Raw Numbers

So the number of animals that died on passenger airline flights in the US last year has been released. And once again, I'm reminded that I hate newspapers. Please note how eagerly this article compares numbers of deaths by year with not a SINGLE reference to how many animals flew on each airline during the year. There's no way from this article for the reader to know how many animals survived the flights, or whether Delta has more deaths/year because they actually suck (which is what many people will take away from this article because they don't think about it) or whether Delta has twice as many deaths, but in reality fly 4 times as many animals as Continental. Numbers out of context are worse than useless!