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Baggage handler fired after refusing to load emaciated and abused dog on flight

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 3:24 PM on 5th December 2011

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A Reno-area woman says she was fired as a baggage handler at Reno-Tahoe International Airport last month after she refused to load an emaciated hunting dog on a plane.

Lynn Jones of Lockwood said her supervisor told her to load the dog lying in a pet carrier because the animal's paperwork was in order and its condition wasn't her concern.

But Jones, an employee of contractor Airport Terminal Services at the time, told the Reno Gazette-Journal that she couldn't put the dog on the plane for shipment to Texas because its paws were bloody and its body was covered with sores.

She said: 'Everybody who saw it, the TSA people, the airport police officers, the girls at the ticket counter, was concerned.

'The dog was so weak and torn up. It didn't look like it could survive the flight. I was crying. I kept saying that dog could not be put on a plane.'

She said airport police phoned Washoe County Regional Animal Services, which took custody of the dog.

The animal is owned by a hunter who has it shipped to places he hunts, according to authorities. It was taken back to Texas after being nursed back to health.

'Everybody who saw it, the TSA people, the airport police officers, the girls at the ticket counter, was concerned. The dog was so weak and torn up. It didn't look like it could survive the flight. I was crying. I kept saying that dog could not be put on a plane'

Jones said she was fired on the spot on November 15, adding: '[My supervisor] kept yelling, "That's it, you're done, you are out of here, go home".'

Officials at St Louis-based Airport Terminal Services, didn't return phone calls.

Krys Bart, CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, said she was proud of how airport police intervened. "In all my years here, this is the first time I'm thoroughly disgusted over what I understand to be the situation this animal was put in.

'They (officers) had an affirmative responsibility to deal with this, and that's what they did.'

Ms Bart said she was out of town when the incident occurred, but determined later that the dog had been abused prior to arriving at the airport.

County animal services officials declined to comment on the incident, citing a new state law that keeps details of animal abuse cases secret.

Jones said her job loss has been a hardship, but she has no regrets. She held the job for more than five years.

She said: 'I just couldn't turn my back on that dog. My supervisor said it wasn't my concern, but animal abuse is everyone's concern who sees it.'

[Mr Lefty]

so did the dog get loaded? (I assume it was) and did it survive the flight?

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Mr Lefty

so did the dog get loaded? (I assume it was) and did it survive the flight?

No, she got airport police to intervene...

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by azoomm

No, she got airport police to intervene...

And got fired for her troubles. Total bs there

[skiergirl]

The type of person that can abuse and animals are the type of people that should be burned alive IMO. If you don't want to deal with your dog, shoot it in the head and put it out of it's misery quick. You don't starve and torture it....what kind of sicko can do that shit to something so defenseless....fucking POS..

[OneSickPsycho]

Zero tolerance bullshit... Take away people's ability to do the right thing and make the right decisions... you'll end up with the do nothing, blame everyone else, and be a fucking drone society... Kudos to this woman for standing up for what's right.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by skiergirl

The type of person that can abuse and animals are the type of people that should be burned alive IMO. If you don't want to deal with your dog, shoot it in the head and put it out of it's misery quick. You don't starve and torture it....what kind of sicko can do that shit to something so defenseless....fucking POS..

Seeing a lot of mistreated hunting dogs in this area, I will try to give you the mindset of the hunter. Most of them take care of their dogs, but a good number of them don't... Hunting dogs are not pets, they are tools for hunting. They are not viewed by their owners as "family members" as most pet owners seem to do. Kinda like Cows, you are raising them for slaughter and personal attachment is not really something they do with them. You know the big things we kill and eat.

Some people care that they left their 10mm wrench outside while working on the bike, some people don't. That's kinda how it is with these people.

[skiergirl]

Originally Posted by Trip

Seeing a lot of mistreated hunting dogs in this area, I will try to give you the mindset of the hunter. Most of them take care of their dogs, but a good number of them don't... Hunting dogs are not pets, they are tools for hunting. They are not viewed by their owners as "family members" as most pet owners seem to do. Kinda like Cows, you are raising them for slaughter and personal attachment is not really something they do with them. You know the big things we kill and eat.

Some people care that they left their 10mm wrench outside while working on the bike, some people don't. That's kinda how it is with these people.

There is a huge difference in a hunting dog or a cow raised for slaughter and a mistreated animal. Just because it's kept outside and serves a purpose doesn't mean it's mistreated. You don't have to let it sleep on your couch and go to the park with you. However you also don't have to starve it 1/2 to death and have open sores all over its body. If you don't want your dog put a bullet in it's head and be done with it. You don't have to abuse it...I grew up with farms. I understand 'Pet or not a Pet' mentality but you don't abuse either one.

[Kaneman]

She should get a medal for not being a coward and doing the right thing.

Every man and woman is responsible for doing the right thing, whether they're at work or at home or in public or whatever. "Just doing your job" is never a fucking excuse.

[anthonyk]

I bet their guns are spotless.