The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed new rules aimed at preventing passengers from falsely claiming their pets are service animals aboard U.S. airline flights. In the biggest change, the department suggests no longer considering an emotional support animal to be a service animal.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed new rules aimed at preventing passengers from falsely claiming their pets are service animals aboard U.S. airline flights.
The department said the proposal"is intended to ensure a safe and accessible air transportation system" and will be open for public comment, adding it"wants to ensure that individuals with disabilities can continue using their service animals." Delta noted in 2018 that some passengers"attempted to fly with comfort turkeys, gliding possums known as sugar gliders, snakes" and spiders, while American Airlines in 2018 said it would not allow a wide variety of creatures on flights as support animals including goats, ferrets, hedgehogs, amphibians and reptiles.
The administration's proposal would consider"a psychiatric service animal to be a service animal and require the same training and treatment of psychiatric service animals as other service animals."
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