> Here's some more info on the shipping situation. I noticed an article in
> the business section of the newspaper today. Basically it was saying
> there's a new federal government law that requires airlines to report
> the number of animals killed or injured on flights. So major airlines
> are refusing to allow pets to go in the cargo holds in the months of
> June, July and August. Later in the article it says that about 500,000
> dogs and cats are transported in by airlines a year and in the last 5
> years 2,500 were affected by cargo temperature and 108 died. So let's
> see they carried about 2,500,000 dogs and cats in 5 years, 2,500 were
> affected by the temps, that's .1%. And 108 died, that's about .00432%.
> So they decide to close up the whole thing for the summer. It seems the
> fix is a little extreme. But at any rate that may be where this whole
> thing is coming from. Maybe someone else can find some more information
> about it.
>
> It seems to me that it would have been better if they just told the
> airlines to inform pet owners what temps the cargo may get to and the
> risks involved for their pets, and let the owners decide what to do from
> there, instead they decide it would be better to cripple the entire pet
> industry instead, well maybe it's not that bad, but I'm still unhappy
> about the situation. I guess I'll just keep shipping fish and not
> labeling them.
>
> Rhonda
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