From: <lafrance@verizon.net> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 5:17 PM <snip> > "Either animal suffering during air travel is the rare exception to the r= > ule, in which case reporting it will pose a negligible burden. Or it goes= > on all the time, in which case it may be something of a hassle for airli= > nes to have to report but all the more necessary from the public's perspe= > ctive," the Humane Society told the Transportation Department. > <snip> This is a spurious argument. The magnitude of the burden of reporting has to do with the number of animals transported, not with the number that are injured. I am not in favor of killing pets, just in favor of logic. Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/africar/africa.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html