Southwest Airlines does not accept therapy dogs (such as those that provide comfort in a hospital or nursing home) or unusual or exotic animals (including, but not limited to: rodents, ferrets, insects, spiders, reptiles, hedgehogs, rabbits, or sugar gliders)
acting as emotional support animals.
Not exact matches
enable us to live full lives and cope with our issues by
acting as service, therapy,
emotional support and psychiatric service
animals;
The Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Carriers Access
Act (ACAA) establishes a procedure for modifying pet policies on aircraft to permit a person with a disability to travel with a prescribed
emotional support animal, so long
as they have appropriate documentation and the
animal is not a danger to others or does not interfere with others (through unwanted attention, excessive noise, blocking aisles, inappropriate toileting, etc.).
The Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) defines service
animals as ``... any... dog (or miniature horse) individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability... The crime deterrent effects of an
animal's presence and the provision of
emotional support, well - being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this definition.»
Therapy
animals are not covered by the American Disabilities Act and do not have the same clearances as Service Animals and Emotional Support A
animals are not covered by the American Disabilities
Act and do not have the same clearances
as Service
Animals and Emotional Support A
Animals and
Emotional Support AnimalsAnimals.
Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or
emotional support do not qualify
as service
animals under the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 (ADA).
In the complaint, filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2016, Ms. Auman alleged that the university violated the federal Fair Housing
Act by denying her request to keep her
emotional support animal, a cat named Kifree (pictured), in her university - operated student housing unit
as a reasonable accommodation of her disability.