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Airline loses cat in baggage room...found 3 weeks later
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A man living in Montreal decided to return to Manitoba to be with his ailing mother. His flight had a layover in Toronto. During that time one of his cats was lost in the baggage room. The airline refused to let him look for the cat himself. He ended up going on to Winnipeg with the other cat. The airline has still not found the cat and is now willing to let him search. He is no longer in Toronto and during the pandemic flying back is not so simple. He is still in self isolation from the original trip.
The airline has offered compensation, but they have not found the cat.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/man-furious-w...-1.5283354

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/c...cargo-area



This could have been prevented if he had been on his original direct flight. Direct fights are safer when you are flying with pets.
The airline staff need to be more careful with animals in their care. The cat carrier should not have been left where the cat could escape into the larger baggage area.  Once the cat was out they should have let the owner search for the cat immediately. He might nave been able to find his cat and coax it to come to him.

Airlines are willing to take money to fly people's pets, but they are not willing to be careful with them. 


It doesn't look to hopeful for the cat.
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Catherine

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#2
Very sad indeed. I hope the cat is found eventually, maybe wandering around the airport somewhere. Presumably, someone left the baggage door open.

In most countries, there are specialist companies which transport domestic animals door-to-door (sometimes by exchanging drivers/vehicles en route), with regular food/water/rest stops. Does this exist in Canada? He could have flown ahead and then waited for his two cats to arrive by road. How do the costs compare in Canada?
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#3
I am not sure such animal transport companies exist in Canada. I have never heard of anything like it.
I doubt they could transport animals like that right now. There are travel restrictions. Quebec has a curfew and Ontario has a stay at home order.
By taking the cats with him he was able to bring one cat safely in the plane cabin. It was the one that was checked in the cargo hold that was lost.
The cat carrier should not have been put down in an open area. Something must have been done to cause the door to open. If the carrier had been in a closed room the cat could have been easily caught.  If they had let the man help right away there was a good chance he could have found his cat.

The whole thing was handled badly.  Airlines are not good when it comes to transporting animal safely. Even during a pandemic when there are few flights, they still can't get it right.
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Catherine

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#4
The cat has been found and returned to his owner. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/...20evening.

Can you believe it. It took three weeks. They were not good about keeping the cats owner informed. The cat was found and returned. 
The airline still needs to review how it transports animals, but in this one case it ended well.
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Catherine

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#5
Glad to read that the cat is back with his human(s).
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#6
I couldn't believe they found him after all this time. He might have used up a couple of his 9 lives, but he happily at home again.
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Catherine

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