Texas State student says she was forced to flush emotional support hamster by airline

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A 21-year-old Florida woman said she was forced to flush her emotional support animal down the toilet after Spirit Airlines staff banned it from traveling with her on a flight from Baltimore to Fort Lauderdale, the Miami Herald reports.
Belen Aldecosea was flying home to have a golf-ball seized growth removed from her neck. She told the newspaper she called Spirit Airlines to make sure Pebbles — her pet dwarf hamster who is certified by her doctor as an emot