Not to be judgmental to those who buy WC chameleons, but this is what you are supporting if you are a consumer. The article says the shipment had a CITES permit and missed a connecting flight, resulting in the delay and mortality.
From what I know, this packaging is par for the course. Chameleons routinely come in in very bad shape. If you buy a WC, know your chameleon spent at least a couple days in a little bag, packed tightly, without food and water.
There is a real need for new blood for those who breed, but those chameleons should come from chameleon farms and be shipped by one day service in humane conditions.