Emotional Support Animals On Planes
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Emotional support animals on planes. A new rule cracks down on emotional support animals on planes. Why my family needs an emotional support animal on planes the ban on emotional support animals on planes affects those with legitimate mental disabilities. On december 3, the department decided that emotional support animals will no longer be allowed on planes and will need to be checked into a plane's cargo hold or left at home.
A united airlines plane takes off from the los angeles international airport on october 1, 2020 in los angeles, california. Esas are distinct from service animals like guide dogs, which undergo intense training to support individuals with a specific disability. In a year where emotional support is more important than ever, this new airline rule is putting an end to animals being used for comfort while flying.
They may still fly based on the airline’s guidelines for pet travel. From undocumented marmosets to an appaloosa horse. Airlines no longer have to treat emotional support animals as service animals, a new department of transportation rule says.
Department of transportation eliminates special access for emotional support animals on airplanes and limits allowable service animals—those animals that are trained to perform a task to assist someone with a disability—to dogs only. The us department of transportation ruled only dogs can be service animals and companions used for emotional support don't count. The ruling specifies that airlines must treat psychiatric service animals the same as any other service animal, such as one that assists an individual with a sight impairment.
December 4, 2020 by kalea martin. Southwest airlines handles more than 190,000 emotional support animals per year. “passengers claiming pets as emotional support animals have threatened the safety and health of passengers and crews in recent years,” the union’s president, sara nelson, said in a statement.
The biggest implication of this policy change is that emotional support animals are now going to be categorized as pets, rather than service animals. This change lets airlines reclassify emotional support animals as pets instead of service animals. New rule cracks down on emotional support animals on planes.