Emotional support animals are becoming common sights on airplanes. We’ve seen pigs fly, and miniature horses as doctor-sanctioned animal companions. Then peacocks get the shaft when it comes to comforting passengers on board. And an emotional support…
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Student flushes her emotional support hamster down the toilet after airline wouldn’t let it board
When Dexter the emotional support peacock was denied entrance to a flight, he drove cross country.
Pebbles the hamster wasn’t so lucky. When Spirit Airlines didn’t let her board the plane, her owner flushed her down the toilet after she says a Spirit Airlines employee suggested it.
21-year-old Belen Aldecosea tried to bring her hamster on her flight from Baltimore to Miami Beach in November. She told the Miami Herald that she called Spirit Airlines twice before her flight to make sure the emotional support animal — who came with a doctor’s note — could fly with her. The airline company, according to Aldecosea, told her that it was fine. Read more…
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