The incident has prompted outrage at United Airlines from animal lovers on social media, and renewed the debate surrounding animal air transport safety. According to data collected by the Department of Transportation, United Airlines had the worst record with pet injuries or deaths in 2016. #United has the second highest U.S. airlines death rate for transported #animals. But while United conducts their latest investigation into Simon’s death, Fricke believes there’s a simple way to reduce, or even eliminate, these kinds of tragedies. We encourage them to treat our four-legged friends like our two-legged ones.”A representative for United Airlines was not immediately available for comment.

Source: Fox News April 27, 2017 12:22 UTC