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An emotional support dog bit a six-year-old girl on a Southwest Airlines flight — and some people are blaming the child
Time to ensure the humans are trained at least as well as the animals. (www.msn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
How can an "Emotional Support Animal" be expected to behave during an emergency situation such as a cabin filling with smoke or an emergency evacuation ? Will a dog's claws be covered to protect the slide ? What provision is made for the animal's breathing in a decompression ? Even a well trained animal might react poorly in an emergency. I don't want my exit impaired by a snarling, panicked, dog, and it doesn't have to be a large dog, even a terrier can bite quite tenaciously.
Sorry, this "emotional support animal" trend is out of control. While I do really feel for the dog, if it is not trained to not bite then it should be in a kennel. Just because YOU need your animal on board doesn't mean it SHOULD be on board. This is public transportation in a highly stressful and confined space, so think of what you are doing to your untrained emotional support animal when you consider flying with it.
I'm on the dog's side. I wish I could bite people who annoy me.
The need for an emotional support animal of any sort at this time is self-determined most often supported only by the purchase of a $35 vest with badge available online. Basically this is like a rubber stamp on the forehead that states "I am mentally ill and unable to get through life without my pet gerbil". Some are legitimate but this is most likely a minority but there are no data, no certification, no standards for either the animal or the human attached to it. Maybe if you cannot get on an aircraft without your animal, you should drive or bring family instead.
For sure - big difference between an emotional support animal (typically defined as an animal the owner is too cheap to pay for carriage in the belly) and a bona-fide service animal.
Besides- there's been plenty of pax I wish I could bite- particularly the chatterbox who insists on engaging in conversation despite my noise canceling headphones showing otherwise!
Besides- there's been plenty of pax I wish I could bite- particularly the chatterbox who insists on engaging in conversation despite my noise canceling headphones showing otherwise!
Which should then mean you are eligeable for the no fly list and the no gun purchase list?