Airline Pet Travel Reports: November, 2011 through April, 2012

Data: February 2012

Incidents: no losses, 2 injuries, 2 deaths

Alaska Airlines reports the injury of a dog that arrived in Seattle, WA from San Diego, CA. The dog appeared to have a self-inflected wound to its...

Data: January 2012

Incidents: no losses, 5 injuries, 4 deaths

Alaska Airlines reports the injury of four dogs. Two of the dogs received injuries to their mouth from apparently trying to escape their kennels....

Data: December 2011

Incidents: 1 loss, 1 injury, 3 deaths

Alaska Airlines reports the loss if a nine year old cat at the Miami International Airport in Miami, FL. After TSA screening of the kennel, a ramp...

Data: December 2011

Incidents: no losses, no injuries, 2 deaths

Alaska Airlines reports the death of an 11 year old Yorkshire Terrier on a flight from Seattle, WA to Maui, HI. The owner stated that the dog was...

Data: October 2011

Incidents: no losses, no injuries, 3 deaths

Alaska Airlines reported the death of a cat that was unrelated to air travel. The cat was being transported from Wrangell, Alaska to Petersburg,...

Data: September 2011

Incidents: no losses, 1 injury, 2 deaths

Delta reports the death of a nine year-old Golden Retriever named Misty. Misty was traveling from Baltimore, MD to Orange County, CA through...