A woman drowned her dog in a Florida airport bathroom and then boarded her international flight after she was prevented from bringing the white miniature schnauzer with her because of a paperwork issue, authorities said.
The woman was arrested in Lake County on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated animal abuse, a third-degree felony. She was released on US$5,000 bail.
โThis act was intentional and resulted in a cruel and unnecessary death of the animal,โ said an arrest affidavit from the Orlando Police Department.
Online court records showed no lawyer listed for the woman from Kenner, Louisiana.
The investigation into the death of the nine-year-old schnauzer named Tywinn started in December when a janitor found the dog in a trash bag in a bathroom stall at Orlando International Airport.
The janitor earlier had seen the woman in the stall cleaning up water and dog food from the stallโs floor.