Airlines consider limits on what is considered a support animal [View all]

[Kilgore]

A woman once brought a 50-70 pound pig on a U.S. Airways flight in 2014. She gave the pig its own seat and tethered it to the armrest, but people on the flight complained so much flight attendants asked her to deplane.

Last year, a woman was kicked out of a McDonald’s in Wisconsin when someone called police about her bringing a baby kangaroo into the fast-food restaurant.

Earlier this year, a woman brought a turkey on her Delta flight she was taking to spread her husband’s ashes. Unlike the others, she was accommodated and not asked to leave.

In each of those cases, the owners of the animals claimed they were emotional support animals, or ESAs, and were a necessary presence for the owner’s mental health. There aren’t a lot of limitations on what constitutes an ESA — most species besides snakes, other reptiles and rodents are allowed — and in order to bring the animals on a flight all you need is a doctor’s note.

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