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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Owner charged with animal neglect for abandoning dog at Iowa airport says he ‘knew someone would take her’

Screenshot / Animal Rescue League of Iowa / Instagram

A dog owner has been charged with animal neglect for abandoning his pet at an Iowa airport after being told he needed a kennel to get on his flight.

Bigsen Charles, 24, is accused of tying up his dog named Stella outside the Des Moines International Airport and jumping on a plane to Newark, New Jersey, by himself on 29 December after the seven-month-old pup was barred from the flight.

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