Couple looking for canine misplaced on King County Metro bus
A pair is desperately looking for their canine, who they are saying went lacking on a King County Metro bus on March 14.
SEATAC, Wash. – A pair is desperately looking for their canine, who they are saying went lacking on a King County Metro bus on March 14.
Kimberlie Clairmont says her boyfriend was on the A Line with their 11 month-old pit bull terrier Brazil, once they arrived on the Angle Lake station cease close to International Blvd & S two hundredth St. round 11:50 p.m.
“He had her leash in his hand, he stepped down off the bus and he or she was beginning to exit the bus, and the bus driver closed the doorways on her leash,” mentioned Clairmont.
She says regardless of her boyfriend screaming and banging on the RapidRide bus doorways and home windows, the bus pulled away and pulled the leash out of her boyfriend’s arms.
A Facebook web page known as “Brazil is Lost” has been created to lift consciousness concerning the lacking canine and Clairmont has posted her canine’s photographs and story to a number of lacking canine pages.
“We did not go away the canine on the bus, we did not neglect her,” mentioned Clairmont. “The bus driver wasn’t paying consideration and wasn’t being accountable to everybody getting safely off the bus, is how I really feel.”
Clairmont says she and her boyfriend have tried ready on the bus cease to see if they will discover the bus driver and have been in contact with King County Metro to get footage of the evening that Brazil was separated.
“If I might have gotten the video and had a place to begin and noticed [where] she obtained off the bus by herself, I might have gotten a dog-tracking service,” mentioned Clairmont. “We simply need her again. [I’m] extraordinarily pissed off that we misplaced 4 days.”
She says regardless of her search all through the weekend, she hasn’t acquired a single sighting of Brazil up to now.
King County Metro despatched FOX 13 this assertion:
Thursday, March 14, about midnight, a buyer reported they have been touring on the RapidRide A Line once they exited the bus and have been separated from their canine when the doorways closed.
Our high precedence is safely reuniting Brazil and Kimberlie and we’re doing every little thing we will to assist. Our customer support groups have labored instantly with Kimberlie and behind the scenes to find out if anybody has seen Brazil. We’ve broadened our video search to tug footage from a number of buses and are reviewing them for any clues to help in giving Kimberlie the lead she must slender down her search and discover Brazil. Additionally, we’re asking our bus drivers and subject supervisors to maintain an eye fixed out alongside the A Line route and hope that having extra people looking out accelerates this search.
The King County Sheriff’s Office says data present Clairmont known as Metro’s customer support line on Friday and that one other buyer reported the canine lacking by 911 on Monday.
Clairmont says Brazil is registered with a number of shelters all through Western Washington and that, although her pitbull terrier is timid, she is a pleasant canine.
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“[Brazil] loves treats,” mentioned Clairmont. “If you may comply with her or hold her in your sight, get photographs and the precise level the place you noticed her at.”
