Posted on 09/12/2019 2:09:25 PM PDT by max americana
Emotional support animals come in all shapes and sizes—as large and ostentatious as a miniature horse or full-sized peacock, or as unobtrusive as a well-trained guinea pig. Some offer support via timely yaps, others by quiet companionship. Some are friends to all, others take their work too seriously to bother with strangers. In the US, most public places are under no obligation to make any allowance for these animals, whatever their demeanor or size. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines service animals in terms of their extensive training—think guide dogs or medical-emergency animals that receive months of specialized instruction. But emotional support animals, who may receive no training whatsoever, are excluded from the law’s protection.
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A crackdown is underway As of last year, airlines can now require paperwork in advance that confirms animals have been vaccinated, are certified as emotional support animals, and that their owners take complete responsibility for them. Since August, airline employees have been able to exclude animals they consider to be a safety risk—though excluding entire dog or cat breeds is prohibited. The anti-vax movement is effectively reversing decades of progress in disease prevention More rules may be forthcoming. In a months-long open session last year, the department received around 4,500 comments on the topic. In response, it announced in August this year that a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the transportation of service animals would come as soon as it had reviewed these comments. Many came from a coalition of stakeholders—multiple US carriers, flight attendant and pilot unions, guide-dog foundations, and members of the disability community—who have asked federal officials to up the ante and put further restrictions in place.
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I'm NOT talking about seeing eye dogs....
Well, what about Popeyes’ Emotional Support Chicken?
That’s a good idea. Why not?
I’m like you... I just admit to myself that certain things are disgusting...like dragging your animal into grocery stores where cleanliness and order should be top priority...its just arrogance and a wink wink look what I got away with mentality, cuz you’re too cheap to kennel your animal....
Yep. I know a couple who travelled extensively all over the world and boarded their dog while they travelled. Then when they were moving to London they got their doctor to write a note saying the dog was the wife's support animal and they bought it a first-class ticket. The dog is well-behaved and a sweetie, but I wouldn't want to be on a long flight with her. And I don't care how well behaved an animal is, in emergencies animals can be unpredictable and could impede evacuation and other safety efforts.
I demand they accommodate my full grown giraffe and remember animal cruelty laws if he gets a sore neck so raise the roof.
They must have dosed it, and got the first center seats in commercial. That is, they had a section wall in front of them.
They, including the dog, didn't get up when deplaning, so they probably were the last passengers off the flight.
Pets in cargo all too often die.
I used to take my French Bulldog, Louie on the airplane with me when he was a puppy, but now I drive my SUV and like it much better.
Of course, I also have 2 French Bulldogs. Lola and Louie. There’s no way Lola would sit quietly on an airplane. I wouldn’t dare subject fellow passengers to her.
Nope.
is more the former of your statement:
“its just arrogance and a wink wink look what I got away with mentality,”
Total conceit to push boundaries in search of conceited purpose, vain validation at the expense of others....
A few months ago, a couple brought their “comfort” pit bull to the local Walmart. The dog was very skittish and did not want to be there. It might have made its handler comfortable but it made everyone else quite uncomfortable.
You are so right. The airlines need to improve their treatment of pets in their crates!
If the airlines had better treatment of luggage you wouldn’t have everybody trying to drag many large suitcases aboard. You wants to have anything of value stolen from their suitcase.
The airlines have asked for all the luggage brought aboard and all the emotion support animals.
In Illinois, you have to have your dog certified by the state as a “Good Citizen”, meaning that it is safe to be in public. A professional trainer does an evaluation, and forwards the results. Anywhere that offers dog training will generally be able to perform that service.
My dog is certified as a therapy dog (dogs brought to hospitals and nursing homes for therapy), and is being trained for service.
I want my massage therapist with me on long flights. Would they make room to set up her table?
screw that.
A good citizen dog?
a certification?
Heheh, I always liked that one...:)
Seriously...I think people are fed up with this crap.
There was a documentary about the discovery of the USS Quincy in Ironbottom Sound near Guadalcanal, and the guy who flew there on one of those island hopping planes had to share the planes with goats and other livestock!
Babies have become an inconvenience to be killed in the womb, so the maternal instinct has been transferred to animals.
Not to mention, the airlines need to improve their treatment of humans in economy class.
I like him. I also like Wally the Emotional Support Alligator.
And, personally, I prefer a gnu. Soon Sue the Emotional Support Gnu will be flying all over the place.
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