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Florida woman: Airline told me to flush pet hamster
Miami A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her hamster down a toilet at the airport because the emotional support rodent wasnt allowed to fly with her.
The Miami Herald reports before Belen Aldecosea flew home from college to South Florida, she twice called Spirit Airlines to ensure she could bring along Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster. No problem, the airline told her.
But when Aldecosea arrived at the Baltimore airport, Spirit refused to allow the animal board.
The 21-year-old told the paper that she flushed Pebbles at an airline employees suggestion, after running out of other options.
Panicked and needing to return home promptly to deal with a medical issue, Aldecosea was unable to rent a car and agonized for hours before doing the unthinkable...
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/08/airline-flushed-hamster/110229624/
Miami A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her hamster down a toilet at the airport because the emotional support rodent wasnt allowed to fly with her.
The Miami Herald reports before Belen Aldecosea flew home from college to South Florida, she twice called Spirit Airlines to ensure she could bring along Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster. No problem, the airline told her.
But when Aldecosea arrived at the Baltimore airport, Spirit refused to allow the animal board.
The 21-year-old told the paper that she flushed Pebbles at an airline employees suggestion, after running out of other options.
Panicked and needing to return home promptly to deal with a medical issue, Aldecosea was unable to rent a car and agonized for hours before doing the unthinkable...
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/08/airline-flushed-hamster/110229624/