Weird Service Animals On Planes

Unlike service animals emotional support animals ESAs are not required to perform.

Weird service animals on planes. 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. 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.

Service animals are specially trained to assist their handler with a task related to a disability. New gallery on Bored Panda shows strangest support animals taken on planes. 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.

Dogs certified as service animals would still be permitted in plane cabins but service turkeys and service iguanas would be grounded under proposed rules. A turtle is a trusty companion on a flight. Sorry I cant help myself.

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. On the other hand an emotional support animals sole purpose is to comfort. 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.

Here are some of the most unusual service animals. Snakes on a Plane the movie. One can only hope to be seated next to an adorable animal such as.

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. But have you heard of reptiles or pigs used as support animals by people with disabilities or health conditions. These prickly little pals may be deemed emotional support animals by their owners but theyre still Erinaceomorpha non grata on some planes.