Carolyn
I know what you mean. It just breaks my heart.
I agree with you about Snowball. I realize that they had to have space on the bus for people rather than animals, but I can't help but believe that Snowball wouldn't have taken extra space. If a ten year old kid was capable of holding the dog in the first place, that indicates that the dog wasn't very large, and that he could have surely done the same on the bus.