Woman charged over abandoning dog at Las Vegas airport
BBC • • business
Key Points:
- A woman has been charged with animal abandonment after allegedly leaving her two-year-old golden doodle/mini poodle at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
- The dog was found tied to a baggage sizer after airline staff denied the woman a boarding pass due to lack of required documents for traveling with the animal as a service dog.
- The owner claimed the dog had a tracking device and believed it would return to her, but she did not return to reclaim the dog during the mandatory 10-day hold period.
- The dog was taken into custody by Animal Protective Services and later placed in foster care, with a charity receiving numerous adoption applications for the animal, nicknamed Jet Blue.
- Las Vegas police issued a public warning
