Weird Service Animals On Planes

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Weird service animals on planes. Delta also says it does not allow animals that emit a foul odor. But there has been at least one photo taken of an adorable kangaroo buckled into an airplane seat proof on American Airlines. The agency said Wednesday that it was rewriting the rules partly because passengers carrying unusual animals on board eroded the public trust in legitimate service animals.

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Airlines will be able to require passengers traveling with service animals to complete a Transportation Department form attesting to the animals training and good behavior and. As the Huffington Post reported in 2016 Maureen Van Dorn found herself sat beside a large dalmatian brought on board as a support animal. Dogs are the most common service animals assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927.

EMOTIONAL support animals can now be banned from plane cabins after the US government ruled only service dogs can fly with their owners. As one Gawker writer said If I saw this happening in person it would not just make my trip or my month or my year it. GETTY IMAGES Tales of flights filled with service peacocks service rabbits service monkeys service turkeys and service iguanas have become an internet cottage industry.

These prickly little pals may be deemed emotional support animals by their owners but theyre still Erinaceomorpha non grata on some planes. A child was injured by an emotional support dog on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Portland Ore in February fueling the debate over regulations regarding animals on. Emotional support animals will no longer qualify as service animals for plane flight according to the rule but psychiatric service animals will.

Airlines meanwhile have expressed concern about the heightened attention these animals have received and the resources airlines expend each time an unusual or untrained animal is presented for. In May 2018 due to an uptick in strange support animals making it to 30000 feet American Airlines announced that hedgehogs would no longer be welcome on their flights. A customer tried to bring a baby kangaroo on the plane as a service animal a retired airline customer service agent with 18 years of experience told Business Insider.

Unlike service animals emotional support animals ESAs are not required to perform. But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions. Here are some of the strangest animals people have attempted successfully or not to bring on planes.