Support Peacock Not Allowed On Flight

[marylander1940]

I don't know about a peacock...

 

but TSA should force some folks to pay for 2 seats, just saying

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

The airlines have let this bullshit go on for far too long.

 

If they are unwilling to regulate 'emotional support' animals, then let the government figure it out.

 

These are not trained service animals. They cause problems in small, metal, flying tubes.

[samhexum]

 

 

[+ FreshFluff]

Love the support pony! But yes, it might cause some problems in the air, especially if there is turbulence.

[mike carey]

Support animals need to be trained, not some random animal that makes you feel 'happy'. And they need to be for a specific clinical condition. Self medication with your own ferret or peacock should not be acceptable. But trained support dogs for people with PTSD, yes.

[samhexum]

Love the support pony!

 

It's a miniature horse, which (unlike a pony) will remain this size and is more able to be a support animal.

[MikeBiDude]

I don't know about a peacock...

 

but TSA should force some folks to pay for 2 seats, just saying

Why TSA?

[+ FreshFluff]

It's a miniature horse, which (unlike a pony) will remain this size and is more able to be a support animal.

 

I love miniature animals. But like regular horses, it wasn’t bred for air travel and will almost certainly get restless during turbulence.

[samhexum]

Why TSA?

 

Maybe he thinks it stands for Two Seat Administration?

[marylander1940]

Why TSA?

 

Great correction! Thank you!

 

The airlines Should adopt or not this policy. Customers will make a choice later on.

[MikeBiDude]

Great correction! Thank you!

 

The airlines Should adopt or not this policy. Customers will make a choice later on.

I was on a Southwest flight last night and in fact two separate couples had bought “plus sized” seats so 2 of them shared 3 seats across...it is a good idea.

[samhexum]

[MikeBiDude]

Delta changing their support animal rules:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/cute-not-allowed-you-can-no-longer-take-your-emotional-n946631

[Whitman]

Ah, the support peacock is back.

 

The great threads never die.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Good to see DL lead the way with this. Let's hope other airlines follow suit.

 

The Emotional Support Animal thing has gotten way out of hand.

[rvwnsd]

But my emotional support giraffe goes everywhere with me!

[MassageDrew]

Dogs and cats? I can see them as support animals. They can legitimately form a bond with their owners. Peacocks? Highly doubtful. How the f$&@ do you even get to that point that you think a peacock could serve as a support animal? At this point I’m just waiting for someone to claim an alligator could provide support.

[MassageDrew]

Dogs and cats? I can see them as support animals. They can legitimately form a bond with their owners. Peacocks? Highly doubtful. How the f$&@ do you even get to that point that you think a peacock could serve as a support animal? At this point I’m just waiting for someone to claim an alligator could provide support.

[MassageDrew]

I think it’s an interesting statement about the way we watch out for and take care of each other and support each other that - with nearly 7 billion people on the planet - we need support peacocks. Or dogs. Or lions. Or whatever.

 

I’m not knocking the support that animals (pets or support or guide) can provide, and there are times for me that I feel sad or lost or alone and an animal’s love and company would be wonderful. I still have to wonder what made this woman’s life so difficult that the idea of getting on a plane without her animal would be unbearable, or undoable.

 

They prefer animals so they can’t understand whatever it is saying back to them. Even if it’s saying “I’m so done with your BS. Get a life.” To the human it’s nothing. It hurts more coming from another person.

[samhexum]

At this point I’m just waiting for someone to claim an alligator could provide support.

 

 

A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression.

 

Joie Henney, 65, said his registered emotional support animal named Wally likes to snuggle and give hugs, despite being a 5-foot-long alligator.

 

The York Haven man said he received approval from his doctor to use Wally as his emotional support animal after not wanting to go on medication for depression, he told Philly.com.

 

“I had Wally and when I came home and was around him, it was all OK,” he said. “My doctor knew about Wally and figured it works, so why not?”

 

Wally was rescued from outside Orlando at 14 months old and is still growing; Henney said Wally could be 16 feet long one day. Henney says Wally eats chicken wings and shares an indoor plastic pond with a smaller rescue alligator named Scrappy.

 

Wally, who turns 4 this year, is a big teddy bear, in Henney’s words. The cold-blooded reptile likes to rest his snout on Henney’s and “he likes to give hugs,” he said.

 

The alligator has never bitten anyone and is even afraid of cats, according to Henney.

 

Henney acknowledged that Wally is still a dangerous wild animal and could probably tear his arm off, but says he’s never been afraid of him.

 

But the 65-year-old’s background also indicates a comfort with creatures like Wally. He hosted a show called “Joie Henney’s Outdoors” on ESPN Outdoors from 1989 to 2000,according to the York Daily Record.

 

Henney frequently takes Wally out for meet-and-greets at places like senior centers and minor-league baseball games.

 

“He’s just like a dog,” Henney told a woman at a recent outing to a senior center.

 

“He wants to be loved and petted.”

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2019 by samhexum

[rvwnsd]

Cats don't form bonds like dogs do. They form "levels of tolerance", which when a human mistakes for true loyalty/love is for the cat just "well whatever gets me through the day and floats their boat".

That is not entirely true. There are several breeds of cat that form bonds with one or more of their people. Examples include Scottish Fold, Russian Blue, and Korat.

[rvwnsd]

...At this point I’m just waiting for someone to claim an alligator could provide support.

Don't be ridiculous! No one would do that. A crocodile on the other hand...

[rvwnsd]

I can be your support animal @FreshFluff!!! My DNA test stated that my ancestors came from Pomerania. There was one little teensy dot in Warsaw, Poland. That's where my maternal grandfather was from.

 

Hey, anyone want a hug from my support boa constrictor?

[+ Avalon]

This whole support animal thing has become ridiculous!

[+ Avalon]

That is not entirely true. There are several breeds of cat that form bonds with one or more of their people. Examples include Scottish Fold, Russian Blue, and Korat.

 

I had not heard of the Korat before. Pretty pussy.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korat