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The 44-year-old passenger tried to check into a Lufthansa flight from Rome to New York with 19 animals, ANSA reported.
But when officials at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport told him he was only entitled to take four in the hold, he simply dumped them in the arrivals terminal.
The passenger also left behind cat litter and other luggage, sparking a bomb scare, the Italian news agency added.
He took off around 8:45am local time but could still be charged in his absence by Italian police with mistreating animals.
Read more: Man abandons 15 cats at airport | News.com.au
But when officials at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport told him he was only entitled to take four in the hold, he simply dumped them in the arrivals terminal.
The passenger also left behind cat litter and other luggage, sparking a bomb scare, the Italian news agency added.
He took off around 8:45am local time but could still be charged in his absence by Italian police with mistreating animals.
Read more: Man abandons 15 cats at airport | News.com.au
