- Paula Rodriguez’s six-year-old canine Maia was misplaced by Delta Airlines and remains to be lacking
- Rodriguez and Maia received to Atlanta earlier than being turned again round as a consequence of visa paperwork points
- The proprietor was despatched again home, however she has not given up hope find her canine
A lady was provided $1,800 from Delta Airlines after they misplaced her canine at Hartsfield- Jackson Atlanta Airport in Georgia on August 18.
Paula Rodriguez booked a flight to San Francisco from the Dominican Republic together with her canine Maia for a two-week lengthy trip.
During their layover in Georgia, Rodriguez was quickly knowledgeable that her vacationer visa ‘did not meet necessities’.
Her visa was then canceled as border management employees advised her she had to return home on the following flight which wasn’t till the next day.
The border patrol employees then moved her to a detention heart to remain in in a single day.
In this time she was not in a position to have her canine again and was advised she would get that chance as soon as she touches again down within the Dominican Republic.
According to New York Post Delta promised to control Rodriguez’s six-year-old canine whereas she awaited deportation.
Their new flight again home was scheduled for 10.20am the next day the place she was advised her and her beloved pup would reunite, however Maia didn’t present up.
Rodriguez advised 7NEWS: ‘I began asking questions on the place she’d be spending the evening, and advised him that she’d been in numerous misery on the flight.’
Maia had diarrhea and puked after they received to Atlanta.
Because of US laws Rodriguez was not allowed to remain on the airport to attend for her canine and needed to get on the flight again home with out her.
The airline put her on a flight to Punta Cana, a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Santo Domingo.
She hoped that the airline would put her canine on the following flight again to their home, however that by no means occurred.
She filed a report as quickly as she received to Punta Cana after Maia was nowhere to be discovered.
While she stayed put, her mom determined to go to the Santo Domingo airport in case the canine confirmed up there.
Claims had been then filed on the Atlanta and San Francisco airport. Staff went round to native shelters as properly, however nonetheless, no signal of the canine.
‘She’s been lacking for greater than 72 hours within the greatest airport within the United States,’ Rodriguez advised Atlanta News First.
The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport is 4,700 acres.
Mia nonetheless hasn’t been discovered and Delta Airlines reached out to Rodriguez and provided compensation of $1,800 which her lawyer’s referred to as an ‘insult.’
In a press release Delta mentioned that the money is just not an ‘supply of compensation’ and claimed they ‘have proven sympathy via many actions, gestures and communications with our buyer.’
Delta added that they continue to be ‘heartbroken’ over the scenario.
Taking issues into her personal arms, Rodriguez has turned to social media and posted movies on TikTok warning folks to be looking out for Maia if they’re on the Atlanta airport.
She has additionally issued a $1,000 reward for any data on the place Maia is likely to be.
Rodriguez’s sister Danielle has additionally created a GoFundMe devoted to boost money to assist get the very best assets to assist discover Maia.
