YSK United Airlines was responsible for 75% of pets killed during air travel in 2017.
A recent DoT report shows that United Airlines is responsible for 75% of pet deaths during air travel. This isn’t related to passenger numbers, as their embarkments are far below Delta and others. Their incidence rate is 2.24/10,000, which is 2.6x higher than the next-worst offending airline. Here is a direct link to the data.They also killed a 10-month old puppy this week, after a flight attendant stuffed him in an overhead bin.E: Alaska flies a similar number of pets, frequently on longer but functionally identical flight paths (all the way down to Mexico and serving 1,200 US cities) but United kills or injures 8.6x as many pets per ten-thousand. via /r/YouShouldKnow http://ift.tt/2FD292g A recent DoT report shows that United Airlines is responsible for 75% of pet deaths during air travel. This isn’t related to passenger numbers, as their embarkments are far below Delta and others. Their incidence rate is 2.24/10,000, which is 2.6x higher than the next-worst offending airline. Her...