Ground personnel reported pet erroneously loaded in wrong cargo pit.

Narrative:

I arrived at this aircraft as a petsafe inbound runner and parked at the rear of the plane. The dstg [departure staging guide] indicated the animal was loaded in the rear of the plane as required by regulations for this aircraft type (A319). After finding nothing in the rear of the plane; I was alerted by the gate crew that the animal was loaded in the front (pit 2). The animal was alive and alert; but I reported the information to my lead who reported it to our supervisor. I researched the weather and the station temperature was in the low 20's when the aircraft was loaded. I find it a miracle that this dog wasn't doa.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground personnel reported pet erroneously loaded in wrong cargo pit.

Narrative: I arrived at this aircraft as a Petsafe Inbound Runner and parked at the rear of the plane. The DSTG [Departure Staging Guide] indicated the animal was loaded in the rear of the plane as required by regulations for this aircraft type (A319). After finding nothing in the rear of the plane; I was alerted by the gate crew that the animal was loaded in the front (pit 2). The animal was alive and alert; but I reported the information to my Lead who reported it to our Supervisor. I researched the weather and the station temperature was in the low 20's when the aircraft was loaded. I find it a miracle that this dog wasn't DOA.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1601776
Time
Date	201812
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Other Petsafe inbound runner
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown