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Thanks, I went to site on ‘iguana transport’ you linked to. I asked for serious discussing and found the following which made my day—especially the last paragraph.

“Many people smuggle their reptiles into the cabin with them. This is not only inadvisable, it is downright stupid. While you are unlikely to be kicked off in mid-flight, you are at risk of being sued by the airlines, fined by federal authorities, and sued by any passenger who was, in their own mind, terrorized or traumatized by your cute green iggy who escaped from your shirt or carry-on bag and scampered down the aisle. The way to change the regulation is not by disobeying it, but by educating the FAA and airlines.

Occasionally you will hear of individuals who did manage to get their reptiles on board. This is generally because they found an airline employee who didn’t realize it was against regulations. You may also run into airline personnel who don’t check to see if that is really a dog or a cat in the securely closed and covered carrier.

The bottom line is that you are not just an individual who happens to have an iguana you are smuggling on board. Ultimately, in the eyes of the non-herp owning public, you are representative of all iguana owners, and how you act, right or wrong, reflects on the rest of us.”