> Living things (animals) are for better or for worse shipped that way all the time.
They also die a lot this way.
https://www.treehugger.com/as-pet-deaths-continue-airlines-p...
They also die a lot this way.
https://www.treehugger.com/as-pet-deaths-continue-airlines-p...
From my reading, unfortunately causes seem relegated to anecdata in this case as only rates are officially recorded. Reading anecdotes, however, the issues also seem to mostly be related to ground-handling and packaging issues, between animals which are not properly crated (much as the human in the article seems to have been improperly crated!) or are heartbreakingly left on the tarmac for extended timeframes during harsh weather.
Well that article shows a total of 78 animal deaths over a three year period. Out of 1,244,401 animals transported.
So a percentage of 0.0063%, which I'm not sure qualifies as "a lot".