Weird Service Animals On Planes

Sorry I cant help myself.

Weird service animals on planes. These prickly little pals may be deemed emotional support animals by their owners but theyre still Erinaceomorpha non grata on some planes. The decision which aims to settle tensions between carriers and passengers who bring their pets on board for free could earn airlines an extra 60million a year. 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.

But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions. Emotional support animals will no longer qualify as service animals for plane flight according to the rule but psychiatric service animals will. Delta has a set of rules that bans snakes hedgehogs ferrets insects and sugar gliders.

The Air Carrier Access Act states that airlines are not required to accommodate unusual service animals like rodents spiders or snakes. Delta also says it does not allow animals that emit a foul odor. 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.

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. 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. On the other hand an emotional support animals sole purpose is to comfort.

Transportation department said passengers bringing unusual animals had eroded public trust in legitimate service animals Dexter an emotional support peacock photographed at an airport in 2018. Disability advocates have voiced concerns that the use of these unusual service animals on aircraft erodes the publics trust and confidence in service animals the NPRM states. Dogs certified as service animals would still be permitted in plane cabins but service turkeys and service iguanas would be grounded under proposed rules.

But there has been at least one photo taken of an adorable kangaroo buckled into an airplane seat proof on American Airlines. One can only hope to be seated next to an adorable animal such as. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE.