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A passenger at Miami International Airport (MIA) was stopped at a security checkpoint after a rather unusual discovery was made in her bra. The woman hid a pair of turtles wrapped in gauze and tape. Why she was concealing these animals is anyone’s guess as it does not appear that she was flying internationally. The incident occurred in April, but the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) just posted about it this week.
The poor turtles were covered in plastic wrap, medical tape, and gauze. It’s reported that one died. The other one was turned over to the Florida Department of Fish and Wildlife. The TSA wrote in a Facebook post:
Friends, please – and we cannot emphasize this enough – stop hiding animals in weird places on your body and then trying to sneak them through airport security. No, really. A Florida woman traveling out of Miami International Airport (MIA) recently attempted to take a pair of turtles through our checkpoint, and the turtles were stuffed inside… yes, you guessed it… her brassiere.
We want you to be able to travel with your pets, and you turtle-ly can, but please travel with them safely. You can start by reaching out to your airline for their rules concerning pets on board flights. As far as TSA screening goes, small pets are allowed through our checkpoint but must be removed from any carriers and carried through the checkpoint (notice we said ‘carried’ and not ‘hidden underneath your clothing’).”
It appears that sneaking animals through security happens quite often. In March, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made a surprising discovery when a turtle was found stuffed into the pants of a male passenger at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). That animal was thankfully unharmed. This is unlike the awful woman at Orlando International Airport (MCO) who drowned her dog in an airport toilet after she was told that she did not have the right paperwork and could not board with the animal. A similar incident occurred a few years earlier when a college student drowned her hamster in the toilet at the airport. Disgusting!
Anthony’s Take: Animals can be transported on domestic flights. Check with your airline and find out how to travel with them according to their rules and you’ll be just fine. But, don’t harm them or try to smuggle them as it rarely ends well.
(Featured Image Credit: TSA.)
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Noticed the head of the turtle was not wrapped in the picture. Don’t these people realize that stuffing an animal like a Florida snapping turtle into your bra or underwear could lead to something more serious than a monetary fine?