Flying With Fido? Warnings on Pet Air Travel (http://abcnews.go.com/Business/BusinessTravel/story?id=5566746&page=1)
Taking Your Pet on a Plane Can Be Costly and Sometimes Dangerous

According to Dept. of Transportation statistics, in the first six months of this year, 17 pets died while being transported as cargo...

It should be noted that the title of this article is misleading as it does not discuss any of the incidents where pets have died. It briefly touches on the high pet fees and the majority of the article talks about other pet travel issues. IMHO it is a "fluff" piece and is basically a lot of hot air expanding in our air space.:td: