Spirit Airlines employee told student to flush emotional support hamster down the toilet

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Source: USA Today

Student who says she flushed hamster down toilet in Spirit Airlines flap has a replacement rodent, lawyer says

Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Published 6:22 p.m. ET Feb. 8, 2018

The lawyer for a student who says Spirit Airlines told her to flush her emotional-support hamster down the toilet says she's still distraught over the incident but now has a replacement rodent for comfort.

Belen Aldecosea's account of what happened after she checked into her November flight from Baltimore to South Florida — which has gone viral on social media — comes as airlines have been struggling with policies regarding comfort animals onboard flights.

Aldecosea's attorney, Adam Goodman, acknowledges there isn't audio or video proof showing a Spirit employee suggesting she flush her hamster, but he believes his client.

"It's hard, but you really have to look at the circumstances because this whole thing only makes sense with someone telling her to (flush the animal)," Goodman told USA TODAY. "...This is a situation where there weren't body cameras or anything."

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