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A pet cat was sent through an airport X-ray machine in Virginia after its owner failed to remove the animal from its travel bag.
TSA spokesperson, Lisa Farbstein, shared X-ray images last week that showed the cat - and its skeleton - as it passed through Norfolk Airport security.
'Please do not send your pet through the X-ray unit,' she said in a caption accompanying the image.
In the US, travelers are allowed to carry cats or small dogs onto planes. However, they should not be sent through the machine but instead inspected separately.
'The traveler and cat had to go through screening the proper way once the TSA officers saw the X-ray image. The proper way being to remove the cat from the travel bag,' added Farbstein.
A pet cat was sent through an airport X-ray machine after its owner failed to remove the animal from its travel bag
The incident occurred at Norfolk International Airport (pictured in 2021)
X-rays carry the least amount of radiation compared to other imaging methods and the risk of health affects for animals is 'very, very low', according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Farbstien has flagged similar incidents of people sending their pets through the X-ray machines in the past.
Earlier this year TSA agents in Florida found a four-foot boa constrictor in a woman's carry-on bag.
The woman told agents at Tampa International Airport that the snake was 'an emotional support
