Someone Tried to Take a Peacock on an Airplane

[watchwolf49]

Band name … “Cocks on Airplanes” … country western …

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Delta & United have had enough!

Starting Thursday, they’ll need to provide the airlines with documents certifying that their animal is properly trained to behave in public and forms detailing their animal’s health and vaccination records, in addition to signed letters from a licensed doctor or mental health professional.

Delta notes in its press release that customers may now also be asked to provide veterinary health forms for their trained service animals. United’s policy update does not apply to service animals.

VICE has an article as well:

United said it’s seen a 75 percent increase in emotional support animal incidents between February 2017 and 2018. Delta noted an 84 percent increase in reported incidents involving service and support animals since 2016, including urination, defecation, and biting.

A Delta passenger was attacked by another customer’s emotional support dog on a flight in June 2017; he was bitten in the face multiple times. The airline said last year that it carries about 700 service or support animals daily, or almost 250,000 annually—an increase of 150 percent since 2015.

@Delta Airlines

Customers have attempted to fly with comfort turkeys, gliding possums, snakes, spiders and more. Ignoring the true intent of existing rules governing the transport of service and support animals can be a disservice to customers who have real and documented needs.

It’s about freaking time.

[Gyrate]

But Delta is still okay with you bringing your emotional support moose.

[Annie-Xmas]

The new Arby’s commercial references this incident. And it’s funny.

[running_coach]

@Gyrate

But Delta is still okay with you bringing your emotional support moose.

What if there’s a nun on board?

[Gatopescado]

@Spiderman

Actually, it was this column that got me interested in the Dope many years ago.

Yep. This one and the one about eating placenta.