A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her pet hamster down a toilet at the airport because the emotional support rodent wasn't allowed to fly with her.
Spirit Airlines denies telling Belen Aldecosea to flush Pebbles the hamster, even though Adelcosea says she did flush Pebbles... after running out of other options.
Before Aldecosea flew home from college to South Florida, she reportedly called Spirit Airlines twice to ensure she could bring Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster.
No problem, the airline told her.
But Spirit refused to allow the animal on the flight at the Baltimore airport.
With her flight boarding soon, she pondered whether to just let Pebbles free outside. She said she considered it more humane to end her life right away, and not let her run around scared in the cold, only to die getting hit by a car.
“I didn’t have any other options,” she said.
The 21-year-old flushed Pebbles the hamster.
She said she's considering suing Spirit over the conflicting instructions that pressured her into making an anguished decision.