Program to Standardize Animal Transportation in Wake of Dog Death

April 9, 2018

An international airline trade group has unveiled a program to certify airlines, cargo companies and other organizations meet the highest safety standards for transporting live animals.

Source Los Angeles Times

A French bulldog died after the pooch was stored in an overhead bin on a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York.

A day later, United conceded that it mistakenly shipped another dog that was bound for Kansas City, Mo., from Oregon, to Japan.

Now an international airline trade group has unveiled a program to certify airlines, cargo companies and other organizations meet the highest safety standards for transporting live animals.

The International Air Transport Assn. said last week that it created the program with the help of industry experts, including veterinarians and government agencies, to offer a voluntary certification program that sets new standards beyond the basic government regulations.