Maybe Don’t Bring Your Pet Bear On A Plane

I get it. Bears are adorable. They’ve got those big fluffy faces, the round bodies; from a distance they look eminently pettable. They’re friend-shaped. But bears aren’t domesticated, and you shouldn’t keep one as a pet. Just ask the poor folks on a recent Iraqi Airways flight, who were delayed after a bear got loose in the plane’s cargo hold.

The Guardian has the story of a Iraqi Airways flight, which was delayed in Dubai after a bear escaped from its crate in the plane. The bear was bound for Baghdad, likely to be kept as a flashy pet. From The Guardian:

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