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The days of pets flying with their owners free of charge are coming to an end.
Bringing animals on planes became popular several years ago, with many passengers traveling with their pets for free by saying they need them for emotional support.
Airlines say that because any animal could be brought on a plane, passengers were no longer just bringing service animals. Some passengers had brought animals such as cats, turtles, pigs and even a peacock.
However, the US Transportation Department has announced that only dogs will be able to fly as service animals from January. The department said that one reason it was changing the rules was because passengers carrying unusual animals on planes made many people think that real service animals were not important.
Under the new rule, only dogs that are trained to help a person with a disability will be allowed as a service animal. Passengers with other emotional support animals will have to either pay to put them into the cargo hold or leave them at home.
The Transportation Department suggested the new rule in January and received more than 15,000 comments on it. While 3,000 people agreed with the rule, 6,000 said it could be a bad thing, including people with mental health problems, the department said.
Delta Air Lines says it carried about 250,000 animals, including service dogs, in 2017 and about 600,000 in 2019.
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寵物能和飼主免費搭機的日子即將進入尾聲。 攜帶動物上機在幾年前變得熱門，許多人說因為需要寵物帶來情緒上的支持，進而免費攜帶寵物出遊。不過，美國運輸部已宣布從一月起只有作為服務性動物的狗能夠上機 該單位表示，改變規定的原因之一是因為乘客帶不尋常的動物上飛機，讓許多人認為真正的服務性動物並不重要。在新規定底下，只有受過訓練幫助身障人士的狗被承認為服務性動物。
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