[alpayton]

Delta was the one that I shipped a Biewer in from Louisiana thru Atlanta to Nashville in November and had the following happen.

The flight out of Louisiana was to leave at 1 pm, and was therefore dropped off at 11 am. For one reason or another, the departing flight was bumped to 3 pm. The cargo people put water in her carrier and failed to remove it before moving her carrier and putting her on the flight to Atlanta at 3:30 pm. She arrived in Atlanta around 5:45 or so pm. From there she was held over until around 8 pm when the flight departed Atlanta and headed for Nashville where I was to pick her up at 9:30 pm. This is in the 2nd week of November remember....and she was originally supposed to get into Nashville at 6 pm, but because of the delay with the first fight out of Louisiana, it bumped her final flight back to 9:30. The air temp in the 2nd week of November at 9:30 at night in Nashville TN was around 40 degrees and her kennel was soaked. She was soaked. There was literally water pouring out of the kennel when I tipped it. Anyway, when I actually laid my eyes on her for the first time, the lady at baggage claim (because it was the weekend and late at night) already had her out of her carrier and in a towel drying her off by the time I got to the office that they had delivered her to. She was wheezing, sneezing, and coughing like crazy. She had been in that water ALL DAY! 4 months old and soaking wet in 40-45 degree temps all day long.

The entire next week I spent in and out of the vet's office battling every single thing you can imagine. Almost needless to say, the little one passed on 8 days after she got here from pneumonia. Her little body just couldn't fight back. And the claim that we have filed with Delta / ASA....they refuse to accept responsibility for. I'm still battling their stupidity over this. $4500 and 6 months later, not including the vet bills and cremation fees.

SIGH!