[NAGDU] Delta bans kittens and puppies as support animals on all flights and all emotional support animals on longer hauls

Jordan Gallacher jordangandbelto at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 01:15:38 UTC 2018


Oh my service animal related issues have been with Delta Airlines.
Jordan

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> On Dec 12, 2018, at 5:00 PM, Nancy VanderBrink via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> So, Michael, we just returned from GDB two weeks ago and they told us that they do not put returning students on Delta flights because of the issues with service animals. It sounds like they are concerned about it being a big problem. I don’t know if you have any thoughts on that or what not but that is what we were told. We flew out from Delta because we flew through Atlanta but we flew back on United and came through Dullis and then down to our airport here in South Carolina. It was a very long long day!
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> On Dec 12, 2018, at 4:41 PM, Michael Hingson via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Also, puppy raisers work out appropriate details with the airlines as their charges are not yet service dogs. If Delta's new rules effect this then it is not something we can address. NAGDU is concerned about guide dogs which are classified as service dogs. Puppies in training, as already has been mentioned here, are not yet trained and different airlines have been willing to transport them as special considerations.
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> Mike H.
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> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Julie Johnson via NAGDU
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> Cc: Julie Johnson <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Delta bans kittens and puppies as support animals on all flights and all emotional support animals on longer hauls
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> Cindy,
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> Puppies that young are typically not exposed to anything as stressful as airplanes.  typically really young puppies are learning things like housebreaking, to walk on different surfaces, to be okay around different sorts of people, and to not whine for their mamas and littermates.  Training should be age appropriate, and IMO plane travel training is not age appropriate.
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> Of course there is the issue of transporting puppies to/from puppy raisers, trainers or breeders.  That is an entirely different issue though, as the dog is not being presented as working for the handler or being in the process of being formally trained.
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> Julie
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> From: Cindy Ray via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Delta bans kittens and puppies as support animals on all flights and all emotional support animals on longer hauls
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> My only concern was where it says service or support animals under four months of age. If  you are training a guide, how old are they when you actually start. Under four months seems young, but I am not sure it is.
> Cindy Lou Ray
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> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan via NAGDU
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Delta bans kittens and puppies as support animals on all flights and all emotional support animals on longer hauls
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> Nope. Emotional support animals are not service dogs, and are not covered under the ACAA. Why would they do this? Couldn’t have anything to do with the huger spike in the number of people flying with badly behaved emotional support animals…Nah…has to be something else.
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>> On Dec 12, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Jessica Dail via NAGDU 
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>> Hi,
>> Is this illegal?
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>> Why would they do this?
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>> Thanks,
>> Jessica
>> https://www.marketwatch.com/story/delta-bans-kittens-and-puppies-as-su
>> pport-animals-on-all-flights-and-all-emotional-support-animals-on-long
>> er-hauls-2018-12-10
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