• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Sounds like someone’s poorly trained “service animal” that they brought on the plane without being crated. I think we’ve let loopholes like this exist long enough. Have a legitimate service animal you want to bring somewhere normal animals would not be allowed? Be prepared to show documentation certifying them as such. Have an emotional support animal? Fuck off. That’s not a get out of consequences free pass.

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      7 months ago

      Fun fact. Other mammals besides humans can have bathroom emergencies, too.

      Those times you unexpectedly needed to diarrhea immediately and had a photo finish to a bathroom (or not)? Yeah, a dog in an airplane isn’t going to have the same luxury. Its bathroom is the floor

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      The same hopefully goes for all humans to certify they are potty trained?

      Have an emotional support animal? Fuck off. That’s not a get out of consequences free pass.

      Unless this varies wildly by country, it’s not. And the major reason for your downvotes would be that this is exactly how it works already. You need paperwork to be allowed a support animal on a plane.

    • CluckN@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      lol people defending a rich person taking up an extra seat for an animal. I’d like to see anyone here have the same attitude when their 5 hour flight gets diverted.

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      7 months ago

      This was in first class, it was almost certainly someone’s purse dog that they let out of the crate and not a service animal.
      Don’t delegitimized service animals based on a whim or opinion.