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| US woman removed from plane after boarding with 'emotional support' squirrel | US woman removed from plane after boarding with 'emotional support' squirrel |
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| The passenger was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed even though it was an evening flight. | The passenger was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed even though it was an evening flight. |
| Literally, as it turned out. The passenger was a squirrel. It hadn’t scampered on to the plane while people or bags were being loaded, or anything like that. | Literally, as it turned out. The passenger was a squirrel. It hadn’t scampered on to the plane while people or bags were being loaded, or anything like that. |
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| A human passenger had brought the squirrel on board with her as her “emotional support animal”. When she refused to leave and take her squirrel with her, the police were called. | A human passenger had brought the squirrel on board with her as her “emotional support animal”. When she refused to leave and take her squirrel with her, the police were called. |
| The woman and the squirrel were removed from the Tuesday evening flight by the police. | The woman and the squirrel were removed from the Tuesday evening flight by the police. |
| The passengers all had to disembark and reboard, causing a two-hour delay in the departure of Frontier Airlines flight 1612 from Orlando to Cleveland. | The passengers all had to disembark and reboard, causing a two-hour delay in the departure of Frontier Airlines flight 1612 from Orlando to Cleveland. |
| Frontier said the passenger had noted in her reservation that she was bringing an emotional support animal – but she did not indicate it was a squirrel. | Frontier said the passenger had noted in her reservation that she was bringing an emotional support animal – but she did not indicate it was a squirrel. |
| The airline says rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed. The company said the police were called when the passenger refused to leave the plane. | The airline says rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed. The company said the police were called when the passenger refused to leave the plane. |
| Police then requested that the other passengers disembark while officers dealt with the woman, who was eventually escorted into the main terminals. | Police then requested that the other passengers disembark while officers dealt with the woman, who was eventually escorted into the main terminals. |
| The incident followed others where an “emotional support peacock”, Dexter, was barred from boarding a flight with its owner earlier this year and, of course, Pebbles, the emotional support hamster, which ended up flushed down a toilet. The name of the squirrel has not yet been released. | The incident followed others where an “emotional support peacock”, Dexter, was barred from boarding a flight with its owner earlier this year and, of course, Pebbles, the emotional support hamster, which ended up flushed down a toilet. The name of the squirrel has not yet been released. |
| Frontier’s current policy bans “unusual or exotic animals”, including “rodents, reptiles, insects, hedgehogs, rabbits, sugar gliders, non-household birds or improperly cleaned and/or animals with foul odor”. | Frontier’s current policy bans “unusual or exotic animals”, including “rodents, reptiles, insects, hedgehogs, rabbits, sugar gliders, non-household birds or improperly cleaned and/or animals with foul odor”. |
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