Weird Service Animals On Planes

As the Huffington Post reported in 2016 Maureen Van Dorn found herself sat beside a large dalmatian brought on board as a support animal.

Weird service animals on planes. New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken on planes. On the other hand an emotional support animals sole purpose is to comfort. One can only hope to be seated next to an adorable animal such as.

EMOTIONAL support animals can now be banned from plane cabins after the US government ruled only service dogs can fly with their owners. GETTY IMAGES Tales of flights filled with service peacocks service rabbits service monkeys service turkeys and service iguanas have become an internet cottage industry. Snakes on a Plane the movie.

Weird service animals on planes. Delta also says it does not allow animals that emit a foul odor. Dogs certified as service animals would still be permitted in plane cabins but service turkeys and service iguanas would be grounded under proposed rules.

When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented. 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. Emotional support animals will no longer qualify as service animals for plane flight according to the rule but psychiatric service animals will.

Sorry I cant help myself. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE. 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.

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 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.