Delta goes to the dogs…again
A missing bag is one thing but a Canadian couple are wondering how Delta Airlines could lose their pet dog Paco. They have turned to the Internet for help.
Paco was checked in for a flight from Mexico City to Detroit.
Josiah Allen, a college student from Ontario, and his girlfriend Erin Docking have collected hundreds of signatures for an online petition entitled: “Tell Delta Airlines to PLEASE FIND Paco!”
“Lost baggage is one thing, but a live animal…,” Allen told the Consumerist website where he first aired his complaints.
Delta at first said that the dog remained in its cage at Mexico City airport. But then the airline admitted that Paco had disappeared — and offered a USD$200 travel voucher in compensation.
CNN TV network showed a report where an airline source said Paco broke out of his cage on the tarmac in Mexico and escaped pursuing airport workers who searched the surrounding area.
The dog is a small white cross breed similar to a Jack Russell.
Paco is not the first dog to disappear in transit on Delta Airlines.
In another well-publicized incident, the prize-winning whippet Vivi four years ago went missing at John F. Kennedy airport in New York after competing in the Westminster Kennel Club Show.
Delta paid $2,800 in compensation to Vivi’s owners, even though the dog was valued at $20,000.
Vivi was never seen again.
By David Wilkening
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