>> to come out and opened the thing and got the dog and she was dead. >> a day after the tragedy went viral another family says there 10-year-old german shepherd was supposed to land in kansas city but instead was put on a different flight to japan. when they landed they were given a completely different dog. their dog is flying back home today but his owners still worried. >> i don't know if he will be on this flight. he is a 10-year-old dog and has never been on a flight for. i don't know if he is going to survive this flight. >> we have learned united has been the leader in pet deaths for years. according to the department of transportation just last year 18 animals died under united's watch out of a total of 24