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Dept. Of Transportation Issues New Emotional Support Animal Guidance

This comes after complaints from people with disabilities and requests to transport animals, like peacocks and pigs, as emotional support animals.
Posted at 4:31 PM, Dec 03, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-03 16:31:54-05

Emotional support animals no longer have to be treated as service animals on planes. 

The Department of Transportation announced the new guidance, which also limits service animals to dogs that can perform specific tasks.

The revised rules come after complaints from people with disabilities and requests to transport certain animals – like peacocks and pigs – as emotional support animals.