Woman Who Abandoned Dog at Airport Pleads Guilty
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania woman who abandoned her dog at the Pittsburgh International Airport in August 2023 has been sentenced after pleading guilty and agreeing to the terms of a plea deal. The 46-year-old nurse, Allison Lyn Gaiser, abandoned her French bulldog in the airport’s short term parking lot after an airline told her that dog did not have the necessary carrier needed for him to join her on the flight to Mexico.
Rather than rescheduling her trip, Gaiser abandoned her dog in a stroller. She was later arrested when she returned to the airport a week later; the dog’s microchip aided the authorities in identifying her.
Gaiser claimed that she told her mom to come to the airport to get the dog and take him to the pound, stating that she would reclaim her pet from the facility when she returned from vacation. Text messages from Gaiser’s mother revealed that she did not approve of her daughter’s intention to abandon the dog, telling Gaiser that she was “not above the law.”
After pleading guilty and accepting a plea deal, Gaiser’s charges of neglect and animal cruelty were dropped. She was fined $150 and ordered to pay about $350 in court costs.
