When traveling by air, everyone of us probably knows what you should bring with you in your carry-on – no liquids, no food, no lighters and so on. But there probably are some rules that aren’t quite as straightforward as you might think. A girl traveling with her 2-inch pet was taken off the flight because she wanted to fly with her tiny pet.

On an AirTran Airways flight from Milwaukee to Atlanta last week, Carley Helm and her two sisters were instructed by the airline personnel to get rid of the turtle before being allowed back on board. The sisters threw their animal in the trash and returned to their seats crying.

While the girls said they were told to throw away the turtle, AirTran employees said they offered the girls to fly later at no extra charge. “I asked, ‘What do you mean get rid of it?’ and they said throw it away,” Carley said.

Luckily the story had a happy ending and the girls took their pet back after two days.