Yay!

Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

martissimo: some.old.lady.: I am glad for the worker, the humane society, and the dog. But mostly the dog.

It's a feel good story all around really, that lady would have never got her job back in the pre-internet days, they felt the pressure of instant scrutiny worldwide, even Farkers helped in some small way to make sure justice was served here just by publicizing it and commenting.

but that lady did more for the dog then anyone else, without her he gets loaded and who knows, she deserved this

Agreed.

I do wonder how the dog got that way in the first place though. Wtf happened?

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

Yeah, read a heartbreaking story of a lady traveling with 4 cats. One was diverted to the hold. Froze.

I like the bullshiat apology from the company rep that basically reads like she is sorry this made it out the internet/media. Scum.

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

Animal welfare workers picked up the animal. It recovered and was eventually returned to its owner.

I didn't read the original story, but it seems like the dog would be better off in a new home altogether.

Orion5k: Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

This is exactly why we leave our dog at home when we travel. I've had out of town relatives offer to let us bring our dog when we visit, and they don't understand why we don't. It's because he's not a lap dog, so they're not letting us take him to our seats with us, and I'd never forgive myself for the trauma he'd have to endure during the journey. He's much better off staying home where he's comfy and getting spoiled by whoever's watching him for us.

Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

vonteego3: Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

Have a car? Drive. I would never put my dog in a cargo bin. Don't have a car? Hire someone to drive. Rent a U-Haul. I don't care. Don't put it in the bin. Take my word, I stack the poor things on a daily basis.

/ And by "your" I mean "she's"

vonteego3: So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

If you can't drive them, maybe see if you can find someone responsible to take them.

vonteego3: Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

I flew my cat twice when moving because I figured a 2.5 hour flight would be less terrifying than 5 days stuck in a car. Later, I moved across the country again TWICE and we drove with the cat both times. The second time she developed an upper respiratory. We gave her oral antibiotics which gave her gastroenteritis so bad that she woke us up at 3:30am puking blood. We thought she was going to die, and she very nearly did. So really, I'm not sure what was worse. 2.5 hours of terror, or a week of fear and an illness so bad she puked blood and almost died. Either way, it was awful for her, and me.

/RIP, Boo
//Adenocarcinoma, July 30, 2011

Animal welfare workers picked up the animal. It recovered and was eventually returned to its owner.

That's supposed to be a happy ending? How did the dog get emaciated in the first place?

Orion5k: vonteego3: Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

Have a car? Drive. I would never put my dog in a cargo bin. Don't have a car? Hire someone to drive. Rent a U-Haul. I don't care. Don't put it in the bin. Take my word, I stack the poor things on a daily basis.

Christ, I completely missed the opening of the bridge to Hawaii!

ComicBookGuy: Animal welfare workers picked up the animal. It recovered and was eventually returned to its owner.

That's supposed to be a happy ending? How did the dog get emaciated in the first place?

It's not necessarily the owner's fault. Maybe it was sick. Maybe the owner rescued it from a different, shiattier owner. Maybe the owner's dad died of a long illness, and the dog was starved by the dad because the dad couldn't take care of it. Usually the authorities are good about not releasing animals back if the owners are actual shiatheads. There was probably something going on outside the owner's control.

SweetSilverBlues:

Some people are moving overseas, but yes I agree for the most part. If you can avoid flying your pet, it's best to do so.

Take your pet on a boat and ride with it. Don't put it in the farking cargo bin for that amount of hours.

I'm not kidding. Bins are usually in between the engines. They're loud. They're not well lit. You're dog doesn't get steak. The water is frozen, and when it thaws, it spills. There's poo an urine. IT SUCKS. Leave the poor, innocent bastages out of it. I wouldn't be making a stink if I hadn't seen it all firsthand.

Justice.

Aidan: I do wonder how the dog got that way in the first place though. Wtf happened?

ComicBookGuy: That's supposed to be a happy ending? How did the dog get emaciated in the first place?


Reno Farker here; animal control can't release such details because our legislature recently passed a law that makes all animal abuse cases secret from the public. So unless someone on the inside that had direct contact with the dog decides to anonymously leak the details it's anyone's guess.

Sabyen91: vonteego3: Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

Do you know how farking cold it gets in the cargo hold? Maybe you should not have pets.

Yeah, it sucks. We get it. But sometimes you have no choice, or sometimes the alternative is worse.

Sabyen91: Do you know how farking cold it gets in the cargo hold? Maybe you should not have pets.

Do you?

/ No you don't
// Airline cargo holds are pressurized and heated

All this story shows is why people lack common sense, if they exercise it instead of following established policy, rules, orders ect ect. People upstairs take offense and punish you regardless of the situation, our society has become a bunch a yes men and women who do nothing but keep their heads down and do as their told.

I know your thinking that this story proves me wrong but for every story like this we hear about I bet that their are 10 we don't that ends with the poor sob thinking on their own in the unemployment line.

Spiffy tag is appropriate, but "hero" tag would be better.

Glad she got her job back and for whatever reason mgmt. realized how farked they were for firing this woman in the first place... in the end the dog is still alive, the woman has her job back and the human society has a donation.. Lemonaide out of lemons as far as I am concerned.

jaytkay: Sabyen91: Do you know how farking cold it gets in the cargo hold? Maybe you should not have pets.

Do you?

/ No you don't
// Airline cargo holds are pressurized and heated

And between two jet engines, poorly lit, poorly ventilated, and you're in a cage.

Sabyen91: Mike Chewbacca: Sabyen91: vonteego3: Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

Do you know how farking cold it gets in the cargo hold? Maybe you should not have pets.

Yeah, it sucks. We get it. But sometimes you have no choice, or sometimes the alternative is worse.

Not really seeing how the alternative of finding them a good family is worse than freezing to death.

I missed the epidemic of frozen pets. Link?

Mike Chewbacca: Sabyen91: Mike Chewbacca: Sabyen91: vonteego3: Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

Do you know how farking cold it gets in the cargo hold? Maybe you should not have pets.

Yeah, it sucks. We get it. But sometimes you have no choice, or sometimes the alternative is worse.

Not really seeing how the alternative of finding them a good family is worse than freezing to death.

I missed the epidemic of frozen pets. Link?

They only get published when they die.

Sabyen91: There is no temperature control for the cargo area. Heated air enters the cabin and eventually filters down under the floor to the cargo area.

So you are saying pets suffer and die in the cargo holds by the thousands but nobody knows because Americans would never get litigious about that sort of thing, right?

I've only flown with my dog twice. First time, she got through security easily, under the seat in front of me (well, it was a red eye so once the lights were out, she was under the blanket with me while I slept. I was the only one in my row). On the return trip at JFK, I spent 1/2 hour with different Delta reps pulling her out of her crate and letting her back into the crate and showing them she could turn around, before they would let me fly with her under my seat again. They wanted to put her in cargo and I flatly and loudly refused because she was 8 lbs soaking wet and I was afraid for her. Finally I told the rep that either they let me fly with her under the seat, like I did on my flight into JFK, or I would purchase a ticket at another airline and demand a refund from delta. They let me through to security where she was promptly frisked by TSA (not even kidding). Empty threat because I had a non-refundable ticket but it got Delta to let me go home. Swore I would never fly with her again because I refused to risk her being stuck in baggage.

jaytkay: Sabyen91: There is no temperature control for the cargo area. Heated air enters the cabin and eventually filters down under the floor to the cargo area.

So you are saying pets suffer and die in the cargo holds by the thousands but nobody knows because Americans would never get litigious about that sort of thing, right?

Suffer? Yes. Die. no.

Sabyen91: Mike Chewbacca: Sabyen91: Mike Chewbacca: Sabyen91: vonteego3: Orion5k: Bill_Wick's_Friend: Ever had your luggage lost? Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Ever had your luggage damaged to the point of being ruined? Doesn't happen very often at all, but it does happen.

/why I won't put my best friend in with the cargo

I applaud you. Seriously.

Most of the dogs I put in cargo bins are shaking, barking messes. The ramp is a loud, chaotic place, and that is bad for any animal. Most pets which I pull out of bins (literally) have shiat themselves and are whining, simpering messes. Why anyone would do this to any animal, much less their beloved pet, I have no idea. It breaks my heart.

/ramp agent
//most of us are softies for animals. Trust me, we do what we can

So, you think it's better to abandon your dogs if you move? Some of us really don't have a choice but to ship dogs as cargo.

Do you know how farking cold it gets in the cargo hold? Maybe you should not have pets.

Yeah, it sucks. We get it. But sometimes you have no choice, or sometimes the alternative is worse.

Not really seeing how the alternative of finding them a good family is worse than freezing to death.

I missed the epidemic of frozen pets. Link?

They do actually die more often from heat.

I would guess on the tarmac.

So the lady who was fired is afraid of being harassed by her former supervisor. Easy solution. She trades positions and salaries with the idiot who told her she was fired. Problem solved.

Sabyen91: Do you know how farking cold it gets in the cargo hold? Maybe you should not have pets.

Sabyen91: There is no temperature control for the cargo area. Heated air enters the cabin and eventually filters down under the floor to the cargo area.

Sabyen91: They do actually die more often from heat.

Disingenuous troll is disingenuous