Delta Air Lines bans young puppies and kittens as support animals

Source: CNN | December 13, 2018 | Andrea Diaz

(CNN) – Booking a flight on Delta Air Lines? You may have to leave your fur babies behind.

In keeping with a recent industry trend, the airline is placing more restrictions on service and emotional support animals on its flights.

Delta will ban service and emotional support animals under four months of age from all their flights beginning December 18. The airline also announced Monday they are prohibiting emotional support animals on flights that are over eight hours long.

The changes appear to be partly intended to address animals relieving themselves on airplanes. According to the airline, incidents involving service and support animals — included urination, defecation, and biting — increased 84% from 2016 to 2017.

In its announcement Delta referred to an incident last summer in which a passenger was hospitalized with facial wounds after he was attacked by a 50-pound dog — an incident that was reported in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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    It’s a dilemma. No one wants to block service animals, but the concept of emotional support animals has been heavily abused. Remember the woman not long ago who tried to bring a peacock on a plane, claiming the bird was her emotional support bird? There have to be some limitations and regulations. Can’t have animals making a mess and biting people in such a small closed in space.

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