Complaint: In-flight Issue Pets on Planes
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Old Sep 11, 2009, 6:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Ally Pally View Post
The dog was most definitely a service animal but, on this occasion, was sedated slightly since the passenger (very obviously in a bad state of health) also had a capable human travelling with her. The human advised when meds were due during the flight. Elementary mon cher!
If she had someone traveling with her, and the "service animal's" only "training" was to remind her to take meds, then why was the "service animal" necessary? In case the traveling companion forgot? I'm not buying that. It sounds like they were doing what many others do and abused the system. If you really need a service animal you wouldn't sedate it. This was just a pet and they didn't want to pay the fees associated with transporting the pet.