The crackdown on suspected fake support animals is reaching a tipping point. A group representing most of the major domestic airlines is asking the Department of Transportation to limit the type of emotional support animals allowed on flights to just dogs.
Airlines for America, which represents nine major airlines, including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Jetblue, Southwest, and United, submitted a report to the DOT early this month with requests to tighten rules on emotional support animals.
The report noted the number of passengers wanting to travel with emotional support animals and psychiatric support animals increased by 56 percent from 2016 to 2017. Airlines have also dealt with animals, including wild species, that cannot “behave appropriately in a public setting.”
In January, a passenger on a flight leaving Newark International Airport claimed a peacock was her emotional support animal. United Airlines did not allow the peacock to board the plane, but photos of the peacock perched on a luggage cart went viral.
More at: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/...-to-dogs-only/
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