Outraged Qantas flyer captures "absolutely unacceptable" act
Qantas staff have been condemned for leaving a pet crate abandoned on a Sydney tarmac in torrential rain.
An outraged passenger captured the moment she saw the pet carrier, and a trolley full of suitcases, left in the rain at Sydney Airport on Friday, and shared it to social media.
Sydney was hit with heavy rain on Friday, with some parts of New South Wales recording a month's worth of rainfall within a single day.
After passengers had been loaded onto the Qantas aircraft, the concerned traveller noticed the animal had been abandoned in the rain.
"Unfortunately the weather was unavoidable, but this luggage was left out in the open in Sydney for 30 mins and the animals for 15 minutes — one facing the rain," the furious passenger wrote on Facebook.
Travellers on the same flight were quick to comment on the woman's post, saying their luggage had arrived soaking wet.
"[I was on] on same flight, my luggage came home wet. Thinking a cover in these conditions would be nice," they wrote.
Others expressed their concerns for the animal left in the crate in the rain, saying it was "animal abuse" to leave a furry friend in those conditions.
"Those poor fur babies," one person wrote.
"I'd report this if I saw it. Should have brought this to the attention of ground crew ASAP."
A third added, "I'm unimpressed by the luggage but those pet carriers out there is absolutely unacceptable. I'd be fuming if my boy was stuck on the tarmac in a cage in torrential rain, making an already stressful situation even worse."
"Disgusting to leave those fur babies out in the rain. Almost animal abuse," another said.
A spokesperson from Qantas told Yahoo News that they are investigating the incident and that the airline "takes the safety and welfare of pets travelling with us very seriously".
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