I have a grown son who almost died in 1993 after being in a house with a cat that he didn't know was there. After I saw people traveling with animals on board, I wrote to the airlines. I told them about people with severe allergies and asthma and how dangerous it was to have animals in the cabin without the passengers being told. I got no response whatsoever. What I don't understand is this: they stopped serving peanuts because of the allergy problem, and peanuts can be avoided on a flight by just not eating them. But they don't do anything about an animal that gives a person no choice of avoiding it? Apparently you didn't know there was a cat on board and that is THE problem. Perhaps it's time for people who do have allergies to form a coalition and get some solid force behind us and bombard the airlines with our concerns.