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A Florida company has announced plans to start the nation’s first pets-only airline, allowing dogs and cats to travel in the cabin of its commuter planes. Pet Airways, of Delray Beach, said Thursday it...
View ArticleAirlines should ban pets from cabin, docs say
Due to the allergy risks they pose, pets should be banned from airline passenger cabins, some Canadian doctors say. In an editorial in The Canadian Medical Association Journal, the physicians called...
View ArticleShort snouts and long flights don’t mix
Short-snouted dogs appear to run a far higher risk of death when it comes to air travel, according to federal government statistics released last week. Bulldogs, pugs, and other short-of-snout breeds...
View ArticleWhen dogs fly: More deaths in cargo
The deaths of seven puppies flying in the cargo hold of an American Airlines jet have added to the growing concerns about pets and air travel. A shipper last week checked 14 puppies in Tulsa, Oklahoma,...
View ArticleThe first and last flight of Snickers the cat
I feel bad for what happened to Snickers the cat. But to be brutally honest, I’m having a hard time working up much sympathy for her owner. Snickers died last week, shortly after arrival at the...
View ArticleDelta Air Lines stops flying bulldogs
Your bulldog is no longer welcome on Delta Air Lines, and it’s for their own good. As we reported last summer, short-snouted dogs run a far higher risk of death when it comes to air travel, with...
View ArticleFired airport employee gets job back
When Lynn Jones, a baggage handler at Reno-Tahoe International Airport, pointed out the condition of a bloody and emaciated dog scheduled to be shipped to Texas, her boss told her to forget about it....
View ArticleRescue group leaders arrested after more than 100 dogs found in back of...
Two women who were moving their rescue operation from California to Virginia were arrested after police discovered more than 100 dogs in the back of their rented U-Haul truck. Bonnie Sheehan, 55, and...
View ArticleSupermodel blames airline in dog’s death
Supermodel Maggie Rizer is blaming United Airlines for the death of her golden retriever, Bea. The two-year-old dog died while in the cargo hold of a United fight from New York City to San Francisco....
View ArticleAnother dog dies on United Airlines flight
Another dog owner has come forward to tell the world his dog died on a United Airlines flight. “…What I found out is, when you check your pet, you run the exact same risk of them not showing up as you...
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