Emotional Support Peacock, Can't make this stuff up

[Rule3]

Seems Delta Airlines would not allow a Women to fly with her Emotional Support Peacock.

Oh My, oh my, the poor lady has enough issues already and to be denied her "right" to have emotional support. We should be able to have our livestock fly with us for free!

United Airlines Refuses To Let Emotional Support Peacock On Flight | HuffPost

There is a video out there of her coming into the airport with it, talking to it.

 

[Breakaway500]

How do these people get so messed up??? It can't just be the water..

 

[Stevens]

Good call by the authorities! Peacocks can make the loudest screeching sound I have ever heard from a bird. It would probably cause panic if it did so in a plane or airport.
If you have heard one you know what I mean.
Steve W

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Not only are they super noisy,
They **** like crazy!
I wouldn’t want to fly with a woman who thought she actually needed one!

 

[old bear]

I for one am very glad that the airlines are putting a stop on the nonsense of allowing anyone to take their "woodland friends" in the passenger cabin of a airliner.
If there is a True need, I'm OK with that.

 

[oneounceload]

Gives a new meaning to the term "Bird-brain", and that lady fits it well.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

When I was a teen, I had a support dog, we just called them dogs back then. But he would support me every time someone threatened to beat me up, he would threaten to rip their throat out. By the way, he was 85 pounds of lightening fast muscle, that comes from being half Red Wolf and half German Shepard! (having him on an air plane would have been mass murder!)

Ivan

 

[Rule3]

What animals "Qualify as Emotional Support (ESA)??

Well glad you asked! Just get a Dr to sign off on it!

All domesticated animals may qualify as an ESA (cats, dog, mice, rabbits, birds, snakes, hedgehogs, rats, mini pigs, ferrets, etc.) and they can be any age (young puppies and kittens, too!). These animals do not need any specific task-training because their very presence mitigates the symptoms associated with a person's psychological/emotional disability, unlike a working service dog. The only requirement is that the animal is manageable in public and does not create a nuisance in or around the home setting.

I am not bashing those who may actually require one.

 

[Jinglebob]

Service animals should be allowed to fly with their owner but there is a world of difference between a service animal and an emotional support animal.

 

[Grayfox]

Dogs, cats and such I can understand.
But how messed up do you have to be to require an emotional support peacock?

 

[Roadtrash]

Did Col Sanders travel with a chicken?

 

[Marshwheeling]

What animals "Qualify as Emotional Support (ESA)??

Well glad you asked! Just get a Dr to sign off on it!

All domesticated animals may qualify as an ESA (cats, dog, mice, rabbits, birds, snakes, hedgehogs, rats, mini pigs, ferrets, etc.) and they can be any age (young puppies and kittens, too!). These animals do not need any specific task-training because their very presence mitigates the symptoms associated with a person's psychological/emotional disability, unlike a working service dog. The only requirement is that the animal is manageable in public and does not create a nuisance in or around the home setting.

I am not bashing those who may actually require one.

Is it a stretch to characterize a peacock on a plane as a nuisance?

 

[ExRanger714]

FWIW IIRC

Only dogs and horses are considered service animals under the ADA. Dogs for whatever and horses as mobility assistance.

Common carriers are not allowed to challenge dogs and horses and the owner/driver may not be asked for what condition the animal is required.

IMHO anything else is coat-tail abuse of the system and should be either legalized or challenged.

The airline did the right thing.

 

[crsides]

Went to dinner at high end steak place while in Tulsa at the gunshow. Crowds everywhere, 5 of us sat at a table literally inches away from a table of 4, not counting the pee wee dog some lady had .... in a baby carriage. She had some kind of support dog id. Dog could not have weighted more than 5 pounds. I would have liked to seen the dog support the lady she was with.

Charlie

 

[steveno]

while the passengers are boarding you can stewardess have announce that the inflight meal has been changed to peacock and it is free. I wonder how many servings there is in one peacock?

 

[Golddollar]

Is it a stretch to characterize a peacock on a plane as a nuisance?

Imagine it trying to fly around the cabin and possibly pecking passengers and I think that will answer this question.

 

[joeintexas]

Growing up we always had peacocks on the farm. They will tell you when anyone is within two miles of the place. They can also ruin a good vehicle paint job. Never considered them a support bird or taking them anywhere much less an airliner. Good grief. Whoever invented the straight jacket had this lady in mind.

 

[RobertJ.]

Did Col Sanders travel with a chicken?

He did, but he carried it in a bucket, along with its friends, all eleven herbs and spices.

 

[RGVshooter]

I read about this online a couple days ago while enjoying my morning coffee. Startled my wife really bad when I suddenly started laughing out loud, coffee spittle spraying out of my mouth on my laptop screen...

 

[RobertJ.]

I spent a summer on a friend's farm, and I woke to the sound of peacocks every morning. If I had to sit next to one on a plane, I wouldn't be too happy about it.