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Dept. Of Transportation Issues New Emotional Support Animal Guidance

This comes after complaints from people with disabilities and requests to transport animals, like peacocks and pigs, as emotional support animals.

Dept. Of Transportation Issues New Emotional Support Animal Guidance
Julio Cortez / AP
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Emotional support animals no longer have to be treated as service animals on planes. 

The Department of Transportation announced the new guidance, which also limits service animals to dogs that can perform specific tasks.

The revised rules come after complaints from people with disabilities and requests to transport certain animals – like peacocks and pigs – as emotional support animals.