Originally Posted by GoingAway
I'm sorry but are you smoking something in that cigar besides tobacco? You take a risk? -- no, you are transporting your animal and paying for what should be the confidence that the animal will be cared for during transit. There should NOT be a risk of having the animal die, that is not part of transportation of an animal.
It is a known fact (like it or not) that some pets die when being transported by airplane. This is not the first case of this, nor will it be the last. Travel is stressful to pets under the most ideal conditions. Airplanes are cold at altitude, hot on the ground, etc.