Yorkie s death at airport facility fuels legal fight | The Seattle Times
The courier and the buyers of the dogs insist the papers were in order and have sued in federal court to get them released to the people claiming they are the rightful owners. After the government argued on a Sept. 18 telephone conference that the dogs should be sent back to Russia, U.S. District Judge Frederic Block put off a decision on their fate.
Make sure no harm comes to them until I sort all this out, Block said at the time.
AdvertisingThree days later, prosecutors wrote a letter to the judge saying Uti-Puti had unfortunately passed away.
The standoff has left the buyers, some of whom paid breeders thousands of dollars, in distress and the dogs in limbo. Hobbs said that while deciding on her purchase for an emotional support dog, the breeder in Belarus sent videos and photos of the Yorkie wearing hair ribbons that got her hooked.
I fell in love with her, she said.
Poor pooch.