You're in my area now.

IATA rules say that an animal must have room to stand naturally and turn

freely within the container.This is obviously not a high priority for US domestics.

Livestock is not allowed in the cabin under any circumstances. Not only because if

released it could cause grief among other travellers, it would be terrifying for some poor

cat or dog to spend the whole trip seeing nothing but ankles and feet , movement and noise.

In the hold of the plane it is calm and dim, ideal snooze time.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating