Posted on 02/09/2018 6:40:26 AM PST by sevinufnine
When Dexter the emotional support peacock was denied entrance to a flight, he drove cross country. Pebbles the hamster wasn't so lucky. When Spirit Airlines didn't let her board the plane, her owner flushed her down the toilet after she says a Spirit Airlines employee suggested it.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Aldecosea made it through the first security checkpoint without any issues, but says she was chased down by another Spirit employee and told that rodents weren't allowed on their planes.
She tried to rent a car, but it was late November and the height of the Thanksgiving rush, so there were no rentals available. She considered taking a Greyhound bus, but needed to be in Florida in time for a medical procedure.
Aldecosea says a Spirit employee suggested either letting Pebbles go free outdoors or flushing the pet down the toilet. She told the Miami Herald that she "didn't have any other options" since she didn't want the hamster to suffer a slow death in the cold.
She decided to flush the hamster down the toilet.
“She was scared. I was scared. It was horrifying trying to put her in the toilet,” Aldecosea told the Herald. “I was emotional. I was crying. I sat there for a good 10 minutes crying in the stall.”
Spirit Airlines denies that any of its employees told Aldecosea to kill her pet. Derek Dombrowski, Spirit's media relations manager, said Aldecosea's isn't completely true.
"After researching this incident, we can say confidently that at no point did any of our agents suggest this guest (or any other for that matter) should flush or otherwise injure an animal," Dombrowski wrote in an email. "It is incredibly disheartening to hear this guest reportedly decided to end her own pet’s life."
People, understandably, are horrified with Pebbles' untimely demise. And they're skeptical of whose version of the story is right.
This story stinks to high heaven of fakery.
Given that an “emotional support” animal has a special attachment to the person, it’s inconceivable that she would kill it at the dubious demand of another.
I’d like to have seen the peacock flushed down the toilet!
I never heard of Richard Gere ever having any issues smuggling his “emotional support” gerbils onto flights.
“I’d like to have seen the peacock flushed down the toilet!”
LOL, that’s funny :)
“she told the Miami Herald that she “didn’t have any other options” since she didn’t want the hamster to suffer a slow death in the cold.
She decided to flush the hamster down the toilet.”
How about she just decides not to board the plane in order to save the life of her devoted support animal?
“Go for the eyes Boo! Go for the eyes!”
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
The hamster likely wouldn’t travel in any different environment than any other animal who travels in cargo, and they survive just fine.
Ugh, the photo was way too big...sorry about that :(
“How about she just decides not to board the plane in order to save the life of her devoted support animal?”
Or maybe handing it off to some kid UNboarding a plane who’d have been thrilled to take it (maybe not the parents, but the kid would have been happy).
PETA will Love This!
Speaking of Jerry Penacoli....
I was sitting in the dentist waiting room a few weeks ago and he is the anchor of some local TV “news” program for Lakewood Ranch (in Bradenton, FL). Hadn’t heard his name since living in NJ in the 80s.
Well...
...as long as it made her feel better....
Thanks! So much better...although I realize it’s a rat, not a snuggly, cute little hampster ;>)
I never heard any reports of Richard Gere having any trouble smuggling his “emotional support” gerbils onto planes.
Funny Stuff...Left Philly 4 years ago for Florida...Near St. Augustine...Have no idea how the man can appear in public with that rep.
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