Ground supervisor reported that an animal carrier with an animal inside was placed behind a vehicle ...

Narrative:

Yesterday while walking into the terminal; I noticed a huge wooden carrier; large dog [inside]; behind a vehicle. This animal was right up to the bumper with the vehicle on. Exhaust and fumes going right into the live animal crate. I immediately went [to the agents] to let them know; and the agents inside didn't seem too worried about it. I had asked them to walk over to the window to see what I was talking about and at that time; an airline rep was there to load the crate. I am not sure how long this animal was left there prior to me seeing him/her. To inhale these fumes could have been a horrific ending.please advise all that this is so unsafe and as a pet friendly airline; we did not really have this animal's safety at heart. I am still bothered by this; it would be great if someone could follow up and please don't let this happen again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground Supervisor reported that an animal carrier with an animal inside was placed behind a vehicle that had it's engine running and the exhaust was going into the crate.

Narrative: Yesterday while walking into the terminal; I noticed a huge wooden carrier; large dog [inside]; behind a vehicle. This animal was right up to the bumper with the vehicle ON. Exhaust and fumes going right into the live animal crate. I immediately went [to the agents] to let them know; and the agents inside didn't seem too worried about it. I had asked them to walk over to the window to see what I was talking about and at that time; an airline rep was there to load the crate. I am not sure how long this animal was left there prior to me seeing him/her. To inhale these fumes could have been a horrific ending.Please advise all that this is so unsafe and as a pet friendly airline; we did not really have this animal's safety at heart. I am still bothered by this; it would be great if someone could follow up and please don't let this happen again.

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Attributes
ACN	1533957
Time
Date	201804
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	No Aircraft
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Ground supervisor reported that an animal carrier with an animal inside was placed behind a vehicle that had it's engine running and the exhaust was going into the crate.