Airline Pet Travel Reports: October, 2015 through March, 2016

Data: January 2016

Incidents: no losses, no injuries, 1 death

Delta Air Lines A Golden Retriever was accepted in Rochester, NY (ROC) for transport to Portland, OR (PDX) with a transfer and overnight kenneling...

Data: December 2015

Incidents: no losses, 1 injury, 3 deaths

American Airlines The first report of the death of a snake happened on a flight to San Francisco, CA. The customer opened the cardboard box that...

Data: November 2015

Incidents: no losses, 2 injuries, 4 deaths

American Airlines An eight year-old Greyhound named Gumbo arrived deceased in Fort Lauderdale, FL from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Gumbo was taken to a...

Data: October 2015

Incidents: 1 loss, 1 injury, 1 death

Delta A cat was able to escape its kennel while being loaded on a flight in Detroit, MI. The report indicated that the kennel doors were secured...

Data: September 2015

Incidents: no losses, 5 injuries, 4 deaths

Delta Airlines On September 18th, 2015 a Coton de Tulear puppy on a flight from Kansas City, MO to Boise, ID arrived for transfer in Minneapolis,...

Data: August 2015

Incidents: no losses, 1 injury, 4 deaths

Delta reports the injury of a four year-old Dachshund mix named Charlie after a flight from Los Angeles, CA to Minneapolis, MS. The gate agent was...