Weird Service Animals On Planes

Dogs are the most common service animals assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927.

Weird service animals on planes. 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. Delta has a set of rules that bans snakes hedgehogs ferrets insects and sugar gliders. 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.

EMOTIONAL support animals can now be banned from plane cabins after the US government ruled only service dogs can fly with their owners. As the Huffington Post reported in 2016 Maureen Van Dorn found herself sat beside a large dalmatian brought on board as a support animal. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE.

One can only hope to be seated next to an adorable animal such as. 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. Emotional support animals will no longer qualify as service animals for plane flight according to the rule but psychiatric service animals will.

When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Here are some of the strangest animals people have attempted successfully or not to bring on planes. These prickly little pals may be deemed emotional support animals by their owners but theyre still Erinaceomorpha non grata on some planes. 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.