Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\nSo the woman opted to tie her dog\u2019s leash to the JetBlue ticket counter and head to the departure gate \u2014 even though she\u2019d been denied a boarding pass, police said.<\/p>\n
A 2-year-old dog, renamed Jet Blue, was abandoned by its owner at the Harry Reid International Airport. LVMPD<\/p>\n
The heartless pet owner stomped away from the ticket counter without so much as glancing at her dog, who watched in innocent confusion, according to a video shared by the police department.<\/p>\n
When the airport staff was called to help the poor pooch, they lavished it with much-needed affection. The dog plopped down on the floor and peppered one employee\u2019s arm with licks, according to the video.<\/p>\n
Officers tracked the owner down at Gate D1. When confronted, she quickly became combative. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m gonna throw my bags down because I\u2019m exhausted,\u201d the fed-up dog owner groused. <\/p>\n
The dog\u2019s owner left it tied to the ticket booth when she was told it wasn\u2019t allowed on the plane without service dog documentation. LVMPD<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, what we\u2019re gonna do is walk you back to where your dog\u2019s at and give you a citation, because you left your dog at the ticket counter,\u201d the officer instructed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was trying to rebook my flight,\u201d the woman insisted.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you walk down here? To rebook your flight? And left your dog there?\u201d the officer asked.<\/p>\n
The woman told police that the airport staff instructed her to leave the dog at the ticket counter. LVMPD<\/p>\n
The woman tried to pin the blame on airport staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. That\u2019s what they told me at the counter,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n
The officer, though, saw through her flimsy ruse. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo walk out here without your dog?!\u201d he scoffed.<\/p>\n
The airport staff lavished the pup with gentle affection. LVMPD<\/p>\n
The woman boldly implied \u201cit was acceptable to leave the animal behind\u201d because its tracking device would help ensure it was returned to her. <\/p>\n
While they were escorting the petulant traveler back through the security checkpoint, police said she \u201cbecame hostile and resisted officers\u2019 attempts to detain her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jet Blue was taken in by the Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas, where it will soon be available for adoption. LVMPD<\/p>\n
The woman, who was not identified, was arrested and booked on charges for animal abandonment and resisting arrest, the LVMPD said.<\/p>\n
The canine was taken in by the Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas<\/a> after it sat in Animal Protective Services\u2019 holding for 10 days. The owner made no attempts to reclaim her pup, police said.<\/p>\nThe dog was renamed Jet Blue in honor of its tumultuous journey to the animal rescue, where it \u201cwill soon be placed in a new, loving home,\u201d the police department assured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A brainless traveler was arrested for allegedly ditching her 2-year-old pup at the ticket counter inside Las Vegas\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3347,19800,25297,6530,6966,9,11,10,30800,58],"class_list":["post-138680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-airports","tag-animal-rescue","tag-animal-shelters","tag-dogs","tag-las-vegas","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-unruly-passengers","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}