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and if an airline can
lose a VIP, best-of-breed show dog, i can't help but worry that they could possibly somehow lose mine.
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You did read your own article, right?
The dog bolted from its crate, it wasn't "lost" by any frigging airline. The airline that "lost" the dog isn't even mentioned in the article, all it says is the dog bolted from its crate at Kennedy.