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What on EARTH? AIBU?

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MissionItsPossible · 08/02/2018 16:56

metro.co.uk/2018/02/08/woman-told-cant-take-emotional-support-hamster-flight-flushes-toilet-7296709/#mv-b

Woman told she couldn't take her hamster on a flight with her so flushes it down the loo.

First of all, apart from guide dogs I didn't think pets were allowed on planes (I'm guessing she wanted the hamster with her on flight as she calls it her "emotional support")

Second of all, if she was that attached to it why on earth did she FLUSH IT DOWN A TOILET? I could never do that to a pet I claimed I loved. That is just plain nasty. I think we're meant to feel sorry for her from the tone of the article but I think she has acted very cruelly.

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SmilingButClueless · 08/02/2018 17:05

That’s horrible Sad

Anyone know whether the US has any animal cruelty laws?

WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo · 08/02/2018 17:12

WTF Angry

I wonder if she could be prosecuted at all. I'm sure when there was an incident here of someone posting a hamster they were prosecuted for animal cruelty.

userabcname · 08/02/2018 17:14

What???? How was that her 'only option'?!

Ariela · 08/02/2018 17:17

Very likely to be fake news IMO.

Abra1de · 08/02/2018 17:17

I hope they charge her with cruelty.

ObscuredbyFog · 08/02/2018 17:20

Time she was flushed away. Nasty, cruel, vile human.

crazycatgal · 08/02/2018 17:23

I hope this isn't true because that is disgusting.

SeeKnievelHitThe17thBus · 08/02/2018 17:26

Someone has recently been stopped from taking a peacock that they claimed offered emotional support onto a US flight. Where the hell have all these insentient animals come from that can aparently offer this level of support.

You're right OP - if it offers emotional support and you need it with you or you can't fly, you kind of negate your claim if you then prove you don't need it by killing it.

whiskyowl · 08/02/2018 17:29

Hamster flusher. It's the bunner boiler of a new age.

whiskyowl · 08/02/2018 17:30

BUNNY boiler! Dammit, phone!

Justanotherlurker · 08/02/2018 17:31

Someone has recently been stopped from taking a peacock that they claimed offered emotional support onto a US flight. Where the hell have all these insentient animals come from that can aparently offer this level of support.

Anyone can "register" any animal as an emotional support animal. There are no standards, no vetting, and no training. It's widely abused and gives people with real, trained, service animals a bad reputation.

Its quite a booming business in the US now

PookieSnackenberger · 08/02/2018 17:32

Surprise! There's a lawsuit in there. Horrible - she should be prosecuted for deliberate animal cruelty.

geekymommy · 08/02/2018 17:32

We do have animal cruelty laws in the US. They vary by state.

Purplehammer · 08/02/2018 17:34

If Freddie Star had been there he’d have eaten it.

hartha · 08/02/2018 17:38

I'm calling fake news on this one as well.

Fairenuff · 08/02/2018 17:38

It's not true.

Also, did you know that the word gullible is not in the dictionary?

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MissionItsPossible · 08/02/2018 17:39

I actually hope it turns out to be fake news because if not it is disgusting. She's an idiot.

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expatinscotland · 08/02/2018 17:39

She should be prosecuted and banned from keeping any more pets because that is what these animals are, they are not therapy or assistance animals.

NutElla5x · 08/02/2018 17:41

What the fuck! And she's after sympathy? The sick bitch should be done for animal cruelty and never be allowed a pet again!

bridgetreilly · 08/02/2018 17:48

Pets are definitely allowed on some flights. Not usually international flights, but domestic ones in the US I think it's pretty common.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 08/02/2018 17:56

This has to be made up? When interviewed, she stated "This wasn't a giant peacock that could peck people" Hmm

geekymommy · 08/02/2018 17:57

You generally have to pay to bring your pet on a flight, and have it in an airline-approved carrier. The "you have to pay" is most likely why people claim that their pets are emotional support animals.

Mitzimaybe · 08/02/2018 17:58

Woman in front of me on an international flight recently had a dog in her handbag. Someone alerted the cabin crew and I was expecting her to be put off the plane but they just moved her to a window seat. I was shocked.

kissmethere · 08/02/2018 18:00

Poor hamster (if it's true) how cruel. Let's hope it dwells in the sewers and mutates into a giant and finds her ass then gets revenge.