What’s New: TheU.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a ruling on Wednesday that airlines no longer have to treat emotional support animals as service animals.
The ruling says airlines “are not required to recognize emotional support animals as service animals and may treat them as pets.” The new ruling also limits the definition of a service animal to dogs only.
New regulations will go into effect 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register, but it is unclear when this will happen. The Frontlines: Mental health professionals can prescribe people emotional support animals to ease difficult symptoms in stressful places for those with mental health conditions and other disabilities.
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