Weird Service Animals On Planes

Airlines believed passengers abused the rule to bring a menagerie.

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

Dogs are the most common service animals assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE. 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.

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. Here are some of the strangest animals people have attempted successfully or not to bring on planes. Although commonly grouped together service animals and emotional support animals are very different.

But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions. One can only hope to be seated next to an adorable animal such as. These prickly little pals may be deemed emotional support animals by their owners but theyre still Erinaceomorpha non grata on some planes.

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. Service animals are specially trained to assist their handler with a task related to a disability. New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken on planes.

Sorry I cant help myself. The Air Carrier Access Act states that airlines are not required to accommodate unusual service animals like rodents spiders or snakes. When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented.