Pets on a plane: Why animals are dying aboard...

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Extreme temperatures and poor ventilation can threaten the lives of pets transported as checked luggage, yet some U.S. airlines are more willing than others to continue the practice. According to a review of data from the U.S. Department of Transportation, 66 pets died in transport aboard flights of eight national and regional carriers over a more than two-year span, from January 2014 to August 2016, the most-recent month for which information is available. While that number is a tiny fraction of…