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Do pets belong on planes?

Friday Forum: Should we leave our furry friends at home when we fly?

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Christopher Elliott
Dec 09, 2022
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Two strange animal incidents at airports have triggered a new debate about pets on planes.

First up: the stowaway cat that crawled into a passenger's carry-on luggage in New York recently. The TSA at JFK took these photos:

A few days later, a woman in Madison, Wis., accidentally sent her dog through the scanner — which is generally not how pets are screen…

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