In addition to that nitpick, my reading of ADA Title II and Title III suggests that miniature horses qualify as well as dogs.
Good point.
:eek: I get what you mean, but no, I wouldn’t be surprised. At my age I’m far too jaded for that. 
Wow, what a horrible person. “Oh, I feel so bad that I’m harming other people- but I’m still gonna keep doing it.”
At least dogs can be spayed/neutered to prevent over producing, not so much humans.
Wait, what? Oh, never mind…
And we all thought the baby screaming on the plane was annoying!
Crockett, is that you? Or would it be Cockett?
Well, they’re doing the right thing going forward at least in checking papers.
*Delta Airlines recently made headlines for tightening its rules on emotional support animals. The airline announced it will check certification papers for purported service or support animals and their owners before allowing them to board, according to Forbes. The new policy takes effect March 1.
In order to qualify, service animals must be trained to provide specific services in support of the owner, Forbes reported. Owners must have signed forms from a veterinarian and a doctor or mental health professional to bring an emotional support animal on board, and must certify the animal has been trained to behave in public.*
I guess that conservatives are as environmentally unfriendly as you all claim, because it would never occur to me to put unbagged produce anywhere in a shopping cart. Well, okay, except a pumpkin, but I don’t buy those to eat.
I don’t bag my bananas.
Yeah, me neither. All the bananas I see are in loose bunches.
There is a precedent. Sort of.
“Newsweek identified the passenger as Ventiko, a New York-based performance artist.” Which explains a lot.
It excuses nothing, though.
I have a bas-relief hammered metal peacock on my bedroom wall. It really works!
I hope not. How would you keep stuff from falling through the leg holes? ;)`
My daughter used to have a friend with some major emotional issues. At times, the only thing that would get her to calm down was a small, green anole lizard. I mean, we are talking going from explosive rage and hyperventilating to mere sobs in a matter of five seconds if she had than darn lizard sitting on her hand. When it finally came time to ship her off for some serious in-patient psychiatric care in another state, she had to be sedated to fly.
That was some serious messed up 12-year-old girl going on there.
I’d love to tell you all how things turned out, but I don’t know. Her mom decided my daughter was a bad influence because we read Harry Potter. Come to think of it, I may have just put my finger on a big portion of the problem…
Nice that a “performance artist” is using her instagram platform to make therapy animals look bad. Bet this will get held up as an example of ridiculous therapy animals for ages.
TBF the therapy animal thing is, I think, more of a US internal thing, so I’ve never seen it IRL - I live in London and have never even seen a dog or any other animals on a plane, though I’m sure they travel sometimes because they are allowed to. AFAICT it’s only dogs that are allowed to travel in the cabin and they have to be registered assistance dogs, by which they mean actually properly registered with an international org, whose rules are fairly strict).
I’ve always wondered how airlines cope with passengers travelling with pets in the same cabin with people with allergies. Animal allergies can be life-threatening, especially on a plane where you can’t leave and neither can the pet. Does anyone know how it works in the US? Do you get told there’s going to be a pet in the cabin with you?
That’s interesting, really, because although I can see that animal failing the checks for a genuine therapy animal, it not only clearly is one but would not be hazardous to any other passengers as long as it was in a cage, and also would be more likely to be harmed by travelling in the hold.
The seat part flips up and covers the leg holes so stuff doesn’t fall through.
Store cashier here. A woman had her “emotional support” dog in the cart. When I handed her back her credit card and receipt, the dog went for my hand. My right hand. My one good hand.
Dog is lucky I had enough self control to snatch my hand away. And not to throw it at the window. When I complained to the owner, her reply was “Oh, he’s just playing.”
Exactly! enipla’s concern only makes sense with the seat part down.
My emotional support Canadian goose really DOES need to have its emotional support turtle there.