Dog abandoned at airport ticket counter is adopted by a responding officer
A fluffy goldendoodle was tied to a metal structure inside a Las Vegas airport as he watched his owner walk away from a JetBlue ticket counter.
The owner then proceeded to her departure gate.
Officers approached her and asked why she left the dog. The woman replied that the airline would not allow her to fly with it, according to a police statement.
But police said she did not complete the documents required to travel with an animal. Officers charged her with abandoning an animal, among other counts.
Airline workers and police cared for the dog at the airport until animal protection services took him to a shelter, police said. A dog rescue group then took in the goldendoodle after his owner failed to claim him within 10 days. Staff there named him JetBlue.
While that part of his story is heartbreaking, what has followed has been nothing short of extraordinary, the rescue posted on Facebook.
Las Vegas police shared JetBlues story on social media Wednesday, along with photos of the 2-year-old goldendoodle smiling, prompting an outpouring of people offering to take in the abandoned dog.
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