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.

Weird service animals on planes. On the other hand an emotional support animals sole purpose is to comfort. 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. 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.

New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken on planes. The VERY strange emotional support pets passengers have taken on planes including ducks a kangaroo and a HORSE. Emotional support animals will no longer qualify as service animals for plane flight according to the rule but psychiatric service animals will.

Although commonly grouped together service animals and emotional support animals are very different. The Air Carrier Access Act states that airlines are not required to accommodate unusual service animals like rodents spiders or snakes. But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions.

Service animals are specially trained to assist their handler with a task related to a disability. Dogs are the most common service animals assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927. 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. Airlines believed passengers abused the rule to bring a menagerie. GETTY IMAGES Tales of flights filled with service peacocks service rabbits service monkeys service turkeys and service iguanas have become an internet cottage industry.

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