! 7 dogs die in cargo hold of American Airlines flight

It was TOO HOT to put them in there and then have the flight delayed for an hour--87 degrees out! Horrible!! Heads should roll.

Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on April 18, 2017 at 10:58am

Ginny, check the date on the article; this happened in August 2010. :)

But it's a good reminder of why many of us don't agree with shipping dogs via air cargo.

Permalink Reply by Emily White on April 18, 2017 at 11:00am

This is awful, but since it happened 7 years ago, I'd hope they've made changes since then?

Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on April 18, 2017 at 11:06am

Not as many as you'd hope. In the first ten months of 2015, 29 pets died during shipping on commercial airlines.

There are probably more recent statistics, too.

Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on April 18, 2017 at 11:09am

66 pets died between Jan 2014 and August 2016 on commercial flights; the deaths were attributed to extreme temperatures and poor ventilation: http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2016/11/15/pets-on-a-pl...

Permalink Reply by Ginny Nightingale on April 18, 2017 at 6:12pm

No really?? Oops--did not notice that--I have been duped! But sad to hear the statistics you are sharing--will never ship a dog, ever!!

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