Emotional support hamster flushed at airport.

[Catherine]

Quote:This young lady is suing the airline, but even in the highly unlikely event that the suggestion of flushing the hamster is true, she - and only she - did the deed, knowing it to be wrong. She should be spending some days blaming herself, not hiring lawyers and seeking publicity.

Your right, it is a perfect example of the blame culture. Everything must be someone else's fault. She really messed up, but she wants it to be someone else's fault. I agree that it won't hold up in court. At least I hope it won't.

I think no one would even know about this if she wasn't telling everyone and making it a public issue.

The result of this case will be stricter rules for emotional support animals on airplanes. 

It is certainly a hot topic.
I haven't found the article, but I have letters in response to it. It is interesting to hear the different views on the subject.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/opini...-pets.html

Here is the link to the original article. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/opini...acock.html

He makes some very good points.

At least one airline has set up new guidelines.

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content...imals.aspx


Hopefully this will sort itself out and no more animals will be endangered. There is no doubt that some people were scamming the system. I am sorry this didn't happen soon enough to save a little hamster from a cruel death. 

A peacock is a big animal. I wouldn't have wanted to share a seat with it. I love peacocks, but loose in an airplane seems like a bad idea.