Editing United Airlines (section)

=== Animal transport ===
In 2013, after pressure from [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]], United announced that it would no longer transport monkeys to laboratories. United was the last North American passenger airline to transport these animals to laboratories.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wadman |first=Meredith |date=January 8, 2013 |title=United Airlines ends transport of research primates |url=http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/01/united-airlines-ends-transport-of-research-primates.html |url-status=live |journal=Nature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404081742/http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/01/united-airlines-ends-transport-of-research-primates.html |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stuart |first=Hunter |date=January 9, 2013 |title=PETA: United Airlines Will No Longer Fly Monkeys For Use In Lab Experiments |work=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/peta-united-airlines-lab-monkeys-lab-experiments_n_2439499.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325055101/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/peta-united-airlines-lab-monkeys-lab-experiments_n_2439499.html |archive-date=March 25, 2019}}</ref> United flies more animals and has longer flight stage length than any other US airline, and accounted for one third of animal deaths of US airlines between 2012 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jansen |first=Bart |date=April 26, 2017 |title=United Airlines accounted for a third of animal deaths on U.S. flights in last 5 years |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/26/united-airlines-animal-deaths-flights/100925100/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728054006/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/26/united-airlines-animal-deaths-flights/100925100/ |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2017 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

Effective March 20, 2018, the PetSafe program was suspended with no new reservations for cargo transport of pets accepted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Aaron |date=March 20, 2018 |title=United suspends pet cargo flights |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/20/news/companies/united-airlines-pets/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920153432/https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/20/news/companies/united-airlines-pets/index.html |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |access-date=May 5, 2018 |publisher=Money.cnn.com}}</ref> This came after United announced plans to mark pet carriers in the passenger cabin with bright tags<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2018 |title=United Airlines to use special tags for pet carriers after dog death |url=http://wgntv.com/2018/03/15/united-airlines-to-use-special-tags-for-pet-carriers-after-dog-death/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064014/http://wgntv.com/2018/03/15/united-airlines-to-use-special-tags-for-pet-carriers-after-dog-death/ |archive-date=March 26, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2018 |publisher=WGN-TV |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> and legislation was introduced in the United States House of Representatives<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2018 |title=Donovan, Cohen Introduce Bipartisan Bill Banning Pets from Overhead Compartments &#124; Congressman Steve Cohen |url=https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/donovan-cohen-introduce-bipartisan-bill-banning-pets-overhead |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141535/https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/donovan-cohen-introduce-bipartisan-bill-banning-pets-overhead |archive-date=March 26, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2018 |publisher=Cohen.house.gov}}</ref> and United States Senate banning the placement of pets in overhead compartments.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Senator plans to file bill prohibiting airlines from putting pets in overhead bins |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/03/15/senator-plans-file-bill-prohibiting-airlines-from-putting-pets-overhead-bins/z0hwvXyN8c78vlWEJBAPkJ/story.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064144/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/03/15/senator-plans-file-bill-prohibiting-airlines-from-putting-pets-overhead-bins/z0hwvXyN8c78vlWEJBAPkJ/story.html |archive-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> This was in response to a dog death after a passenger placed it in the overhead compartment following flight attendant instructions, but the flight attendant denied knowing that the luggage contained a dog.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liam Stack |date=March 13, 2018 |title=United Airlines Apologizes After Dog Dies in Overhead Compartment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/business/united-dead-dog.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324055908/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/business/united-dead-dog.html |archive-date=March 24, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>