Shocking moment breeder yells at airport staff after airline prevents him from seeing his dogs

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a distraught passenger collapsed when airline staff said he couldn’t see his beloved dogs.

Joao Paulo de Costa, a dog breeder from Criciuma, Brazil, said he threw himself into an epic tantrum in the arrivals hall of Istanbul airport and at one point threw himself on the ground in despair.

‘Where are my dogs?! I have four dogs. I can’t see my dogs! Show me my dogs! Where! You’re crazy!’ Joao exclaimed in astonishing video captured by fellow passengers.

‘My children! I want to see my dogs!’ he yelled, before falling to the ground and stamping the ground in tears.

Joao’s collapse was the result of not being able to see his beloved pets during a layover in Turkey after traveling to the Philippines with his five Papillon spaniels to compete in a dog beauty pageant.

Joao is seen in the throes of desperation when the airline told him he couldn’t see his dogs

The breeder begs the airport staff before throwing a tantrum

Joao had attended a dog beauty pageant with his Papillon spaniels in the Philippines before arriving in Istanbul

He had a layover in Istanbul on his return from the game, but when he arrived at Istanbul airport, he found that the airline had canceled his connecting flight to Switzerland, where he planned to stay with friends.

With one of his prized four-legged friends in tow, Joao went to the airline’s help desk to inquire about the rest of his pets, but claims staff wouldn’t allow him to see them.

Clips of the incident shared by onlookers on social media showed Joao in the throes of delirium, yelling and crying at the airline to show him his animals.

The situation quickly escalated and Joao was overwhelmed by what he later described as a “supernatural force.”

A video of the amazing tantrum quickly went viral and has been viewed more than 6 million times on the social media site TikTok.

Joao ran down the hall yelling and yelling at the staff to show him the dogs

He later collapsed to the ground, stamping on the airport floor and wailing

The dog breeder later responded to the tantrum in an Instagram post, claiming he was overcome in his desperation by a “supernatural force”

Joao is seen with his pets on their way to the Philippines

Speaking to Brazilian outlet Globo in his home state of Santa Catarina, Joao explained that the airline had canceled its connecting flight due to overbooking, but was initially unable to locate the four dogs that would be traveling in the hold.

“I said, ‘I have four dogs in the hold on this flight. I want to know where they are. If my flight is cancelled, I want to see my dogs,” the breeder told Globo.

The situation was later resolved when police at the airport approached the commotion and ordered the airline to locate the dogs and reunite them with their owner.

Joao told MailOnline: ‘From the moment (I saw the dogs) I calmed down! The dogs are my loves, I haven’t had the chance to have human children.

“They enter dog shows with me and we have a very happy life together! I would do anything to protect them – they are my life, my world.’

In an Instagram video posted to address the viral video, Joao said the situation was quickly resolved at the airport.

Thank God we arrived safely in Switzerland. Everyone is very happy,” he said.