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United Airlines Faces Questions Over Death of Giant Rabbit
Less than three weeks after a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight at the Chicago airport, the carrier found itself facing another public relations fiasco on Wednesday after a three-foot-long rabbit died on a flight from Britain... (www.aviationfigures.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I'll bet the truth is a "hare" raising story!
The rabbit was named Simon, not Lazarus.
I also heard the tortoise just got off the sidewalk before stopping for a salad.
Tough break for United that the customer wouldn't let them perform the necropsy. Hard to cover up the beating evidence if the customer wants the rabbit back to have an independent necropsy done.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/26/united-airlines-new-pr-disaster-giant-rabbit-simon-dies-uk-flight
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/26/united-airlines-new-pr-disaster-giant-rabbit-simon-dies-uk-flight
There is a reason that almost all dog breeders Do NOT ship their dogs by air to anywhere in the U.S.
"According to the most recent figures from the United States Department of Transportation, released in February, 35 animals died in transit across 17 airlines in the United States in 2015."
"United Airlines accounted for 14 of those deaths. The carrier transported nearly 100,000 animals over that period, a further nine of which were reported as injured."
According to the transportation website, over 2 million animals are transported annually. So, does that mean about 5% of the transports accounted for 40% of the fatalities?
https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/plane-talk-traveling-animals
"United Airlines accounted for 14 of those deaths. The carrier transported nearly 100,000 animals over that period, a further nine of which were reported as injured."
According to the transportation website, over 2 million animals are transported annually. So, does that mean about 5% of the transports accounted for 40% of the fatalities?
https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/plane-talk-traveling-animals