Owner won’t face charges of abusing dog

RENO -- Animal control officers in Corpus Christi, Texas, say the owner of an emaciated dog that was seized at Reno-Tahoe International Airport last month after a baggage handler refused to load the animal on a plane won't face abuse charges.

The officers told the Reno Gazette-Journal that the animal is now in good condition.

They made the announcement after a Reno veterinarian who treated the dog before it was shipped back to Texas said it had been "worked very hard" on a Nevada hunting trip but it wasn't abused.

Baggage handler Lynn Jones was fired Nov. 12 after she refused to load the dog because it had lesions on its body and bleeding paws. Her employer, St. Louis-based Airport Terminal Services, investigated and rehired her Wednesday.