Department of Transportation Proposes Ban of Support Animals on Flights

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced new plans which may allow airlines to ban untrained emotional support animals from airplanes.
Department of Transportation Proposes Ban of Support Animals on Flights
A service dog strolls through the isle inside a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport while taking part in a training exercise in Newark, N.J., on April 1, 2017. Julio Cortez/File Photo via AP
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced new plans that may allow airlines to ban untrained emotional support animals from airplanes.

New proposals issued on Jan. 22 suggest that only dogs who are “individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a qualified individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other” will qualify as service animals and will be allowed on planes.
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