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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida Police Remove Woman From Frontier Flight Due to Her 'Emotional Support Squirrel'
Police had to remove a woman who brought an "emotional support squirrel" on a Frontier Airlines flight headed from Orlando, Florida, to Cleveland.
Frontier says the passenger had noted in her reservation that she was bringing an emotional support animal with her on Flight 1612 Tuesday night. But she did not indicate it was a squirrel.
The airline says rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed. The airline says police were called when the passenger refused to leave the plane.
Police requested the other passengers disembark while officers dealt with the woman, who was eventually escorted into the main terminals.
https://ktla.com/2018/10/10/woman-removed-from-flight-after-bringing-emotional-support-squirrel-on-frontier-plane-in-florida/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,701 posts)My experience with them is that they're snappy little bastards.
DBoon
(22,366 posts)nt
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)with better real estate
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)from the Society for Prevention of Squirrel Disparagement. It could happen.
MurrayDelph
(5,294 posts)all it would take is one good "Allez ... Oop!" for him to fly himself wherever he was going.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, died at age 99 last year, July.
MurrayDelph
(5,294 posts)23 days ago was what would have been the 101st birthday of June Foray, the voice of Rocky. She missed her 100th by eight weeks. The day after her what would have been her 100th birthday, there was a wonderful celebration of her life at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills (it was booked for the day-before). I was lucky-enough to attend, and doubly-thrilled to discover I'd contributed a very small part to the evening, in a photo I'd taken of her in 1982.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,686 posts)Probably mental health issues. The airline was right.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Why presume mental illness?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,701 posts)in order to travel on an airplane? I love my cats more than most people, but I don't need to take them on airplanes with me. In fact, both they and we would rather I didn't. I'm not saying this woman is mentally ill, but if she has an emotional need for an animal companion, a squirrel seems like an odd choice. Squirrels are wild animals, unlike guinea pigs and domestic rats, and they don't make good pets. A dog or a cat would probably give her more comfort, and she could bring it on a plane with her.
torius
(1,652 posts)Lots of people have pet mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils and rats, all are rodents. Not sure what they have against a whole species.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Insisting you're too emotionally unable to fly without them is a problem. I've seen people take advantage of this "support animal" thing far too many times to feel badly for this women. Too many use it as an excuse not to pay the fee for your pet.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)It's bad enough being sealed in a tube with other humans you never met for a couple of hours.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,701 posts)And squirrels aren't really domesticated animals like common rodent pets like guinea pigs and gerbils, and so might be inclined to bite. To be fair, they probably should have asked her when she made the reservation what kind of animal she wanted to bring, and informed her at the time that the squirrel wouldn't be allowed.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,701 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I'm sure it's somewhere in the procedure manual, rodents not allowed.
But you know, in a nation of 330,000,000 people, surely there are more of these stories than we could get through in a day?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)DFW
(54,384 posts)Why would anyone voluntarily leave Orlando for Cleveland, anyway? I'd need a lot more than a squirrel for emotional support.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)kskiska
(27,045 posts)He was really cute, but once he began to mature we arranged to have him transitioned to living in the wild by a rehabber.
Hekate
(90,690 posts)...was let on the airplane on that basis?
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,294 posts)Lars39
(26,109 posts)OhZone
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ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)After that I needed an emotional support gorilla. Then I noticed Jane Goodall was following me around, so I had to get an emotional support narwhal. Stupid airlines wouldn't accommodate a 50,000 gallon water tank! Pissed me right off!