U.S. / Passenger's dog found weeks after it escaped, ran off on airport tarmac
Passenger's dog found weeks after it escaped, ran off on Atlanta airport tarmac
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A passenger's dog was found safe at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport three weeks after it went missing.
A dog who weeks ago escaped at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was recovered on Saturday, the airport said in a social media post. Maia was found by an operations team hiding near the airport's North Cargo facilities, the airport said. She's since been taken to a veterinarian for treatment. Maia's owner had been on a Delta flight when the dog vanished during a layover in Atlanta. The passenger, Paula Rodriguez, posted in a Facebook group called "Atlanta Area Lost and Found Pets" with a plea for help after she said she lost her dog on Aug. 18. "For 2 straight days I have not received any information whatsoever on her whereabouts, and just today I received info from Delta that she escaped her kennel on the airport ramp and that airport staff was looking for her," Rodriguez wrote on Aug. 21, sharing a photo of Maia. Following Maia's disappearance, Robin Allgood, who works to find lost dogs, put up flyers around the airport, she told CBS News' David Begnaud. Allgood said she went to the airport Saturday after she got a call from someone who said they saw Maia. She said the pup…