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Delta accused of holding this dog hostage for 33 hours

A Minnesota woman is speaking out against Delta and a Guatemalan airport, claiming her eight-month-old puppy was held captive for 33 hours because the airline lost her paperwork. Mary Nguyen, a 25-year-old student living in Minneapolis, decided to relocate her German Shepherd named Bunny to Guatemala so he could live with her husband, Santi Sanchez, reported CBS News. To make sure her pup would arrive safely, she went through the long and expensive process of getting the proper paperwork in order so the dog would arrive safely. The process included driving to Wisconsin to have the paperwork endorsed, and paying Pet Air Carrier US$3000 to transport her on the flight, according to MarketWatch. However, after arriving in Guatemala, Nguyen claims Delta misplaced the hard copy of the paperwork, and would not release Bunny from custody until another copy was delivered to them.<br/>

Dog jumps out of China Eastern cargo hold and runs loose at China airport

A dog was badly injured after it got out of its cage on an aircraft, jumped out of the cargo door and ran loose at an airport in central China, according to Chinese media reports. It took eight members of staff more than 40 minutes to capture the dog at Wuhan airport in Hubei province after it escaped from the flight from Shanghai. The golden retriever’s owner said excessive force was used to catch and restrain his pet. “My golden retriever, flying with me, landed at [Wuhan] Tianhe airport and was severely assaulted. I wish China Eastern Airlines and Tianhe Airport would give me a reasonable explanation and stop shifting responsibility,” he wrote on social media. His comments were shared 110,000 times. The incident happened on Thursday evening and has created national headlines in China.<br/>