Some dogs and birds died on MH17, too

Malaysia Air made public early Friday a copy of MH17's cargo manifest, which details items that the plane carried. It includes live animals, and a few other notable items. Here's a partial list of things carried on board:

• Two live dogs.
• Five live birds.
  
• Four live pigeons.
• Some flowers and plants.
• Several helicopter parts.
• Some aircraft parts.
• Textiles.

You can read the full manifest here.

Update: Removed reference to "a shipment of pot." The shipment is not marijuana; it's actually a shipment of a potentiostat galvanostat for an electrochemistry workstation.

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