Airlines have always had loose regulations for those special needs passengers who need emotional support animals to fly. The Atlanta-based airline announced earlier this month that it would put additional restrictions in place on people traveling with emotional support and service animals. The airline also noted a 2017 incident where an emotional support dog bit a passenger, causing severe face injuries. “You are seeing a major increase in not only the abuse of people passing off animals of this nature when they’re not in fact service animals or emotional support animals,” Rock Said. Beginning March, Delta will no longer allow people to fly with exotic emotional support animals such as ferrets, insects, spiders, goats or animals with tusks or hooves.

Source: Fox News January 29, 2018 22:07 UTC