Airlines and pets
Jul. 22nd, 2010 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So this is kind of interesting reading, but I want to reinforce something that's briefly mentioned here--statistics without a base population are crap and ought all to be taken with a whole spoonful of salt. While airlines are required to report adverse incidents, they are not required to report how many animals of what species/breeds they ship, which makes it really hard to get accurate percentages. A couple airlines interviewed and gave estimates for number shipping, but... use caution. Also, in typical scare-mongering media fashion, it's all about the bad, and doesn't give a single hint as to which airline had the fewest incidents.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/traveling-pets-airlines-dog-deaths/story?id=11198807
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/traveling-pets-airlines-dog-deaths/story?id=11198807
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Date: 2010-07-23 10:58 am (UTC)Thanks for sharing!