By Allison Lampert

(Reuters) -Colombia is asking the U.N.’s aviation agency to support global standards for transporting pets by air across borders, following high-profile cases of dogs dying on planes.

Colombia wants the International Civil Aviation Organization, which sets standards on everything from runways to seatbelts, to come up with rules for pets on aircraft, the country’s ICAO representative said.

The South American country’s proposal, which has support from about two dozen countries in Latin America and Europe, comes ahead of ICAO’s triennial assembly that runs from September 23 to October 3.

“Colombia is talking about this because in our country there were a few cases that adversely impacted the health of pets,” Mauricio Ramirez Koppel, an ICAO representative from Colombia,

See Full Page