Weird Service Animals On Planes

Delta also says it does not allow animals that emit a foul odor.

Weird service animals on 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. Dogs certified as service animals would still be permitted in plane cabins but service turkeys and service iguanas would be grounded under proposed rules. On the other hand an emotional support animals sole purpose is to comfort.

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. 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.

Delta has a set of rules that bans snakes hedgehogs ferrets insects and sugar gliders. 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 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. 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. 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.

Here are some of the most unusual service animals. 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.

Airlines believed passengers abused the rule to bring a menagerie. When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented. These prickly little pals may be deemed emotional support animals by their owners but theyre still Erinaceomorpha non grata on some planes.