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The bunny probably had a heart attack from the trauma of flying. Animal deaths are common on airlines due to the trauma, hell car rides can be difficult for animals. Everyone is getting on the bandwagon against United. Jeez.
Unless there was some problem with the environmental control in the aircraft hold I don't see how United could be held responsible. Flying animals is always iffy.
The bunny probably had a heart attack from the trauma of flying. Animal deaths are common on airlines due to the trauma, hell car rides can be difficult for animals. Everyone is getting on the bandwagon against United. Jeez.
Lifespan on a big bunny like that is pretty short. But then again, United has the most pet related deaths so they probably should have flown another another airline because of the risk involved.
Animal deaths on the airlines are extremely rare..........almost never happens. Occasionally you're going to get the random animal with a defect that happens to die on an airplane ride. In general I've worked with both Boeing and Airbus and Douglas as well over a period of 38 years I can remember perhaps two or three animals that didn't make it......so not a common thing.
The new Airbus A319/320 are just remarkable for shipping pets since they have a HEATED rear cargo that can handle up to 40 pets on a flight and they will be in condo like comfort. The temp can be controlled and monitored from the cockpit.......but like I say I've worked on Douglas and Boeing and deaths are almost non-existent there as well.
So if bunny died on UAL it was just a statistic that's going to happen out of so many tens of thousands of animals........in general pets are in great shape on the airlines........
In this case it was a 9 hour flight (London>Chicago) in the hold of a Boeing 767.
http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/arti...e-baggage-hold
"The Boeing 767 maintains its baggage hold above 7˚C, but the bulk area (where animals are carried) can be heated above 18˚C. Controlled temperature cargo bins are also available when temperature-sensitive goods are being shipped.
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