Emotional Support Animals On Planes. After years of debate, the government is putting an end to emotional support animals on planes. American airlines carried 155,790 emotional support animals in 2017, up 48% from 2016, while the number of checked pets dropped 17%.
Airlines no longer have to treat emotional support animals as service animals, a new department of transportation rule says. “dog[s] that [are] individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability.” What began as a way to support the emotional needs of its passengers evolved into a […]
They may still fly based on the airline’s guidelines for pet travel.
Under the new guidelines, only service. They may still fly based on the airline’s guidelines for pet travel. Us airlines will no longer be required to transport emotional support animals after passengers insisted on bringing on board their horses, pigs, peacocks and turkeys for psychological reasons. United airlines carried 76,000 comfort animals in 2017.
