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Airline Dog Fatalies for June

Thursday, August 11, 2005

The Department of Transportation released data on dog incidents occuring aboard airline flights for the month of June. So far, the numbers don't look bad at all.

Five dogs lost their lives on airplanes in June, while four others were injured, and one more lost. Last month, we blogged that four deaths occurred in May.

This is in stark contrast to reports from the Airline Transportation Association that some 5,000 pets are killed aboard airlines each year. After two months of reporting thus far, it looks like the reality is probably around 60 pets year. And on top of that, many of these incidents are due to owner negligence.

Animal rights groups have used the data from the Airline Transportation Association to recommend that pet owners only transport their animals by plane is absolutely necessary.

So, is anyone compiling statistics on the number of pets killed, injured, or lost while travelling in automobiles? How many sudden stops result in a pet getting injured inside the car? How many dogs jolt out of the car at a rest stop, and get hit? How many pets are left inside the car while parked at a rest stop?

Obviously, no one compiles these statistics. But if only about 60 pets are killed each year aboard airplanes, then I think it's clear that more pets are killed while vacationing by car.

3 Comments:

  • who the heck is steve?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:29 AM, August 14, 2005  

  • dogs are not the only animals kept as pets good sir :P

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:20 AM, September 11, 2005  

  • While I don't think this number crunching is useful to anyone - dead or alive - a few things can be said, asked and learned.
    1. How many people die aboard a plane each year?
    2. What type of pet should not be shipped by plane because it constitutes the majority of the remaining annual 4940 casualties?
    3. Is it negligence or ignorance or intent that leads to those numbers?
    4. Planning a vacation comes with a higher risk for Fiffi's premature end?
    5. Plane rides are still the safest rides.
    6. We have another subject to talk about to the nice looking pet-owner in the park

    Summer trips are coming soon again. Now you know why your dog is so nervous about it.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:26 PM, March 26, 2006  

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