American Airlines & the Puppies

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Seven Puppies After During American Airlines Flight
By Laura Northrup on August 4, 2010 8:00 AM 0 views

(Paul Schultz)

Chicago's CBS2 reports that fifteen puppies were loaded on a Chicago-bound American Airlines flight in Tulsa. A few hours later, five of the puppies were dead when they arrived at O'Hare airport. Two more died in the care of a veterinarian.

Rest assured, American Airlines is taking it very seriously, even if they don't use those words. No airline wants to be known as puppy-killers.

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   "The aircraft held 14 animals (puppies of unknown breed) and they were alive when unloaded from the plane," [an AA spokesperson] said via email. "The animals kennels were taken to a location at American's facilities at O'Hare where they were to be kept until their connecting flight."

   At some point, seven of the puppies died.

   "We are continuing our internal investigation into what happened once the animals arrived at O'Hare," she said.
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Temperatures reached 87 degrees in Tulsa yesterday morning before the plane took off, so the pups may have been victims of the current heat wave...or already sick when loaded on the plane. The airline is investigating


http://consumerist.com/2010/08/five-puppies-die-during-american-airlines-flight.html

[Townsend]

And nomination for most depressing post of the week goes to...

[custosnox]

And nomination for most depressing post of the week goes to...

and this was right after I read a post about a woman who  had her cat stolen from the airport while en route to their new home in saudi arabia. 

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And nomination for most depressing post of the week goes to...

Well, since it involved Tulsa and I have not heard a thing about it in local news I felt the need to share.  Sorry for any depression that this may cause in your life..

[Townsend]

Well, since it involved Tulsa and I have not heard a thing about it in local news I felt the need to share.  Sorry for any depression that this may cause in your life..

It's all over Twitter from KTUL, KOKI, and KOTV.  Also on their FB and on their sites.

Puppy killing does tend to depress me.  I'd prefer it not happen.

Tulsa World too.  http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=54&articleid=20100804_54_0_Americ806045

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It's all over Twitter from KTUL, KOKI, and KOTV.  Also on their FB and on their sites.

Puppy killing does tend to depress me.  I'd prefer it not happen.

Tulsa World too.  http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=54&articleid=20100804_54_0_Americ806045

O.k. then I had not heard it yet by the local news.  Of course now, I go to my Google News Feed and it is on top.  I apologize again for bringing up such a depressing topic

[sgrizzle]

I seem to remember a similar incident many years ago, then it had to do with a bad door seal in the luggage compartment.

[Breadburner]

It can happen....Lazy people ship animals by plane....

[custosnox]

It can happen....Lazy people ship animals by plane....

So do people who are relocating and have to do so by plane.

[patric]

It can happen....Lazy people ship animals by plane....

How many people would turn down the option to have a pet carrier under their seat?

My mother was detained upon arrival once because the carry-on she had was a cat carrier that had a cloth cover over it to keep the cat calm.   I think some airlines handle this better than others.

[DolfanBob]

Are the luggage compartments air conditioned or heated ? I would think that would be a factor in shipping live animals.

[Conan71]

Ever hear a rooster crow in the post office?

When I used to ship items from the airport post office up by Fine Airport Parking, you could hear game cocks back in the floor area.  Apparently the people who raised them in the area could ship them via air mail all over the world.  True story.