Social media is alight with criticism for Greece’s Aegean Airlines after a kitten’s mysterious disappearance in transit.
The Greek service has addressed the problem in assertion, saying it is doing “every little thing doable” to search out Rodri the one-eyed cat.
Rodri was on her approach from Crete to Germany for an operation on her good eye. But when the airplane landed in Athens for a layover, her crate was discovered broken – and Rodri was nowhere to be discovered.
It’s now been days and there is nonetheless not a hint. Owner Mary Gomes led on-line outrage over the incident.
“None of the employees concerned supported me, there was no empathy,” Gomes stated on Facebook.
“We did not rescue her out of the garbage, out of a depressing life on the streets, to lose her,” she added.
“I DEMAND Rodri again. I must see her.”
The airline’s response to the backlash emphasised its “exhaustive makes an attempt” to trace down Rodri.
“From the second we realised that Rodri was lacking, we swiftly launched in depth efforts, coordinating with airport authorities and deploying our devoted airport personnel looking for the kitten,” the assertion learn.
“We are absolutely dedicated to persisting in our search efforts.
“The security and wellbeing of all animals travelling with us are of utmost significance, and we’re completely investigating how Rodri’s service was broken to forestall such incidents sooner or later.”
But social media customers aren’t satisfied.
“You LOST A CAT?!?!?! How the hell did you handle to even do that,” one X consumer wrote.
“Prove that you just adopted the dealing with course of correctly!” one other stated.
“What a horrible nightmare! Your employees had been negligent and now a poor blind kitten is lacking and struggling,” a 3rd remark added.
And Aegean hit out at an allegedly incorrect hearsay swirling on the web.
“We additionally wish to make clear {that a} €100 (NZ$178) compensation provide circulating on social media, falsely attributed to Aegean, is from a faux account and has no connection to our organisation.
“We urge our group to depend on info shared by means of our official channels.
“We recognize your understanding and assist as we proceed our efforts to resolve this matter.
“Our ideas are with Rodri and its guardian throughout this tough time.”
