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Not In Kansas Anymore: United Airlines Mix-Up Sends German Shepherd To Japan

The 10-year-old dog was supposed to go to Kansas, but ended up on a trans-Pacific flight instead. It happened just one day after a dog died in an overhead luggage bin on a United flight.
United Airlines planes sit on the tarmac in San Francisco in 2015. The airline had two incidents involving dogs in two days.

A day after United Airlines faced a backlash over a dog's death in an overhead luggage compartment, the company is dealing with another canine-related mistake after a German shepherd meant for Kansas was instead flown to Japan.

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