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Speaker 1: United Airlines made a tough call this month when they

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Speaker 1: told a passenger traveling from Newark to Los Angeles that

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Speaker 1: she would have to leave her emotional support service animal behind.

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Speaker 1: The passenger had a ticket for Dexter to Peacock, but

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Speaker 1: United said no way. Now, a twenty one year old

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Speaker 1: college students in the news over an incident that occurred

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Speaker 1: last November. She was flying from Baltimore to her home

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Speaker 1: in South Florida to take care of a medical issue

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Speaker 1: she had with her Pebbles, her Dwarf hamster, which is

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Speaker 1: part of the Gerbil family, was going to provide emotional

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Speaker 1: support for her now when Spirit Airlines refused passage for

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Speaker 1: the rodent, The student says she tried unsuccessfully to rent

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Speaker 1: a car. After agonizing for several hours, a student claims

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Speaker 1: that she followed advice from Spirit representatives and took Pebbles

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Speaker 1: to the women's restroom. The student says she was scared

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Speaker 1: and so was Pebbles. Pebbles didn't nowhere's gonna end up

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Speaker 1: with good reason. So Pebbles was put in the toilet

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Speaker 1: and the toilet was flushed it's by by Pebbles, and

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Speaker 1: after the deed was done, the students said she sat

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Speaker 1: crying for ten minutes in the stall and then flew home.

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Speaker 1: Now Spirit says they never told her to flush the

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Speaker 1: animal down the toilet. They do admit the student was

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Speaker 1: originally told that her hamster would be allowed to travel.

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Speaker 1: As for the peacock, he should thank he's lucky stars.

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Speaker 1: He can't fit in the toilet. Now, folks, do with

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Speaker 1: this what you will, but all of it did happen, really,