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American Airlines bans insects, hedgehogs and goats as emotional support animals
CNN Money ^ | 5/15/2018 | Julia Horowitz

Posted on 05/17/2018 10:12:49 AM PDT by servo1969

American Airlines is making it very clear: Insects, goats and hedgehogs cannot be brought on planes as emotional support animals. The airline revised its guidelines on Monday for comfort animals on flights.

Those who want to bring such an animal on board now have to file paperwork 48 hours before a flight, and there are new restrictions on which types of animals are permitted.

"We support the rights of customers, from veterans to people with disabilities, with legitimate needs for a trained service or support animal," American Airlines said in a press release. "Unfortunately, untrained animals can lead to safety issues for our team, our customers and working dogs onboard our aircraft."

Emotional support animals provide comfort to those suffering from emotional or psychological conditions such as anxiety, depression and panic attacks. They're typically allowed to fly on planes for free if they meet certain requirements.

The use of such animals on flights has ballooned in recent years. American Airlines (AAL) said that between 2016 and 2017, the number of customers transporting service or support animals aboard their planes rose by more than 40%.

Now, the airline is cracking down.

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This includes not only insects, goats and hedgehogs, but also ferrets, spiders, and non-household birds, like chickens and hawks. Unclean animals, or animals with an odor, are banned, too.

Miniature horses, meanwhile, remain okay, so long as they're properly trained as service animals.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; animal; aviation; chitchat; flying; hedgehog; pets; psychology; support; workingdogs
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"But... it's my support tarantula!"

This is a real thing now.

1 posted on 05/17/2018 10:12:49 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Tarantulas are not insects.


2 posted on 05/17/2018 10:15:16 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: servo1969

I saw someone with a Toilet ,how about those ,LOL


3 posted on 05/17/2018 10:16:29 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: servo1969

Might be easier to list what is permitted rather than what is banned


4 posted on 05/17/2018 10:17:23 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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5 posted on 05/17/2018 10:17:55 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: servo1969

I guess I will carry my emotional support cockroach in my ear.
The downside is an ER visit to remove it when I land.


6 posted on 05/17/2018 10:17:57 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: servo1969

“American Airlines is making it very clear: Insects, goats and hedgehogs cannot be brought on planes”

Too many muslims trying to join the mile high club, I guess.


7 posted on 05/17/2018 10:18:47 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: servo1969

8 posted on 05/17/2018 10:19:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Tax-chick

They would be to a lot of people on a plane.


9 posted on 05/17/2018 10:19:18 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969
Here's my support animal. Can she come, too?


10 posted on 05/17/2018 10:20:17 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: servo1969

they better not deny me my ‘emotional support grizzly bear’


11 posted on 05/17/2018 10:20:34 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: taxcontrol

What about snakes? Didn’t say that.


12 posted on 05/17/2018 10:21:16 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: BenLurkin

My daughter went to a creepy-crawly show last weekend and showed me a picture of a pink tarantula. “No,” I replied.


13 posted on 05/17/2018 10:21:20 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: servo1969
Honey Badger don't care


14 posted on 05/17/2018 10:21:33 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: BenLurkin

15 posted on 05/17/2018 10:21:35 AM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: EinNYC

We have one of those.


16 posted on 05/17/2018 10:22:15 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: DCBryan1

>snicker<


17 posted on 05/17/2018 10:22:28 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Tax-chick

But we know that bats are bugs... just ask Calvin...

https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/11/03


18 posted on 05/17/2018 10:25:27 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: servo1969

Then I guess my Emotional Support Octopus is okay?.......................


19 posted on 05/17/2018 10:26:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: servo1969

The whole thing is just silly. If you can’t fly without an animal take the bus. I have been an airline employee for almost 20 years and while nothing surprises me anymore, Im always bemused when a crew member calls me and asks, “Can we take a(n)******* in the cabin?” I always say no. The one time I couldn’t not find anything that said we couldn’t take a spider, we took a 30 min delay because the passenger seated next to the see through box holding the spider, understandably objected and asked to be moved. The problem then became no one would sit next to the person with the tarantula. I thought the passenger who brought it was terribly selfish..


20 posted on 05/17/2018 10:27:32 AM PDT by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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