On the first of this December, a British passenger plane took off from Heathrow airport in London, and landed after 9 hours at Nashville airport, the capital of the US state of Tennessee, in which two of its passengers, the Briton James Miller and his wife Madison, who is 27, discovered that their dog, Bluebell, who had transported them Before them, a shipping company disappeared from the US airport and reappeared with another, 11,700 kilometers from Nashville, which is the airport of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
The company apologized to the owners of the dog, in a statement in which IAG Cargo, which is affiliated as a shipping partner of British Airways, according to what was read yesterday by Al-Arabiya.net in the British newspaper Daily Mirror, which is unaware of how a mistake was made, arranging for the dog that should have been shipped from London and placed inside. In the pet section of the Nashville airport, he transfers onto another plane to the Saudi airport.
Bluebell, who broke down her front door with her teeth, and how she moved through airports in 3 countries
As for the couple, they believe their 5-year-old dog has “suffered trauma” from spending 60 hours detained in airports in 3 countries on 3 continents, and that her behavior may have changed for the worse since the crash. . He brings her to her house in the first 10 minutes, and the second time she was crying all the time, so we can’t leave her alone because she might get hurt, because being away from us is very painful for her,” so they asked for compensation to pay the treatment and rehabilitation.
$3,000 for a canine behaviorist
The couple also told the newspaper, and several British media outlets that published almost the same details yesterday, that they had done everything correctly “to move Bluebell with us to America, but what happened after the meeting was a nightmare that made us had her work with a vet and another behavior specialist to help ease her anxiety as she is on her medication 3 times a day, but we don’t know if it will be the same, and it breaks our hearts,” said the couple, which is asking for $10,000 in compensation for the dog’s anxiety medication and $3,000 for the dog behaviorist.
The trucking company said it takes its responsibility towards people’s pets very seriously: “We provided frequent refreshments for Bluebell while he was with us, and he had time to stretch his legs, including regular walks while staying 8 hours with a dedicated team at the Animal Welcome Center at Heathrow Airport, but we understand that the incident has disturbed her and her owners, with whom we will remain in contact to resolve the situation.”
