Weird Service Animals On Planes

The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE.

Weird service animals on planes. 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. EMOTIONAL support animals can now be banned from plane cabins after the US government ruled only service dogs can fly with their owners. New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken on planes.

The Air Carrier Access Act states that airlines are not required to accommodate unusual service animals like rodents spiders or snakes. 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. Airlines believed passengers abused the rule to bring a menagerie.

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. As the Huffington Post reported in 2016 Maureen Van Dorn found herself sat beside a large dalmatian brought on board as a support animal. Here are some of the strangest animals people have attempted successfully or not to bring on planes.

Dogs certified as service animals would still be permitted in plane cabins but service turkeys and service iguanas would be grounded under proposed rules. Sorry I cant help myself. 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.

Although commonly grouped together service animals and emotional support animals are very different. When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented. When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented.

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. 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.