Have comfort animals gone too far?
Jun 21, 2016, 9:44 pm
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Jun 22, 2016, 1:16 am
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"• Certain unusual service animals pose unavoidable safety and/or public health concerns and airlines are not required to transport them. Snakes, other reptiles, ferrets, rodents, and spiders certainly fall within this category of animals." I don't believe they allow birds either.
Jun 22, 2016, 8:40 am
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Jun 22, 2016, 10:45 am
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I'm not going to judge those who have a placard. But when I see some stores opening for the morning and all the handicap spots are taken up...even though they are actually further away from the front door than regular spots due to the location of the handicap ramp, I wonder if they're really thinking things thru sometimes.
Jun 22, 2016, 11:09 am
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"• Certain unusual service animals pose unavoidable safety and/or public health concerns and airlines are not required to transport them. Snakes, other reptiles, ferrets, rodents, and spiders certainly fall within this category of animals." I don't believe they allow birds either.
OK I found it
68 FR 24875, May 9, 2003
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
14 CFR Part 382
Docket No. OST-2003-15072
Guidance Concerning Service Animals in Air Transportation
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
14 CFR Part 382
Docket No. OST-2003-15072
Guidance Concerning Service Animals in Air Transportation
Last edited by rsteinmetz70112; Jun 22, 2016 at 11:29 am
Jun 22, 2016, 3:59 pm
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1.) You are afraid to fly... drive.
2.) You're allergic to peanuts... Fly an airline whose slogan doesn't include the word peanuts.
3.) You want to drag your (insert pets name here) so you don't have to pay to fly it. see #1
This is not a nanny state and I am tired of making allowances for other punks.
Go ahead and flame away. ^
Jun 22, 2016, 6:39 pm
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Here is a idea....
1.) You are afraid to fly... drive.
2.) You're allergic to peanuts... Fly an airline whose slogan doesn't include the word peanuts.
3.) You want to drag your (insert pets name here) so you don't have to pay to fly it. see #1
This is not a nanny state and I am tired of making allowances for other punks.
Go ahead and flame away. ^
1.) You are afraid to fly... drive.
2.) You're allergic to peanuts... Fly an airline whose slogan doesn't include the word peanuts.
3.) You want to drag your (insert pets name here) so you don't have to pay to fly it. see #1
This is not a nanny state and I am tired of making allowances for other punks.
Go ahead and flame away. ^
Jun 23, 2016, 10:02 am
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I'm not going to judge those who have a placard. But when I see some stores opening for the morning and all the handicap spots are taken up...even though they are actually further away from the front door than regular spots due to the location of the handicap ramp, I wonder if they're really thinking things thru sometimes.
As for all being there at opening, I figure people with disabilities may prefer visiting stores right at opening time if the crowds then are lesser and/or less rushed. I know that with DW having a temporary disability right now, going shopping at peak hours is a trying experience because of the crowds and people in a hurry trying to push around us.
Jun 23, 2016, 2:40 pm
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You might want to grab some of these:
http://www.bulwarkonline.com/c-20-fr-nomex-coveralls.aspx
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I did't mean to be too negative, and we all have issues. I am am legally disabled but I don't take advantage of it, I board with my group. And I just watched a small cocker spaniel get dragged through the terminal kicking and screaming that it did't want to fly. But I am sure the person pulling was in as mush distress as the poor animal.
Jun 23, 2016, 2:42 pm
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I find the duck less offensive than those claiming their dog or cat are emotional support animals ...
Not sure how folks would feel about my daughter's emotional support animal ... it is well-trained and (usually) well-behaved:
Not sure how folks would feel about my daughter's emotional support animal ... it is well-trained and (usually) well-behaved:
Jun 25, 2016, 6:56 am
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Just yesterday. . .yes, when the bag showed up he "indentified" it. Stood and wagged his tail before the teenage boy grabbed it.
Sometimes they are irritating, and sometimes they are okay.
Sometimes they are irritating, and sometimes they are okay.
Jun 26, 2016, 11:18 pm
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Hey, at least it sits on the floor, rather than getting its hair all over the seat!