A canine who weeks in the past escaped at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was recovered on Saturday, the airport stated in a social media submit.
Maia was found by an operations staff hiding close to the airport’s North Cargo services, the airport stated. She’s since been taken to a veterinarian for remedy.
Maia’s proprietor had been on a Delta flight when the canine vanished throughout a layover in Atlanta. The passenger, Paula Rodriguez, posted in a Facebook group referred to as “Atlanta Area Lost and Found Pets” with a plea for assist after she stated she misplaced her canine on Aug. 18.
“For 2 straight days I’ve not acquired any data in any way on her whereabouts, and simply as we speak I acquired information from Delta that she escaped her kennel on the airport ramp and that airport employees was in search of her,” Rodriguez wrote on Aug. 21, sharing a photograph of Maia.
Following Maia’s disappearance, Robin Allgood, who works to seek out misplaced dogs, put up flyers across the airport, she instructed CBS News’ David Begnaud. Allgood stated she went to the airport Saturday after she received a name from somebody who stated they noticed Maia.
She stated the pup was beneath a rack used to maneuver massive cargo containers across the airport. According to Allgood, after a wildlife biologist didn’t get Maia with a internet, folks have been standing round speaking about how they may get the canine out from beneath the rack.
“And I assumed ‘you already know what? Y’all don’t get her, I’m.’ So I simply began scooting on my again beneath the rack and no one even knew I used to be beneath there and I simply reached and grabbed her after which anyone stated ‘Oh my gosh, she’s received her,'” Allgood instructed Begnaud.
They discovered Maia! Remember the canine I instructed y’all about who escaped her kennel whereas being transported by Delta in Atlanta? She was discovered by an animal welfare volunteer who put up indicators across the airport & received a name as we speak: the canine was nonetheless on the airport! https://t.co/87xzwgDSRY
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) September 10, 2023
Allgood stated she spoke with Rodriguez and warranted her that Maia was in good condition. Rodriguez had not but posted about Maia being discovered as of Sunday night.
Delta beforehand instructed CBS News that the specifics of how and why the canine went lacking have been nonetheless being investigated. Rodriguez, who stated she was flying to San Francisco from the Dominican Republic with a layover in Atlanta, claimed her vacationer visa wasn’t authorized by border officers and she or he needed to spend the evening at a detention middle as she awaited the subsequent flight again home.
Maia was not allowed to stick with her on the detention middle, Rodriguez stated. A Delta consultant later confirmed U.S. Customs and Border Patrol doesn’t enable cabin pets — those that traveled on the aircraft in a provider beneath the seat — at their detention facility.
A Delta agent took the pet and, Rodriguez stated, and employees instructed her the canine can be ready for her the subsequent day on the gate.
When the canine wasn’t there, Rodriguez stated the gate employees tried to find Maia, however couldn’t.
In an e-mail to CBS News, a Delta consultant confirmed the canine had escaped her provider “whereas groups have been transporting the pet within the operations space exterior of terminal buildings.” Maia would have in any other case been returned to Rodriguez earlier than her Customs and Border Protection-mandated flight, the spokesperson stated.
— Caitlin O’Kane contributed reporting.
