Weird Service Animals On Planes

When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented.

Weird service animals on planes. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE. But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions. 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.

Dogs are the most common service animals assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927. GETTY IMAGES Tales of flights filled with service peacocks service rabbits service monkeys service turkeys and service iguanas have become an internet cottage industry. 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 most unusual service animals. 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.

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. New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken on planes. Delta has a set of rules that bans snakes hedgehogs ferrets insects and sugar gliders.

When it comes to service animals a dog is the most commonly used although the use of horses and monkeys has also been documented. 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. The Air Carrier Access Act states that airlines are not required to accommodate unusual service animals like rodents spiders or snakes.

A turtle is a trusty companion on a flight. 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. Unlike service animals emotional support animals ESAs are not required to perform.