Weird Service Animals On Planes

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

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

One can only hope to be seated next to an adorable animal such as. Dogs are the most common service animals assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE.

A child was injured by an emotional support dog on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Portland Ore in February fueling the debate over regulations regarding animals on. 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.

New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken 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. Unlike service animals emotional support animals ESAs are not required to perform.

But there has been at least one photo taken of an adorable kangaroo buckled into an airplane seat proof on American Airlines. 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.

A turtle is a trusty companion on a flight. The Air Carrier Access Act states that airlines are not required to accommodate unusual service animals like rodents spiders or snakes. 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.