Posted on 08/09/2023 4:38:57 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
We’ve all had to get rid of something while going through airport security at some point, either a bottle of mouthwash or another liquid larger than the arbitrarily-imposed allowance. It’s an inconvenience to throw it away, but you’ll live. That said, I could never imagine ditching a pet — but a woman taking a flight in Pittsburgh didn’t have the same reservation when she left her French bulldog in the parking lot.
According to WTAE, a woman attempted to fly from Pittsburgh International Airport with her French bulldog last week. She tried to claim that her pet was an emotional support animal but was informed that her dog would have to fly in a crate to be allowed on the flight. The dog was later found alone in a stroller in the short-term parking lot, and police were called to the scene.
Jason Donaldson, an Alleghany County Police Sargeant, told WTAE:
“We were able to determine that the dog’s owner had attempted to fly with the dog this morning and was denied boarding due to having an improper cargo container. In turn, the dog was abandoned, and the dog’s owner continued to its resort destination as intended.”
The seven-year-old dog was taken to a local animal shelter and is in good health. The dog’s owner is expected to face an animal abandonment charge. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the penalty for animal abandonment can be up to a $1,000 fine. Honestly, the fine is light considering the level of cruelty needed to ditch a pet in a parking lot to go on a vacation.
I wonder if she’s having a nice vacation.
Google says these dogs are worth between $1,500 to $8,000. But besides that... what kind of idiot abandons a dog at the airport?
A so called emotional support animal at that?
What a peach!
There should be jail time for this woman.
I guess the dog wasnt’t for emotional support after all. And what a dirtbag that owner was.
People who travel w/ pets (unless extreme, extreme circumstances) are inconsiderate.
People that leave pets in a car in an airport parking lot aren’t people.
Dog is better off with a stable owner that knows what responsibility it.
Dogs are MAN’S best friend. To women they are an empty Lean Cuisine dish.
People that use animals like this for their own ease and comfort and then just abandon them are harboring a pet demon that guides their every movements.
A cat would have fared better?
Despicable.
“There should be jail time for this woman.”
Unfortunately prosecutors have a very low priority for animal abandonment and cruelty cases. Chances are she’ll get a fine that won’t be paid.
The dog was lucky to be freed from the owner.
Heck , I’ll take the little bugger
This will boil your blood.
Probably had a couple of partial birth abortions in the past as well.
Cat would have been left at home.
Poor baby! I can’t even imagine doing anything remotely that cruel to my girls! This should require jail time. Yeah. I know. Murderers hardly get jail time anymore. Pup’s a lot better off getting adopted by someone that will love it/
What about the owners emotional support for the dog? Obviously, she didn’t love the little guy : (
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