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 The Florida woman accused of killing a puppy at Central Nebraska Regional Airport has met with a judge and been given a $10,000 bond. 
 
 On Thursday, Cynthia Anderson attempted to board a plane at Central Nebraska Regional Airport back to Florida with two dogs and three puppies. However, she was denied access because of the puppies, missing her flight. 
 
 She returned to the airport on Friday after giving two puppies to her parents in Stamford, Nebraska. She was denied again. 
 
 "She was observed going to the restroom, and then the witness found the puppy they believed had been in her possession drowned in the toilet," Grand Island Police Department's Sergeant Stanley Steele said. 
 
 Anderson was arrested shortly after thanks to the help of witnesses in the airport. 
 
 "The red flag were passengers paying attention to what was going on in the luggage, notifying airport staff, TSA, TSA responding by calling the Animal Control Authority," Laurie Dethloff with the Central Nebraska Humane Society sad. 
 
 Dethloff says proper procedures should be taken before boarding a flight. This includes checking with a veterinarian and the airline. 
 
 "Each airline has criteria for crate sizes, where they can fly, when they can fly," said Dethloff. "So that's determined by the airline." 
 
 Anderson has been charged with a felony count of cruel neglect of animals, which could see up to five years in jail. Her next court date is February 10th. 

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– There are awful stories and then there are awful stories. Brace yourself for the latter. Nebraska police say a Florida woman who wasn't permitted to board a flight with a puppy not yet two weeks old may have drowned the animal in a bathroom at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport. The Grand Island Independent has the alleged timeline: It reports Cynthia V. Anderson, 56, attempted to board a plane on Thursday with two dogs in "proper kennels" and three puppies—two Yorkies and a Doberman—in a carry-on. The Edgewater, Fla., woman was told she couldn't fly with dogs so young that Grand Island Police Captain Dean Elliot notes "their eyes weren't even open." The Orlando Sentinel reports dogs must be at least 8 weeks old to fly; a Central Nebraska Humane Society rep says each airline has its own criteria that passengers should reference in advance. Anderson's parents, who live in western Nebraska, reportedly relieved her of the Yorkies, and she allegedly tried to again get on a flight the next day with the Doberman puppy hidden in her carry-on bag, reports the Daytona Beach News-Journal. She wasn't permitted to board. Police say Anderson was spotted entering an airport bathroom; after she exited, a bathroom user reported a dead puppy in a toilet. "The cause of death was determined to be drowning," says Grand Island Police Sgt. Stan Steele following an autopsy. NBC Nebraska reports Anderson faces charges of recklessly abandoning an animal, a felony punishable by up to five years in jail. She has a court date set for early next month. (Here's a much more uplifting dog story.)