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. Here are some of the most unusual service animals. Dogs certified as service animals would still be permitted in plane cabins but service turkeys and service iguanas would be grounded under proposed rules. Although commonly grouped together service animals and emotional support animals are very different.

Here are some of the strangest animals people have attempted successfully or not to bring on planes. Dogs are the most common service animals assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927. Delta has a set of rules that bans snakes hedgehogs ferrets insects and sugar gliders.

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. Service animals are specially trained to assist their handler with a task related to a disability. When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented.

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. Sorry I cant help myself. Unlike service animals emotional support animals ESAs are not required to perform.

Emotional support animals will no longer qualify as service animals for plane flight according to the rule but psychiatric service animals will. 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. GETTY IMAGES Tales of flights filled with service peacocks service rabbits service monkeys service turkeys and service iguanas have become an internet cottage industry.

EMOTIONAL support animals can now be banned from plane cabins after the US government ruled only service dogs can fly with their owners. When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented. But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions.